5 ▁death s ▁Category : Po ets ▁from ▁Iowa ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁Austin , ▁Texas ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁po ets ▁Category : American ▁women ▁po ets ▁Category : Po ets ▁from ▁California ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁women ▁writers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁po ets ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁Mer v yn ▁" Sk ip " ▁William son ▁( August ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁– ▁March ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁under ground ▁cart oon ist ▁and ▁central ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁under ground ▁com ix ▁movement . ▁William son ' s ▁art ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Lam po on , ▁High ▁Times , ▁the ▁Real ist , ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Work er , ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Se ed , ▁Encyclop ædia ▁Britannica ▁and ▁others . ▁His ▁best - known ▁character ▁is ▁Sn appy ▁Sam my ▁Sm oot . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Child hood ▁ ▁William son ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁Texas , ▁but ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Lyn ch burg , ▁Virginia , ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁C anton , ▁Missouri . ▁William son ' s ▁real ▁first ▁name ▁is ▁Mer v yn ; ▁however ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁child , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁a ▁trou blem aker , ▁so ▁his ▁grand m other ▁gave ▁him ▁the