Al Williamson
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Al Williamson (born March 21, 1931,in New York City) is an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, western, and science- fiction/fantasy. He spent much of his early childhood in Bogotá, Colombia before moving back to the United States aged 12.In his youth, Williamson developed an interest in comic strips, particularly Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon. He took art classes at cartoonist Burne Hogarth's Cartoonists and Illustrators School, there befriending future cartoonists Wally Wood and Roy Krenkel, who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had i...
Al Williamson (born March 21, 1931,in New York City) is an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, western, and science- fiction/fantasy. He spent much of his early childhood in Bogotá, Colombia before moving back to the United States aged 12.In his youth, Williamson developed an interest in comic strips, particularly Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon. He took art classes at cartoonist Burne Hogarth's Cartoonists and Illustrators School, there befriending future cartoonists Wally Wood and Roy Krenkel, who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had influenced adventure strips. Before long, he was working professionally in the comics industry. His most notable works include his science- fiction/heroic fantasy art for EC Comics in the 1950s, on titles including Weird Science and Weird Fantasy.In the 1960s, he gained recognition for continuing Raymond's illustrative tradition with his work on the Flash Gordon comic-book series, and was a seminal contributor to the Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy and Eerie.
