Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Star Wars: All Williamson, all the time








I occasionally check in on Marvel's Star Wars comics, but there are so fucking many of them that I only read a fraction of the content that is put out there (and I ain't touching that High Republic stuff). I generally only pick them up for the art, but they mostly just reinforce my deeply held belief that Al Williamson Star Wars comics are the only real Star Wars comics. 

His work had such an exact tone, perfectly capturing the features of those instantly recognizable faces without relying on photo-realism, but also coming dynamic action and incredibly moody shadow work. I first saw his work in a paperback-sized edition of Empire Strikes Back, and even in that reduced format, his art looked bigger than the galaxy.

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