# Skip Williamson: Medically-induced Coma

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-williamson-medically-induced-coma/782289>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 16, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-williamson-medically-induced-coma/782289 "2017-03-16T04:58:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-williamson-medically-induced-coma/782289/1 "2017-03-16T04:58:40Z")

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Coming so soon after fellow underground cartoonist Jay Lynch’s passing, some FB feeds announced Skip Williamson has died. His wife quickly corrected this (although she was briefly under this impression as well, due to a garbled communication from his doctor). His pain medications stopped working–I have not yet heard what his illness is, but the pioneers of undergound cartooning are getting up there in age–and he is currently in a medically-induced coma.

Williamson co-founded the **Bijou Comix** anthology with Jay Lynch, and was a longtime contributor to **PLAYBOY**. He has one of the most distinctive and graphically savvy styles of the underground crowd.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-williamson-medically-induced-coma/782289/2 "2017-03-16T05:03:54Z")

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> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
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> Coming so soon after fellow underground cartoonist Jay Lynch’s passing, some FB feeds announced Skip Williamson has died. His wife quickly corrected this (although she was briefly under this impression as well, due to a garbled communication from his doctor). His pain medications stopped working–I have not yet heard what his illness is, but the pioneers of undergound cartooning are getting up there in age–and he is currently in a medically-induced coma.
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> Williamson co-founded the **Bijou Comix** anthology with Jay Lynch, and was a longtime contributor to **PLAYBOY**. He has one of the most distinctive and graphically savvy styles of the underground crowd.

We’re losing some great, groundbreaking cartoonists.  
I hope they’ll be remember through their work.