Concept art for old favorites Predator, The Black Hole, Ghostbusters, and Short Circuit.

Concept art for four old favorites: The Predator (1987), V.I.N.CENT (Disney’s The Black Hole, 1979), Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters, 1984), and Johnny 5 (is alive) (Short Circuit, 1986). The last one is by famed designer Syd Mead.

Ray Harryhausen drawings for the 1966 fantasy movie, One Million Years B.C., starring Raquel Welch.

Ray Harryhausen drawings for the 1966 fantasy movie, One Million Years B.C., starring Raquel Welch.

Those opening titles to Grease (1978).

Former Disney artist John D. Wilson was responsible for the great opening titles to Grease (1978).

Concept art for Disney’s The Black Hole (1979).

Concept art for Disney’s The Black Hole (1979).

Animated titles to Madonna's Who's That Girl (1987).

The animated titles to Who’s That Girl (1987) are smart and memorable: Madonna as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Betty Boop.

Gotham City: Batman (1989) concept art.

“Dark Architect” Anton Furst’s atmospheric, labyrinthine designs for Batman (1989) always make me think of “Imaginary Prisons”, a series of 18th century etchings by Italian artist Piranesi: