Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:53:42 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Al Williamson, 1931 -2010
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

I expect on Mr White & Mr Stiles will recognize the name.

The Locusmag.com obit <http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/06/al-williamson-1=
931-2010/> is a thumbnail synopsis of his life & career.

The usual wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Williamson - with some =
sample of his art.

More of his work:
http://lambiek.net/artists/w/williamson_a.htm
http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/10/23/al-williamson/
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y3W81YXu5p4/TBbPQEyf-qI/AAAAAAAABz4/EqeSDOI_ohw/s=
1600/upheaval.jpg
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/06/14/al-williamson-1931-2010/

And yes, the women were sexy.  And the men handsome.

Undoubtedly due to my peripatetic youth, I never read the EC comics.  I =
first came across them in 1964-65 with the Ballantine paperback reprints.  =
Great stuff.  One story that stands out - and got EC into trouble with the =
Comics Code Authority, and not over sex and/or violence - when first =
published in 1953 (artist was Joe Orlando):

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/54803.html

And some details about the dust up with the Comics Code Authority: =
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EC_Comics#.22Judgment_Day.22

Damn subversive comics.

mjw