Al Williamson (1931–2010)
Author of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (The Marvel Comics Version)
About the Author
Image credit: Image of artist. photo credit 'Squa Tront' No.1 - Sept. 1967
Series
Works by Al Williamson
Classic Star Wars #4 — Illustrator — 5 copies
Classic Star Wars #6 — Illustrator — 4 copies
Classic Star Wars #11 — Illustrator — 4 copies
Star Wars, No. 39, September 1980: The Empire Strikes Back: Beginning (1980) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Classic Star Wars #14 — Illustrator — 4 copies
Classic Star Wars #18 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #3 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #19 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #15 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #20 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #16 — Illustrator — 3 copies
Classic Star Wars #17 — Illustrator — 2 copies
CORRIGAN 1 copy
Associated Works
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 057: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish Volume 1 [#1-10] (2006) — Illustrator — 33 copies
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 068: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense Volume 1 [#1-10] (2006) — Illustrator — 26 copies
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 180: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery Volume 4 [#31-40] (2012) — Illustrator — 8 copies
Big Apple Comix — Contributor — 3 copies
Devil. L'uomo senza paura — Inker — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Williamson, Alfonso
- Birthdate
- 1931-03-21
- Date of death
- 2010-06-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Upstate New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- EC Comics
Warren Publishing in 1964 and 1965
Marvel Comics - Occupations
- Penciler
Inker
Comic Book artist - Awards and honors
- Alley Award for Best Pencil Artist (1966)
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Statistics
- Works
- 68
- Also by
- 49
- Members
- 1,240
- Popularity
- #20,704
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 13
- ISBNs
- 82
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 2
This is not strictly a scene-for-scene, line-by-line recreation of what you know. Like most adaptations that are composed at the same time as the film is in post-production, it has elements from earlier scripts and features scenes that were later cut, while missing others that were later added. It does not open with a star destroyer, and it includes the wampa attack on the rebel base. Darth Vader requests his ship as he is leaving Cloud City, which we didn't see him do on screen until the 1997 special edition.
Objects are not always accurately scaled (Yoda and the Executor, especially), and the shading gives an odd look to some scenes; as a prisoner of Cloud City, Han Solo looks ready for the discotheque. These are minor quibbles to me. I loved, and still love, every frame of my treasured copy and the fuel this provided to my young imagination. The original film trilogy is a significant memory for me and ESB most of all, in part because of this.… (more)