R.I.P. Al Williamson
Jun. 16th, 2010 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Star Wars comics artist Al Williamson passed away on June 12 at the age of 79. Williamson had a long career in comics working on titles like Flash Gordon and Spider Girl and working on daily comic strips before he was chosen to work on the TESB comic book adaptation and on the Star Wars daily strip in the early 1980s. He did other Star Wars projects over the years, including the ROTJ comic book adaptation and some projects for Dark Horse through the 1990s. His last Star Wars project was inking the TPM comic book adaptation.
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Date: 2010-06-22 01:22 am (UTC)Here's an article on his passing that notes that GL asks specifically for him to draw the Star Wars comics...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/arts/design/21williamson.html