Author: John Fleskes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1948 a young Al Williamson accepted his first commercial assignment--for an issue of Famous Funnies comics, which launched his career as a professional in the field. Developing an elegant and illustrative style, he soon gained prominence in the highly influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. Over the next few decades, his exquisite art also illuminated many Atlas comics, various incarnations of Flash Gordon and the comic strips Secret Agent Corrigan and Star Wars, as well as a host of other titles and properties. This extraordinary body of superior work cemented Williamson's longstanding popularity. By the end of his career in the early 2000s, he had become one of the most highly regarded comic and strip artists in the industry, especially noted for the graceful ink line that he spent a lifetime pursuing. This first compendium in a new series is the perfect introduction to Al Williamson's work. You will find samples that span his fifty-year career along with anecdotes and historical details salted throughout. Cover art, interior pages, drawings and sketches--plus photographs of Al and his friends posing as reference for his sequential art--are included. This volume contains a mixture of both his most-obscure and best-known works, all meticulously reproduced from the original art. Until now, this captivating original artwork has only been seen by those fortunate enough to visit the Williamson studio in person. For the first time, readers will be able to view the artist's most-cherished works. Williamson's love of 1920s and 1930s adventure, fantasy and science-fiction pop culture--and his admiration of artists such as Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond--grounded his drawing technique and storytelling, which evolved throughout his life. He was able to take these inspirations and carry on the legacy of the past masters while becoming a unique icon in the industry. In this collection, readers will be able to witness Williamson's development as an artist.
Al Williamson
Author: John Fleskes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1948 a young Al Williamson accepted his first commercial assignment--for an issue of Famous Funnies comics, which launched his career as a professional in the field. Developing an elegant and illustrative style, he soon gained prominence in the highly influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. Over the next few decades, his exquisite art also illuminated many Atlas comics, various incarnations of Flash Gordon and the comic strips Secret Agent Corrigan and Star Wars, as well as a host of other titles and properties. This extraordinary body of superior work cemented Williamson's longstanding popularity. By the end of his career in the early 2000s, he had become one of the most highly regarded comic and strip artists in the industry, especially noted for the graceful ink line that he spent a lifetime pursuing. This first compendium in a new series is the perfect introduction to Al Williamson's work. You will find samples that span his fifty-year career along with anecdotes and historical details salted throughout. Cover art, interior pages, drawings and sketches--plus photographs of Al and his friends posing as reference for his sequential art--are included. This volume contains a mixture of both his most-obscure and best-known works, all meticulously reproduced from the original art. Until now, this captivating original artwork has only been seen by those fortunate enough to visit the Williamson studio in person. For the first time, readers will be able to view the artist's most-cherished works. Williamson's love of 1920s and 1930s adventure, fantasy and science-fiction pop culture--and his admiration of artists such as Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond--grounded his drawing technique and storytelling, which evolved throughout his life. He was able to take these inspirations and carry on the legacy of the past masters while becoming a unique icon in the industry. In this collection, readers will be able to witness Williamson's development as an artist.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1948 a young Al Williamson accepted his first commercial assignment--for an issue of Famous Funnies comics, which launched his career as a professional in the field. Developing an elegant and illustrative style, he soon gained prominence in the highly influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. Over the next few decades, his exquisite art also illuminated many Atlas comics, various incarnations of Flash Gordon and the comic strips Secret Agent Corrigan and Star Wars, as well as a host of other titles and properties. This extraordinary body of superior work cemented Williamson's longstanding popularity. By the end of his career in the early 2000s, he had become one of the most highly regarded comic and strip artists in the industry, especially noted for the graceful ink line that he spent a lifetime pursuing. This first compendium in a new series is the perfect introduction to Al Williamson's work. You will find samples that span his fifty-year career along with anecdotes and historical details salted throughout. Cover art, interior pages, drawings and sketches--plus photographs of Al and his friends posing as reference for his sequential art--are included. This volume contains a mixture of both his most-obscure and best-known works, all meticulously reproduced from the original art. Until now, this captivating original artwork has only been seen by those fortunate enough to visit the Williamson studio in person. For the first time, readers will be able to view the artist's most-cherished works. Williamson's love of 1920s and 1930s adventure, fantasy and science-fiction pop culture--and his admiration of artists such as Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond--grounded his drawing technique and storytelling, which evolved throughout his life. He was able to take these inspirations and carry on the legacy of the past masters while becoming a unique icon in the industry. In this collection, readers will be able to witness Williamson's development as an artist.
