RIP Al Williamson

[johnnystorm]

Comic great Al Williamson passed away over the weekend at 79 years old. He was a fantastic artist from the EC era, noted for his work on Flash Gordon & Star Wars (both the comic book & the newspaper strip). He also did work for warren in Creepy & Eerie.

I met Al a few years ago at a local convention, and he did a Flash Gordon sketch for me. A really nice man and an artist of fantastic talent.
RIP

[kingdom warrior]

Wow one of the True greats!!! So sorry to hear this!

[Earth 2 Chris]

Amongst his many great works, Williamson also inked some of Curt Swan's Superman work in the 80s, and the combination was fantastic.

Another legend gone.

Chris

[Brazoo]

Yeah - he was one of the true greats for sure.

[palitoy]

Oh man, that guy was one of my favourite artists of all time.

[Monsterama2000]

I met Mr. Williamson at The Pittsburgh Comicon several years ago and he autographrd these Star Wars Galaxy cards for me. RIP

[cjefferys]

Very sad to hear, he was a fantastic artist. I met him at a convention about 20 years ago. He was very nice, I got him to sign a bunch of my ECs. I'm glad I still have them. RIP Mr. Williamson.

[The Toyroom]

Loved his stuff...from EC to Star Wars