TINTIN by Francesco Francavilla

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I am still in a Al Williamson state of mind, as you can see.
Since Tintin had a cameo in my tribute last week, I thought it was fitting to have an "Al" inspired take on the little guy.
Hope you guys dig it even if it's not the classic or popular rendition of Herge's creation.

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S. I hate putting on the pimp's hat but... today's issue 3 of GARRISON is out in stores: please support (by buying the book and/or promoting it) this creator owned title of mine, I will truly appreciate it :) Thanks!

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Andy Kuhn

FLASH .... ahh ahhh .... He'll save every one of us!

Al Williamson Tribute by Mitch Breitweiser

His mark was left on all of us, and I'm so proud to be a part of a group of guys that are carrying on the tradition of the 20th century illustration masters.

Best,

Mitch

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by tom fowler

some of my fondest childhood memories are stealing the sunday paper from my dad to pour over williamson's star wars strip. i cannot hope to match his ability or facility with brush or quill (especially in the time i'd given myself for this drawing) so i've fallen back on the subject matter that drew me to him in the first place.

NOBODY drew a dude with a gun on a lizard like Al.



***also, please go and take a look at the gorgeous al williamson tribute drawn by my good friend craig taillefer over at his site.

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Steve Bryant

I've talked about Al Williamson a lot over the last week. I wrote about meeting him and the impact on my career over at my blog. I pointed out some homages to him in my comic Athena Voltaire. And I was fortunate enough to be asked by John Siuntres to contribute some thoughts about Al's work on the Word Balloon podcast and by Tim O'Shea to talk about Al for the Robot 6 blog at Comic Book Resources.

My favorite of Al's work was his 13-year collaboration with Archie Goodwin on Secret Agent Corrigan because everything that Al loved was eventually thrown into the strip.

I printed the type onto a piece of Bristol board and drew Corrigan onto the board afterward. The tone was created digitally and the jacket pattern, based on a zip-a-tine screen that Al frequently used on Corrigan, was drawn manually then digitally manipulated into a larger repeating pattern. It was also applied digitally. The pencils can be seen at my blog.

Thanks for the work, and everything else, Al.

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Mr. Hawthorne

Best,
Mike

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Evan Shaner

I won't be able to say anything that hasn't been said better by folks who actually knew Al, but it's pretty clear that we lost a true industry legend this week. I've been a fan since I discovered his Flash Gordon work and figured out that he'd inked a lot of the books I liked, like John Buscema's run on Wolverine. My absolute favorite of his is his work on Secret Agent Corrigan, because you can't go wrong with Goodwin and Williamson on a newspaper strip about a secret agent. To this day I can look at a panel I've seen a million times and be surprised and intrigued by his lighting choices. The way he designed things, especially objects at a distance, in black and white is simply amazing.

My tribute is a little all-over-the-place, but I wanted to fit a little bit of everything I liked about Al Williamson's work in here.

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Mitch Gerads

Al Williamson deserves every bit of praise that has ever been cast upon him. Hands down one of my biggest, and earliest, influences. Without Al, I highly doubt there would ever be a Johnny Recon. His Flash Gordon work blows me away just as much now as it did when I saw it as a wee lad.

The man may have passed on but his legacy and his artistic footprint will live on forever. You'll be missed, Mr. Williamson, but never forgotten.


M!TCH

AL WILLIAMSON TRIBUTE by Francesco Francavilla

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When I first started working in Comics here in US, I remember one of the first quotes I got from professionals was from Stuart Immonen (now a very dear friend of mine) who said "Francavilla's exquisite brushwork rivals that of Al Williamson or Alex Raymond...". Now I am not nearly even close to those two Masters, but I was pretty flattered by the comment, especially considering both Williamson and Raymond have always been a huge inspiration of mine.

So I hope you all will forgive me if I put some extra love in this week's twart.
I know I keep saying it, but this time you want to really click on the image to appreciate everything that is in there.

So long, Al, thanks for everything.

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S.: Color version of this posted will be posted later on Pulp Sunday.