Xenozoic
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410374
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"What a strange new world, to have such creatures in it!" Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. All of the familiar flora and fauna are gone, replaced by a radically altered natural order populated by rampaging dinosaurs and strange new creatures. It takes guts, grim determination, ingenuity and a whole lot of old-fashioned luck just to survive, much less thrive, in this alien wilderness--all qualities that ace mechanic Jack Tenrec, lovely scientist Hannah Dundee and their friends possess in abundance. But even the worthiest of these hardy souls are hard-pressed to surmount the obstacles presented by their new homeland. And when those trials are further compounded by the underhanded and selfish actions of the cutthroat human scavengers they encounter, even the best-equipped and bravest among them might not endure. Xenozoic combines lush and richly realized ink-and-brush artwork with a pulp-fueled narrative to create an action-packed fantasy--an unrelenting adventure that also serves as a subtle cautionary fable concerning the unforeseen consequences that shortsighted present-day decisions might have upon future generations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410374
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"What a strange new world, to have such creatures in it!" Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. All of the familiar flora and fauna are gone, replaced by a radically altered natural order populated by rampaging dinosaurs and strange new creatures. It takes guts, grim determination, ingenuity and a whole lot of old-fashioned luck just to survive, much less thrive, in this alien wilderness--all qualities that ace mechanic Jack Tenrec, lovely scientist Hannah Dundee and their friends possess in abundance. But even the worthiest of these hardy souls are hard-pressed to surmount the obstacles presented by their new homeland. And when those trials are further compounded by the underhanded and selfish actions of the cutthroat human scavengers they encounter, even the best-equipped and bravest among them might not endure. Xenozoic combines lush and richly realized ink-and-brush artwork with a pulp-fueled narrative to create an action-packed fantasy--an unrelenting adventure that also serves as a subtle cautionary fable concerning the unforeseen consequences that shortsighted present-day decisions might have upon future generations.
Carbon 4
Author: Mark Schultz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Carbon 4 is the latest book that highlights Mark Schultz's favorite recent and past works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640410367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Carbon 4 is the latest book that highlights Mark Schultz's favorite recent and past works.
Al Williamson's Flash Gordon
Author: Al Williamson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865133
Category : Cartoonists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collects all of artist Al Williamson's major works featuring the character Flash Gordon, including his work on the King Comics stories, the 1980 adaptation of the motion picture, and the 1994 Marvel Comic miniseries.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865133
Category : Cartoonists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collects all of artist Al Williamson's major works featuring the character Flash Gordon, including his work on the King Comics stories, the 1980 adaptation of the motion picture, and the 1994 Marvel Comic miniseries.
Hidden Lands
Author: Thomas Yeates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569718162
Category : Cartoonists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Al Williamson stands in rarified air, among the titans of the development of comics as an art form. Drawing from the tradition of the heyday of book, advertising, and comic-strip illustration, Williamson brought a command of craft and dynamics rarely seen, before or since, to a field that had largely valued speed over skill. As part of an amazing stable of young artists at E.C. in the 1950s, Williamson helped change the industry forever although much of his work of the era has remained hidden. This work includes a diverse array of fantasy, science fiction, westerns, war stories, and more that showcases the astonishing range of this master of the form. Al Willaimson: Hidden Lands at last uncovers these stories from his days at Atlas, E.C., Charlton, Harvey, Dell, and more — including collaborations with Roy Krenkel, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, and other top creators of the era — most of which have never been reprinted as well as a wide array of material that has never before been published, including fascinating sketches and works from his career's infancy and photos from the artist's personal scrapbooks. Covered in fascinating depth by writers Mark Schultz, Thomas Yeates, and Steve Ringgenberg and gathered from extensive, lively interviews with Williamson, Al Williamson: Hidden Lands is an essential volume for any fan of this giant of graphic fiction as well as for those interested in comics history of the classic era of pen-and-ink illustration.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569718162
Category : Cartoonists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Al Williamson stands in rarified air, among the titans of the development of comics as an art form. Drawing from the tradition of the heyday of book, advertising, and comic-strip illustration, Williamson brought a command of craft and dynamics rarely seen, before or since, to a field that had largely valued speed over skill. As part of an amazing stable of young artists at E.C. in the 1950s, Williamson helped change the industry forever although much of his work of the era has remained hidden. This work includes a diverse array of fantasy, science fiction, westerns, war stories, and more that showcases the astonishing range of this master of the form. Al Willaimson: Hidden Lands at last uncovers these stories from his days at Atlas, E.C., Charlton, Harvey, Dell, and more — including collaborations with Roy Krenkel, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, and other top creators of the era — most of which have never been reprinted as well as a wide array of material that has never before been published, including fascinating sketches and works from his career's infancy and photos from the artist's personal scrapbooks. Covered in fascinating depth by writers Mark Schultz, Thomas Yeates, and Steve Ringgenberg and gathered from extensive, lively interviews with Williamson, Al Williamson: Hidden Lands is an essential volume for any fan of this giant of graphic fiction as well as for those interested in comics history of the classic era of pen-and-ink illustration.
