arts ▁and ▁w ives ▁sent ▁in ▁by ▁readers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁William son ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁art ▁director ▁of ▁H ust ler , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁staff ▁of ▁Play boy . ▁There ▁he ▁created ▁the ▁popular ▁" Play boy ▁F unn ies " ▁section ▁and ▁introduced ▁millions ▁of ▁readers ▁to ▁his ▁characters ▁Ne on ▁Vincent ▁and ▁the ▁" post mod ern " ▁couple ▁Nell ▁‘ n ’ ▁Void . ▁ ▁William son ▁designed ▁album ▁covers ▁for ▁bl ues ▁artists ▁like ▁Albert ▁Collins ▁( C old ▁S nap , ▁ 1 9 8 6 ), ▁K oko ▁Taylor ▁( An ▁A udi ence ▁With ▁the ▁Queen , ▁ 1 9 8 7 ), ▁Little ▁Charlie ▁and ▁the ▁Night c ats ▁( All ▁The ▁Way ▁Cra zy , ▁ 1 9 8 7 ) ▁and ▁M ud cat ▁( You ▁Better ▁Mind , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ). ▁For ▁the ▁band ▁W ilder ness ▁Road ▁he ▁drew ▁a ▁special ▁com ic ▁book , ▁Sn uk ▁Comics , ▁to ▁promote ▁them . ▁ ▁In ▁later ▁years ▁William son ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁producing ▁large - scale ▁can v ases ▁dep ict ing ▁political ▁social ▁ab om ination ▁and ▁political ▁tre ach ery . ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁Alb any ▁Medical ▁Center ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 3 0 ▁pm ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁The ▁official ▁cause ▁of ▁death ▁was ▁ren al ▁failure ▁and ▁comp