I’ve been so busy working on Wire this week I had no time left over to blog, so I thought I’d come up for air to post this quickie. (Well, maybe I had some time, but after a long day’s work, I often had no brain left over!)

Al Williamson, one of the great EC Comics artists, whose drawing style is extremely romantic and lyrical, turned 79 today, which means it’s once more time for me to dig into the portfolio I carried at comic-book conventions when I was an annoying kid with a sketchpad.

If you’re not familiar with Williamson’s work, these classic EC Comics tales will easily convince you of his greatness.

I wrangled the drawing below out of Williamson at the EC Fan Addict Convention in 1972. (Click if you’d like to see the lizard a little larger.)

Happy Birthday, Al!