Simon Williams (artist)

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Simon Williams
Born1973

Simon Williams is a Welsh comic artist, based in Cardiff who has worked professionally in comics since 2003. Most recently Williams has become well known for his collaborations with David Hasselhoff and Jon Mikl Thor.

Biography

Williams started drawing comics from an early age, influenced by the artwork of Marvel Comics artists Sal Buscema, Jack Kirby and John Byrne. During his teenage years, Simon sought advice from local professional comic artists Mike Collins and David Roach.

After graduating from university, Williams started drawing comics professionally in 2003, working for

Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures, The Incredible Hulk, Death's Head, and Marvel Heroes for Panini's Marvel UK
comics.

Williams has also produced artwork for various other forms of media, such as DVDs, toys and collectable merchandise. Most notably he produced covers for

1966, 1982 and 1996 shows), X-Men and Spider-Man (both the 1967 and 1994
shows).

Williams is also the creator of the Discotronic Funk Commandos, a group of

superheroes from the 1970s. They are an affectionate parody of comics, music, film and TV from that era. The comic will also be featuring special guest-star appearances from David Hasselhoff and Jon Mikl Thor
. He has collaborated with both in developing Hasselhoff's comic book and cartoon project, The Hoff: Heroes of Fearless Freedom, and also producing album artwork for Thor's upcoming Thunderstryke 2 album.

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