http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams/ Comments on MetaFilter post JR Williams Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:59:06 -0800 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:59:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams J.R. Williams is a <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/jrwilliams/">prolific comics artist</a> with a distinctive visual style <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=54520AAD-99DB-4979-84A29E717BEF3F9C">1</a>, <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=750731E0-B85F-4E59-9EEFB8DF986B2F6A">2</a>, <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=E1D69F62-F6E6-4ECC-922CD6264AB8EE46">3</a>, <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=2638162C-D67F-4FD6-BBDCA5A0A254D6E9">4</a>, <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=A56B0A5D-EB30-4808-866E479AD1EA6A43">5</a>, <a href="http://www.comicartcollective.com/detail.cfm?page=6902EE38-B77F-48ED-B7933F336448650A">6</a>. He is fond of fanciful takes on pop <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/sets/72157604987551300/">culture icons</a> like <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/2477990447/in/set-72157604987551300/">Quisp</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/2477634515/in/set-72157604987551300/">Yogi Bear</a>, as well as more <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/sets/72157605734483656/">ribald characterizations</a> like <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/2510750621/in/set-72157605734483656/">Polly Purebred</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/2613609394/in/set-72157605734483656/">Jane Jetson</a> (NSFW) More recently he has branched out into <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/sets/72157603947463260/">abstraction</a>, which might be characterized as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/1438570760/in/set-72157603947463260/">psychedelic</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/340184436/in/set-72157603947463260/">pictographs</a>. post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73060 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:45:17 -0800 Tube jrwilliams comic comics art flickr pictographs abstract popart http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams#2173150 This is a different J.R. Williams that the one who was behind the <a href="http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&cat=1,46096,46100&p=46711">Bull of the Woods </a>and <a href="http://www.algrove.com/home/JRWilliams.aspx">Out Our Way </a>cartoons, right? comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73060-2173150 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:59:06 -0800 Oriole Adams http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams#2173155 Indeed, I couldn't find a Wikipedia page for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrwilliams57/2621641208/">this</a> JR Williams... comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73060-2173155 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:06:37 -0800 Tube http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams#2173906 J.R.'s stuff is great--such clean lines, that somehow give the impression of being drool-flecked! comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73060-2173906 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:31:49 -0800 Scram http://www.metafilter.com/73060/JR-Williams#2174664 Not to be confused with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.H._Williams_III">J.H. Williams III</a>, also a fine comic artist and great-nephew of Hank Williams. comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73060-2174664 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:36:00 -0800 Halloween Jack