Obscure Images: Gluyas Williams Orchestra Illustrations

There’s been a great thread on Gluyas Williams going on at the Comics Journal message board recently, with a lot of nice cartoons and illustrations from him. Mike Hunter, who started the thread, just posted a link to this auction of some wonderful Williams illustrations of various members of an orchestra. His cartoons show so much character even without any words… Williams is truly a master of subtle character observation. Here they are for your enjoyment.

I’ve posted a number of Williams cartoons on this site previously that can be seen here. You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.

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Crumbling Paper: Gluyas Williams Circa 1927 Strip #26

This is the last item in a series of scans of 1927 strips from cartoonist Gluyas Williams. Thanks again to Zander Cannon for passing these great strips my way. I’m donating the scans to gluyaswilliams.com to give them a more fitting home on the web… hopefully their collection of strips will continue to expand. Click on the image below for the full strip.

You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.