Monday, June 14, 2010

Al Williamson March 21, 1931 ~ June 13, 2010

Al Williamson passed away yesterday Sunday June 13th.

A fantastic fantasy comic artist who began working for EC comics at the age of 21 was influenced by Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon and taken under Frank Frazetta's wing. He had a very grand cinematic style and brought a sense of realism to all things fantastic. Below are some samples of his fine work. He will be missed.





I highly recommend visiting the Golden Age of comics to see some more of Williamson's fantastic work:

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

  1. Sniff. Amazing. I have his first art book that is long out of print at home.

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  2. It's another big loss for illustration of the fantastic. I just got the Al Williamson's Flash Gordon book for Christmas this past year. Great stuff!

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