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1944 San Antonio, Texas - 2017 Albany, Vermont. Known for: Underground comix (comic) cartoons.
"Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72". By Richard Sandomir, March 22, 2017. The New York Times, Obituaries. Skip Williamson, a rambunctious creator of underground comics that merged... Read full biography
"Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72". By Richard Sandomir, March 22, 2017. The New York Times, Obituaries. Skip Williamson, a rambunctious creator of underground comics that merged his radical politics with his love of scatological humor, died on March 16 in a hospital in Albany,... Read full biography
"Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72". By Richard Sandomir, March 22, 2017. The New York Times, Obituaries. Skip Williamson, a rambunctious creator of underground comics that merged his radical politics with his love of scatological humor, died on March 16 in a hospital in Albany, near his home in Wilmington, Vt. He was 72. The cause was renal failure, his daughter Molly Hiland Parmer said. For the underground cartoonists of the 1960s and ’70s, sex, drugs, profanity and violence... Read full biography
"Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72". By Richard Sandomir, March 22, 2017. The New York Times, Obituaries. Skip Williamson, a rambunctious creator of underground comics that merged his radical politics with his love of scatological humor, died on March 16 in a hospital in Albany, near his home in Wilmington, Vt. He was 72. The cause was renal failure, his daughter Molly Hiland Parmer said. For the underground cartoonists of the 1960s and ’70s, sex, drugs, profanity and violence were as common as superheroes in mainstream comics, and Mr. Williamson was among the most provocative. His characters were often visual grotesques, like Snappy Sammy Smoot, a dandy with googly eyes, gigantic red (or pink) lips, pomaded black hair... Read full biography
"Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72". By Richard Sandomir, March 22, 2017. The New York Times, Obituaries. Skip Williamson, a rambunctious creator of underground comics that merged his radical politics with his love of scatological humor, died on March 16 in a hospital in Albany, near his home in Wilmington, Vt. He was 72. The cause was renal failure, his daughter Molly Hiland Parmer said. For the underground cartoonists of the 1960s and ’70s, sex, drugs, profanity and violence were as common as superheroes in mainstream comics, and Mr. Williamson was among the most provocative. His characters were often visual grotesques, like Snappy Sammy Smoot, a dandy with googly eyes, gigantic red (or pink) lips, pomaded black hair and a delicate mustache. Smoot’s naïveté placed him in counterpoint with the era’s changing politics and mores. Mr.... Read full biography
Skip (Mervyn) Williamson - Artist Info
About Skip (Mervyn) Williamson: Keywords
Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Satire, Parody
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Underground Comix Artist