Reddit mentions of The Art of John Alvin

Most of these posters (all but Mulan and Tarzan) were designed by the late, legendary poster designer John Alvin. He's also responsible for the original Blade Runner poster, Gremlins, ET, Blazing Saddles, and a ton more.

I cover his legacy and career in a documentary I'm producing about film poster art (titled Twenty-Four by Thirty-Six) and have been fortunate enough to interview his widow, Andrea and a number of his friends about his legacy.

John was a truly fantastic talent and I feel honored to be able to cover his work on film.

http://www.johnalvinart.com/Filmography.aspx

EDIT - Wow, top comment. Rad. I should let you guys know that a book of John's art, featuring both released posters and unreleased works, will be out soon. His wife Andrea, a really lovely and amazing lady, worked insanely hard to get all of the licensing together in order to release it. If you're into this kind of stuff be sure to check it out. Here it is on Amazon Thanks to /u/acog for tracking it down.

A few people have asked about the doc. If you're interested you can find more info at www.twentyfourbythirtysix.com The trailer on site is old, made before we went full tilt into production, but we have another trailer coming soon.

EDIT 2 - Thanks for the Reddit Gold, anonymous donor!

John Alvin was one of the all-time great movie poster artists -- up there with Struzan and Peak and Amsel, IMHO. Here is his official webpage, and here is an art book collecting some of his work.

(The website used to have more content, but is still worth a look. Neither the site nor the book feature one of my favorite of his works: his unused poster design for Hook.)

For anyone curious about the book that /u/AnonyMouse32 refers to, here it is on Amazon. Looks like it'll be released in late August.