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Creator Profile
- Creator Name
- Al Williamson
- Date of Birth
- March 21, 1931
- Date of Passing
- June 12, 2010
- Biography
- Al Williamson, who for over fifty years drew for both comic books and comic strips, died June 12, 2010, at age 79. In recent years he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his wife of thirty-two years, Cori, his daughter Valerie and his son Victor. Williamson was born in New York City in 1931, but spent his first thirteen years primarily in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1941, his mother took him to see the science fantasy movie serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, an experience which, combined with his love for comics storytelling, set his career course at an early age. Williamson, who first and foremost considered himself a cartoonist, excelled at illustrative science fiction, adventure and western stories, pulling inspiration from both classic comic strips and motion pictures. He is highly regarded both popularly and critically for his excellent draftsmanship and dynamic storytelling. Most notably, Williamson was extraordinarily accomplished at rendering the human figure in motion. His classically proportioned characters twist and leap with a startlingly vivid illusion of movement in part evolved from his study of motion picture action choreography. Williamson began his professional career in 1948 and achieved popular recognition in the early 1950s as the youngest and one of the most talented contributors to the legendary EC line of comics. Beyond EC, Williamson drew superior work for many comic publishers, including American Comics Group, Atlas/Marvel, Charlton, Classics Illustrated, Dark Horse, Dell, Harvey, King, Prize, Toby and Warren. From 1967 until 1980 he produced the art for the King Features Syndicate's daily Secret Agent Corrigan newspaper strip, and from 1981 to 1984 drew the daily and Sunday Star Wars newspaper strip. Beginning in the 1980s Williamson reintroduced himself to a new generation of comics readers as an inker for DC and then Marvel Comics, enjoying memorable stints finishing the work of other artists on Superman, Daredevil and Spidergirl. The single comics character, however, with whom Williamson is most identified would be Flash Gordon. The science fiction adventurer, created in 1932 by Alex Raymond for King Features, engaged the lifelong imagination of Williamson. He produced a much beloved series of stories for King Comics' Flash Gordon comic book in the 1960s. He returned to the character in 1980, drawing a comics adaptation of the contemporary Flash Gordon motion picture. In the 1990s, he produced a Flash Gordon mini-series for Marvel Comics and later contributing to the original Sunday strip. In addition to the stories, he produced countless other Flash Gordon images for uses in advertising, merchandising and the fan press. He gradually retired from the professional ranks in the early years of the new century as one of comics' most admired and influential creators. Over his career he received numerous professional awards, including multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and the National Cartoonists Society's 1967 Award for Best Comic Book Cartoonist. Beyond his remarkable accomplishments as an artist—the works mentioned above represent only a sampling—Williamson deserves recognition as a veteran who often opened professional doors for many others starting their careers. An impressive number of comics contributors owe at least part of their success to Williamson's willingness to recommend and promote new artists and writers to his editorial contacts. Williamson was also an avid collector of comics and illustration art, valuing the beauty of original drawings produced for comic books and strips long before the physical art created by commercial artists was popularly appreciated. He will be fondly remembered by those you knew him for his generosity, his indefatigable sense of humor and his great enthusiasm in sharing his love of comics, illustration, movies and music. Al Williamson took inspiration from a legion of cartoonists, illustrators and motion pictures from the first half of the twentieth century and created works of timeless appeal—and then he passed that inspiration on to new generations of comics creators.
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G-580 The Tin Star 6pg art
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H-28 The Man Who Lost His Nerve 4pg art
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H-282 The Man Who Wears the Star! 4pg art
pencils signed
H-344 The Silver Star! 5pg art
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Challenge of Aku!
The Scarlet Menace Strikes!
The Scarlet Menace Strikes!
