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Mervyn "Skip" Williamson (August 19, 1944 – March 16, 2017) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Williamson's art was published in the National Lampoon , High Times , the Realist , the Industrial Worker , the Chicago Seed , Encyclopædia Britannica and others. [1]
- Mervyn Williamson, August 19, 1944, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
- American
- March 16, 2017 (aged 72), Albany, New York, U.S.
- cartoonist
Mar 22, 2017 · 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...
Skip Williamson was one of the pioneers of the 1960s U.S. underground comix movement. He is best-known for his satirical comic strip 'Snappy Sammy Smoot' (1968-1996). Williamson was co-founder of the influential underground comix magazine Bijou Funnies.
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Apr 21, 2017 · Williamson, 72, died of renal failure March 16 at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., said his daughter Molly Hiland Parmer. Williamson, who had diabetes and heart disease, had lived in...
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Mar 24, 2017 · The co-founder of the influential "Bijou Funnies," and creator of Snappy Sammy Smoot, has died at age 72. Influential underground comics artist Skip Williamson passed away March 16 at a hospital in Albany, New York. He was 72. According to The New York Times, his daughter Molly Hiland Parmer attributed Williamson's cause of death to renal failure.
Mar 17, 2017 · Features. Skip Williamson, 1944-2017. Patrick Rosenkranz | March 17, 2017. Mervyn “Skip” Williamson became a fly in the ointment at an early age; a thorn in the side of polite society throughout his whole life. He left this mortal coil unbowed and unrepentant on Thursday from complications of organ failure and the frailty of all flesh.
Mar 20, 2017 · SKIP WILLIAMSON: It'll be eight years in October, 1984. It depends on how close people can keep in touch with what I'm doing. Playboy's a mass magazine, I would think that more people know about Playboy than knew about the underground comics. I mean, Playboy's circulation's a lot more than Bijou's was. GREEN: Twenty-eight, 30 million.