Portfolio: the Complete Various Drawings
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865720
Category : Drawing, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Previously published in five volumes entitled: Various drawings.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865720
Category : Drawing, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Previously published in five volumes entitled: Various drawings.
Al Williamson Adventures
Author: Harlan Ellison
Publisher: Insight Studios
ISBN: 9781889317175
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The art of Al Williamson compliments short stories by Harlan Ellions, Bruce Jones, Archie Goodwin, and Mark Schultz.
Publisher: Insight Studios
ISBN: 9781889317175
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The art of Al Williamson compliments short stories by Harlan Ellions, Bruce Jones, Archie Goodwin, and Mark Schultz.
Al Williamson Archives
Author: Al Williamson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865348
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Culled from the artist's extensive private files, every themed volume of this ongoing series features unpublished sketches, preliminary artwork and pieces the artist created for his personal enjoyment. This second volume features rough sketches, unpublished comic pages and partially completed drawings to fully-rendered studies of characters familiar to fans. Each piece exemplifies the exhilarating bravura, sheer vitality and sense of wonder so important to Williamson's work. His body of narrative fiction continues to provide endless inspiration today.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865348
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Culled from the artist's extensive private files, every themed volume of this ongoing series features unpublished sketches, preliminary artwork and pieces the artist created for his personal enjoyment. This second volume features rough sketches, unpublished comic pages and partially completed drawings to fully-rendered studies of characters familiar to fans. Each piece exemplifies the exhilarating bravura, sheer vitality and sense of wonder so important to Williamson's work. His body of narrative fiction continues to provide endless inspiration today.
The Best of Comix Book
Author: Denis Kitchen
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1616552581
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1974, legendary Marvel Comics publisher Stan Lee approached underground pioneer Denis Kitchen and offered a way for them to collaborate. Their resulting series was called Comix Book and featured work by many of the top underground cartoonists including Joel Beck, Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Harvey Pekar, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman (first national appearance of Maus), Skip Williamson, and S. Clay Wilson. The Best of Comix Book showcases 150-pages of classic underground comix (printed on newsprint, as they originally appeared), many never before reprinted.
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1616552581
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1974, legendary Marvel Comics publisher Stan Lee approached underground pioneer Denis Kitchen and offered a way for them to collaborate. Their resulting series was called Comix Book and featured work by many of the top underground cartoonists including Joel Beck, Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Harvey Pekar, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman (first national appearance of Maus), Skip Williamson, and S. Clay Wilson. The Best of Comix Book showcases 150-pages of classic underground comix (printed on newsprint, as they originally appeared), many never before reprinted.
Storms at Sea
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865669
Category : Conspiracies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"There is an island named Pushkara, and the people who control the world don't want you to know it exists. But one man, one woman and a cryptic manuscript are going to change all that. Storms at sea is Mark Schult's heavily illustrated novella exploring the border between what we want to believe is true and the reality we prefer to keep concealed. It starts as a hard-boiled mystery and opens up into a breathtaking journey through cryptic history, cautionary science fiction and a scpeculative vision of the deep future"--Back cover
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933865669
Category : Conspiracies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"There is an island named Pushkara, and the people who control the world don't want you to know it exists. But one man, one woman and a cryptic manuscript are going to change all that. Storms at sea is Mark Schult's heavily illustrated novella exploring the border between what we want to believe is true and the reality we prefer to keep concealed. It starts as a hard-boiled mystery and opens up into a breathtaking journey through cryptic history, cautionary science fiction and a scpeculative vision of the deep future"--Back cover