The Al Williamson Reader

    (Pure Imagination, 2008)
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A collection of the classic Golden Age artist’s work that makes up in art what it often lacks in writing. These short and often serialized pieces, and there are some entertaining, concise pieces, but a lot of it is really just a product of its time and market, hastily written for the pulpier comics. This does not detract from Williamson’s art, however, which rarely shows the strain of deadlines. Some of the art is rough in reproduction, but considering the artifacts Pure Imagination was probably using to restore Williamson’s art to page, it’s a solid rescue.

— Brendan McGinley
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