Wilson delighted readers with his haunting scenes and dark humor. AdvertisementIn a story posted on his website, Wilson recalled how he’d struggled to convince editors that their readers would understand and appreciate his cartoons. His big break came from a fill-in cartoon editor at Colliers magazine who didn’t know the conventional wisdom about his work. “Not being a trained cartoon editor, he did not realize my stuff was too much for the common man to comprehend, and he thought it was funny,” Wilson wrote. His wife of 52 years, writer Nancy Winters, died in March.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 26, 2019 17:48 UTC