Exclusive interview with legendary British artist Graham Humphreys

[Ed_209uk]

Hi all,

I recently met and interviewed Graham Humphreys, who is the British illustrator and designer behind such classic posters as The Evil Dead quad, A Nightmare on Elm Street quad and countless others. He's also responsible for some superb VHS covers as well as record and CD sleeves, editorial illustrations in the NME and much more. We talked for almost three hours and covered a wide range of subjects, including his work with Richard Stanley, how he started out and what he's working on today.

Graham also supplied me with several images that have never been seen publicly before, including some fantastic Universal Monster paintings that I know some of you will really appreciate.

Anyway, the whole thing is on my site here: FilmonPaper.com


Ed

[Harry Caul]

Outstanding read Ed!

[paul waines]

Really first rate Ed, those Universals are nice (I know a good home for them  )  The Witchfinder dvd cover is jollyfine also, must pick up the Blu copy of it...

[quadbod]

In addition to the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET quad, are these quads for parts 2,3,4 and 5 also all by Graham Humphreys ... ?









... we have none of the above in stock currently - images for reference only.

Thanks for any info.

Best wishes,

Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk

[Ed_209uk]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Terry, those are indeed by Graham and are featured in the interview.

[quadbod]

Thanks, Ed! I jumped in before reading the interview - which I have now done!
Congratulations on an excellent piece of work - thanks for posting the link.

Best wishes,

Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk

[Zorba]

AWESOME! stuff Ed.

[brude]

Ed, that is one fascinating interview.
Humphreys had a lot to say and you got it all down for us poster ho's to enjoy.
Brilliant!
 

[Tob]

Fascinating! I really enjoyed reading that, thanks Ed. My respect for Mike Leigh is even greater than before now I know he likes to get involved in the poster design too! Well done, another feather for your fantastic website.

[Mondo Hazardo]

nice one Ed,
may I link your article to my blog?

wim

[Ed_209uk]

Thanks for the comments fellas.

Wim: Absolutely!

[Mondo Hazardo]

done

[kovacs01]

Great stuff Ed!  A couple of us were just talking about that Dust Devil quad the other day.

[stewart boyle]

Today i got the chance to read this in its entirety,
Very informative,so many wonderful posters that i remember from my childhood,yet failed to make the connection to one Artist.

Stew

[erik1925]

 

And what a great interview, Ed. You covered a lot of ground, that's for certain.   

Here's the direct link to the interview, too, on Ed's site:

http://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/an-interview-with-graham-humphreys/