Answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: alfonso williamson - subcat: american - death date: 12 june 2010 - pencil: y - ink: y - awards: eisner eisner award hall of fame -lrb- 2000 -rrb- inkwell awards award joe sinnott hall of fame -lrb- 2010 -rrb- best inker -lrb- 1991 , 1997 -rrb- - birth date: 21 march 1931 - nationality: american/colombian - image: alwilliamsontable.jpg - death place: upstate new york - birth place: new york city , new york , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of al williamson .
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alfonso '' al '' williamson -lrb- march 21 , 1931 -- june 12 , 2010 -rrb- was an american cartoonist , comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure , western and science-fiction/fantasy .born in new york city , he spent much of his early childhood in bogota , colombia before moving back to the united states at the age of 12 .in his youth , williamson developed an interest in comic strips , particularly alex raymond 's '' flash gordon '' .he took art classes at burne hogarth 's cartoonists and illustrators school , there befriending future cartoonists wally wood and roy krenkel , who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had influenced adventure strips .before long , he was working professionally in the comics industry .his most notable works include his science-fiction/heroic fantasy art for ec comics in the 1950s , on titles including '' weird science '' and '' weird fantasy '' .in the 1960s , he gained recognition for continuing raymond 's illustrative tradition with his work on the '' flash gordon '' comic-book series , and was a seminal contributor to the warren publishing 's black-and-white horror comics magazines '' creepy '' and '' eerie '' .williamson spent most of the 1970s working on his own credited strip , another raymond creation , '' secret agent x-9 '' .the following decade , he became known for his work adapting '' star wars '' films to comic books and newspaper strips .from the mid-1980s to 2003 , he was primarily active as an inker , mainly on marvel comics superhero titles starring such characters as daredevil , spider-man , and spider-girl .williamson is known for his collaborations with a group of artists including frank frazetta , roy krenkel , angelo torres , and george woodbridge , which was affectionately known as the '' fleagle gang '' .williamson has been cited as a stylistic influence on a number of younger artists , and encouraged many , helping such newcomers as bernie wrightson and michael kaluta enter the profession .he has won several...