Sunday, January 04, 2009

S. CLAY WILSON

checkerdemon.jpgUnderground comic icon S. Clay Wilson suffered a severe injury in November. He is out of the hospital now, but will need extensive rehabilitation, and friends and family are putting on some benefits to help with the massive medical costs. If the incredibly troublesome and twisted art of this man has entertained or helped you in any way, please consider helping out if you can.

Here's some info and links:

S. Clay Wilson Noise Benefit
Jan 11 at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, starting at 6 p.m.

Mojo Lounge Benefit
Jan 24th at the Mojo Lounge in Fremont, CA. The Dave Walker Band will play from 3 to 7 and there will be a raffle afterward with CDs, artwork, amp repair coupons and other donations, as well as comic books and art for sale during the performance. All proceeds will directly help pay for S. Clay's medical expenses. For more info, email Dan Fogel of HippyComix at comixpr@comcast.net.

Steve Duin's Oregonian columns covering the story.

There's also an address where donations can be sent:
P.O. Box 14854
San Francisco, CA 94114

2 comments:

Village Green said...

Thanks for posting this. He's an amazing artist and I've enjoyed his work for many years.

microdot said...

Yeah, S. Clay Wilson was one of the most amazing graphic artists of the Underground Comics movement and only got better over the years.
I knew his long time girl friend, the artist Susan Subtle and met S. Clay a few times in New York. He is a big man and a big friendly talkative person...In fact, if you met him, you would have trouble reconseling the art work with the man....
But, S.Clay Wilson, the guy who pushed every button all the time everywhere with his ink pen.