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Sketch by Al Williamson

Artist: Al Williamson (All)

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Artwork Details

Title:	Sketch by Al Williamson
Artist:	Al Williamson (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,983
Likes on CAF:	11 12
Comments:	22
Added to Site:	11/10/2013
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Description

Thanks for asking about the back story, Ray, but I don't have too much to tell. I went by Williamson's booth at the San Diego Comicon some time in the late 90s and bought this from the artist's son, who was manning the booth when I happened to come by. The picture was unsigned, so I came back the next day and asked the artist to sign it.

He was surprised and a bit suspicious when I produced this drawing of his out of my bag and he asked me where I had gotten it. But he relaxed once I explained that I had bought it from his own booth the day before. It makes me wonder if the drawing was old enough that he didn't recognize it right away, but I don't know when it was drawn.

He had several other drawings with the same level of finish for sale, as if they'd all been drawn around the same time. The one I remember best was of a humanoid alien with a lizard head and a ray-gun standing beside a large rock. Just the way he indicated the alien's shadow and the cracks in the rocky background tempted me to buy that other drawing, but I only had cash for one piece at the time so this one won out with this romantic pair preparing for a confrontation.

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Ray Cuthbert
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/11/2013

Can you tell us the story behind this piece?

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 11/11/2013

Ray Cuthbert wrote:

Can you tell us the story behind this piece?

Thanks for asking --- what little I can tell you is added to the description.

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/11/2013

Nice!

COMIC PARADISE
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/17/2013

al Williamson...what a great all around artist. congrats

Santi Ferrer
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/11/2014

Wow !!! Great piece by the master.congrats.

Johan Tudts
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/6/2014

Another great piece enriching a beautiful collection +++

JC S
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/21/2014

nice collection !

Ben Friedman
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/28/2014

Nice, a real beauty!

Steven biali001
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/6/2014

Great piece and interesting story!

Rob L
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/16/2014

Wonderful drawing by one of the all-time greats!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/3/2014

Great little gem!

Robbie Cook
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/16/2014

One of those pieces that remind me how much I need a sci-fi Williamson for my collection! I don't think he ever misused a single stroke of his pen. Simply brilliant.

Tommy Kohlmaier
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/15/2014

Highly beautiful Piece, congrats !

David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/19/2014

You have such a great collection of sketches by the masters!

Roy Mann
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/15/2015

Great artwork, but this is much more than a sketch.... a sketch is the one Al did for me in 1974 when I met him .... he sketched doctor Zarkof while we was waiting a coffee outside a bar... Now the sketch is in my gallery at the voice CELEBRITY SKETCHS...

Uwe R.
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/15/2015

Beautiful drawing by one of the best.

steve roden
Member Since 2011

Posted on 6/28/2015

oh man, what a great drawing, and a great story to boot!!!!!!

Matthias .
Member Since 2014

Posted on 8/7/2015

Williamson was for me one of the greatest artists in the industry. I love,love,love his work and the cooperations he had with other artists as inker. Very nice illu that you have here in your collection!

Ardag B
Member Since 2014

Posted on 4/30/2016

Beautiful collection indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Jim Warden
Member Since 2003

Posted on 1/9/2017

Congratulations on a fantastic sketch with a memorable background story!

Shelton Bryant
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/28/2022

Superb Craftmanship...Beautiful Line!! Each Line So Natural and Unpretentious......

Tony Sticatto
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/3/2026

Only a master draftsmen could turn a simple prelim sketch into a masterpiece.

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