of our generation." Referring to his and the Zap crew's status in art circles, Wilson himself said, "If you're not good enough to be a cartoonist, maybe you can be an artist." S. Clay Wilson characters "Tree Frog Beer" is the drink of choice for many of these characters. The Checkered Demon Star-Eyed Stella Captain Pissgums and his Pervert Pirates Ruby the Dyke Hog Riding Fools (motorcycle gang) Club Choad Charley — a member of the Hog Riding Fools Lester Gass the Midnight Misogynist Awards 1992 The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame Bibliography As a contributor Zap Comix — issues #2–16 (1968–2014) Yellow Dog — issues #7–14 (1968–1969) Gothic Blimp Works — issues #1–2, 4 (1968) San Francisco Comic Book — issues #1–2 (1970) The Organ (1970–1971) The Rip Off Review of Western Culture — all three issues (1972) Arcade — issues #1, 3–5 (1975–1976) Weirdo — issues #13–15, 17, 19, 24, 27 (1985–1990) Strip AIDS (1987) The Narrative Corpse — 3 panels (1995) Graphic Classics 4: H. P. Lovecraft — adaptation (2002) The Graphic Canon, Volume 2 — adaptation (2012) Books and collections Bent (1 issue, Print Mint, 1971) Pork (1 issue, Cartoonists Co-Op Press, 1974) The Checkered Demon (3 issues, Last Gasp (publisher), 1977–1979) (as illustrator) Burroughs, William S. The Wild Boys (Zweitausendeins, 1980) — in German (as illustrator) Burroughs, William S. Cities of The Red Night (Zweitausendeins, 1982) — in German Wilson's Andersen: Seven Stories by Andersen (Cottage Classics, 1994) Wilson's Grimm (Cottage Classics, 1999) The Art of S. Clay Wilson (Ten Speed Press, 2006) Checkered Demon Anthology, Vol. 1 (Last Gasp, 2015) Dear Charlie: Letters to Charles Plymell (Water Row Press, 2021) References Further reading Levin, Bob. "Enlighten 'Em or Sicken 'Em: S. Clay Wilson, Work and Play," The Comics Journal #175 (Marc. 1995), pp. 98–109. Rosenkranz, Patrick. Pirates in the Heartland-The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson (Fantagraphics Books, Inc., June 2014) — this biography (Volume One) contains over 250 images of Wilson's art, as well as many photographs from his own collection as well as from his friends. Volumes Two and Three will be released in 2015 and 2016. External links S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust Lambiek: S. Clay Wilson "The Underground Genius Surfaces" by Charles Plymell S. Clay Wilson, ingenious underground comix artist, dies at 79 1941 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American comics artists Artists from Lincoln,