pencils signed
H-432 The Protector! 4pg art
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H-890 The City that Time Forgot! 3pg art
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H-770 No Place To Turn 4pg art
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H-672 The Invaders! 4pg art
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H-849 The Strange Crew Of The Pegasus 3pg art
pencils signed
H-714 A Stranger in Tombstone! 4pg art
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J-53 The Man Who Caught the Raven 6pg art
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H-850 The Man Who Had No Friends! 3pg art
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J-444 When Kelly Came to Town! 4pg art
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J-12 The World Beneath the Sea 4pg art
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J-338 Desperado 4pg art
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J-468 What'll It Be, Gents? 4pg art
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J-765 Inside the Tunnel 4pg art
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J-851 The Rip-Snorter 4pg art
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J-851 The Rip-Snorter 4pg art
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J-608 Outlaw's Hideout 5pg art
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J-910 The Green Man! 4pg art
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J-914 When Drago Came to Town! 4pg art
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J-914 When Drago Came to Town! 4pg art
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J-934 Menace from the Stars! 4pg art
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K-26 Crag Noonan Fastest Gun in the West! 7pg art
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K-417 Lawman's Point 2pg text
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K-503 Ranch Hand's Luck 2pg text
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G-863 The Search 2pg text
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Home Trail 2pg text
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K-297 None Are So Blind! 4pg art
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K-684 The Man Who Lost the Fight 4pg art
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K-749 Pearl-Handled Colts! 4pg art
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K-902 One of Us Is an Outlaw! 5pg art
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K-820 They Took Me Away! 4pg art
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K-720 What Stanley Saw! 4pg art
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F-765 Double Trouble 2pg text
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K-930 The Taboo! 4pg art
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F-902 Saving the Cattle 2pg text
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L-30 The Secret of the Strange Stone 3pg art
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J-244 The Living Portrait 2pg text
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L-159 The Menace of the Green Men 4pg art
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L-205 King of the Glacier Men 4pg art
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L-690 The Secret of the Haunted House 4pg art
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L-657 When the Creature Escapes 4pg art
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L-468 Beware ... a Martian 4pg art
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L-649 Cry Danger! 5pg art
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L-628 Jungle Vengeance! 5pg art
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L-600 Fangs of the Black Orchid! 5pg art
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L-395 A City at Stake! 3pg art
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L-528 Six-Gun Justice 4pg art
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L-902 One of Our Deputies Is Missing! 4pg art
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L-860 The Gunslinger! 4pg art
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L-695 The Sheriff Strikes Back! 4pg art
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M-14 Voodoo Vengeance! 5pg art
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L-960 The Killers of the Swamps! 5pg art
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L-942 The Drum Beats at Midnight! 5pg art
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The Death of Dallas Dawson 5pg art
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M-63 A Shaggy Wolf Tale! 3pg art
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J-899 The Tunnel 2pg text
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M-377 The Secret Laboratory of Dr. Domino 4pg art
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T-100 The Strangers From Space! 5pg art
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T-122 I Was the Miracle Man 5pg art
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T-111 Beware the Future! 4pg art
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T-244 I Was The Changing Man! 4pg art
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T-275 Beware Of The Robots! pg art
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T-334 I Found the Nightmare Note 4pg art
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T-362 My Other Face! 4pg art
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T-362 My Other Face! 4pg art
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T-379 And Then I Found You! 4pg art
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T-486 The Vengeance of Spade Corbell! 5pg art
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T-579 Rip-Snorter! 4pg art
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Creator Checklist
Al Williamson
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King of the Glacier Men
Journey Into Unknown Worlds 55
Journey Into Unknown Worlds
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Kid Colt Outlaw 54
November 1955
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The Outlaw Kid 8
November 1955
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G-753 | 5pg
Annie Oakley 9
February 1956
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H-282 | 4pg
Jann of the Jungle 10
March 1956
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Lorna, the Jungle Girl 18
March 1956
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Frontier Western 3
June 1956
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J-338 | 4pg
World of Fantasy 2
July 1956
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J-765 | 4pg
Quick-Trigger Western 13
July 1956
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J-608 | 5pg
Battleground 13
September 1956
pencils signed
J-695 | 4pg
Quick-Trigger Western 14
September 1956
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K-26 | 7pg
Kid Colt Outlaw 64
September 1956
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K-256 | 4pg
Kid Colt Outlaw 66
November 1956
pencils signed
K-724 | 4pg
Kid Colt Outlaw 66
November 1956
inks unsigned
K-724 | 4pg
Lorna, the Jungle Girl 22
December 1956
pencils guess
Astonishing 57
January 1957
pencils signed
K-824 | 4pg
Six-Gun Western 2
March 1957
pencils signed
L-459 | 4pg
Marines in Battle 17
April 1957
pencils signed
L-395 | 3pg
Mystic 60
June 1957
pencils unsigned
M-11 | 4pg
Battle 55
December 1957
pencils signed
M-991 | 5pg
Tales of Suspense 1
January 1959
pencils and inks signed
T-100 | 5pg
Strange Worlds 2
February 1959
pencils unsigned
T-122 | 5pg
Strange Worlds 4
June 1959
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T-244 | 4pg
Tales of Suspense 4
July 1959
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T-275
Kid Colt Outlaw 88
January 1960
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T-508 | 4pg
Kid Colt Outlaw 89
March 1960
pencils and inks unsigned
T-579 | 4pg