Steven Clay Wilson - Artist Info

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    "S. Clay Wilson, Taboo-Breaking Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 79," Online obituary, The New York Times, by J. Hoberman, February 9, 2021.

    His drawings were so outrageous that, on first encountering them, his fellow cartoonist R. Crumb recalled feeling that “suddenly my own work seemed insipi

    S. Clay Wilson, the most scabrous and rollicking of the underground cartoonists who first achieved notoriety as contributors to Zap Comix in the late 1960s, died on Sunday at his home in San Francisco. He was 79.

    His wife, Lorraine Chamberlain, said the cause was deteriorating health arising from a traumatic brain injury more than 12 years ago. He had experienced a number of serious health problems in recent years.

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