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Al Williamson
Born March 21, 1931
New York City
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker

Al Williamson (born March 21, 1931) is an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator of partly Colombian descent best known for his science-fiction artwork at EC Comics in the 1950s, on Flash Gordon in the 1960s, and the Star Wars film adaptations and newspaper strip in the 1980s, continuing the illustrative tradition of Flash Gordon creator, Alex Raymond. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American Publisher of Comic books specializing in Crime fiction, Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Alexander Gillespie Raymond ( October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American Comic strip artist best known for creating the Since the mid-1980s, he has also become noted as an inker, mainly on the Marvel Comics superhero titles on such characters as Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Spider-Girl. The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional Comic book, or Graphic novel. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Amazing Spider-Girl ( May "Mayday" Parker) is a fictional Comic book Superheroine active in an alternate future of Marvel Comics

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Biography

Al Williamson was born in New York City but moved to Bogotá, Colombiaat the age of two when his American mother married his Colombian father. The City of New York Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. He returned to New York with his mother when his parents divorced. [1]

In 1952, at the age of 21, Williamson began working for EC Comics. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American Publisher of Comic books specializing in Crime fiction, While at EC, Williamson frequently collaborated with fellow artists Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel and Angelo Torres, a group which was known as the Fleagle Gang. Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is an American fantasy and Science fiction Artist, noted for his Buck Rogers Roy Gerald Krenkel ( 11 July 1918 &ndash 24 February 1983) often referred to as simply RGK was an Angelo Torres is an American cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many comic books as well as a long-running regular slot in MAD Magazine Williamson primarily worked on EC's science fiction comics Weird Science, Weird Fantasy and Weird Science-Fantasy, but occasionally appeared in their horror and crime comics as well. Weird Science was a science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s Weird Fantasy was a science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s Weird Science-Fantasy was a science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s Williamson worked at EC through 1956 until the cancellation of their Picto-Fiction magazines. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

According to Jim Keefe's website, in 1960 he went to work as an assistant to John Prentice on the comic strip Rip Kirby. Jim Keefe is the most recent artist to contribute original art and stories to the Flash Gordon Comic strip. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Some work from that strip has been published as having been worked on by him from 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. In the 1960s, he worked briefly on a Flash Gordon comic book which was published by King Features and remains a very collectible comic book. Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns,

In the 1960s he did sample pages for a proposed Sunday strip version of Modesty Blaise [2]

Williamson briefly worked for Warren Publishing in 1964 and 1965 drawing for their comic magazines Creepy, Eerie and Blazing Combat. See also Comic strip A Sunday strip is a Newspaper Comic strip format where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper usually in a Modesty Blaise is a Comic strip featuring a Fictional character of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer and Jim Holdaway Warren Publishing was an American Magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for creep Creepy was an American horror - Comics Magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Blazing Combat was an American War-comics Magazine published by Warren Publishing from 1965 to 1966 He would return to Warren in 1976 and again in 1979 to draw three additional stories.

In 1967, he took over the long-running Secret Agent X-9 comic strip with writer Archie Goodwin, and remained on it until 1980. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip begun by writer Dashiell Hammett ( The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond ( Flash Archie Goodwin ( September 8, 1937 &ndash March 1, 1998) was an American Comic book writer editor and artist Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) At the start of their tenure the name was changed to Secret Agent Corrigan. When the Dino De Laurentiis' Flash Gordon movie came out, he did a 3-issue comic book adaptation before taking over the Star Wars comic strip from Russ Manning. Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Flash Gordon is a 1980 Science fiction film, based on the Eponymous Comic strip character Flash Gordon (Gordon Ferrao Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Russell Manning (born 1929 California, United States; died 1981 was an American Comic book Artist who created the series Magnus

He has been very active as inker on several Marvel Comics titles, including Spider-Man 2099, Daredevil and Spider-Girl, as well as on Dark Horse's Star Wars movie adaptions. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Spider-Man 2099 ( Miguel O'Hara) of the Marvel 2099 imprint is a Marvel Comics Superhero, a Fictional character created Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Amazing Spider-Girl ( May "Mayday" Parker) is a fictional Comic book Superheroine active in an alternate future of Marvel Comics This article describes dark horse candidates For other uses see Dark Horse. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded He won the 1966 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book, the 1966 Alley Award for Best Pencil Work, the 1969 Alley Award for Best Pencil Work, and 1991 Eisner Award for Best Inker for his work on 1990-91 Epic Comics miniseries Atomic Age and other titles. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner Epic Comics was a creator-owned Imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982 lasting through the mid-1990s and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes He was also a formally named finalist for induction into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990, 1991, and 1992.

In 1995 Marvel released a two-part Flash Gordon miniseries written by Mark Schultz and drawn by Williamson. Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Mark Schultz (born 1955) is an American writer and illustrator of books and Comics. In 1999, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of working on the comic strip Flash Gordon when regular cartoonist Jim Keefe asked for his help on a page and gave him credit for his "art assist". Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist

Selected works

Footnotes

  1. ^ Schultz,M. (2004) Al Williamson-Hidden Lands. Milwaukee: Dark Horse Books, 11-15
  2. ^ Modesty Blaise samples. Rick Norwood. Retrieved on 2006-08-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

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