BEASTMASTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1982 Don Coscarelli Adventure BEASTMASTER starring Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Josh Milrad and Rod Loomis.

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man’s search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

Poster art by Josh Kirby (1928 – 2001). A commercial artist born on the outskirts of Liverpool in the town of Waterloo, Lancashire he studied at Liverpool City School of Art from 1943 until 1948 and settling in London in around 1951. His professional freelance career started in the early 1950s when Kirby illustrated film posters for studios in both London and Paris. In the 70s, Kirby returned to film poster art for publicity agency FEREF. Working alongside designer Eddie Paul, Kirby depicted the characters for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, The Beastmaster and Krull, among many others.

Poster design by Eddie Paul.. Eddie Paul was born in Hackney in 1920 and studied at Southend School of Art. He worked in various commercial art studios including Temple Art Studios, Star Illustration, Pulford Publicity and eventually becoming co-founder of Feref Associates in 1968.

Printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew, Nottingham.

The poster is in fine folded condition.