The Oregonian continues to provide updates on the recovering condition of underground comix pioneer S. Clay Wilson. Some weeks back, Wilson was hospitalized after a drunken fall and was in a coma for some time.
He’s up and about, as well as lucid but is having short-term memory issues. "His vocabulary is returning. His sarcasm. His humor. His personality is maddeningly Wilson," Lorraine Chamberlain, his partner, said. "But sometimes it sounds like he's hallucinating. It's just the aphasia. 'Lorraine! I'm at the gas station! Getting the car fixed!' He's choosing incorrect words to tell me he's waiting for me. He still can't grasp that he's in a hospital. Every time I tell him that he fell down and he's been hospitalized, he's very surprised."
Wilson has been moved to the rehabilitation unit at the California Pacific Medical Center. "The doctors told me Thursday that he wouldn't be coming home any time soon,...
He’s up and about, as well as lucid but is having short-term memory issues. "His vocabulary is returning. His sarcasm. His humor. His personality is maddeningly Wilson," Lorraine Chamberlain, his partner, said. "But sometimes it sounds like he's hallucinating. It's just the aphasia. 'Lorraine! I'm at the gas station! Getting the car fixed!' He's choosing incorrect words to tell me he's waiting for me. He still can't grasp that he's in a hospital. Every time I tell him that he fell down and he's been hospitalized, he's very surprised."
Wilson has been moved to the rehabilitation unit at the California Pacific Medical Center. "The doctors told me Thursday that he wouldn't be coming home any time soon,...
- 12/10/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
The Oregonian is reporting that S. Clay Wilson, “one of the seminal figures in the underground comix movement, suffered a "severe brain injury." Wilson’s partner, Lorraine Chamberlain, stated on Sunday, "I just talked to the neurologist a few minutes ago. He's in a decline because of the pneumonia. They can't seem to stabilize him."
The 67-year-old Wilson was originally thought to be the victim of a mugging when he was found but doctors now theorize that he may have repeatedly fallen given his medical condition. He’s been at San Francisco General since Saturday.
"That's what we think now, that he fell several times and hit his head," Chamberlain said. "He has a fractured orbital bone in his eye and he fractured his neck. He looks like he's been kicked in the face and beaten up. But if he'd been beaten up, he would have been robbed. There's no way to know.
The 67-year-old Wilson was originally thought to be the victim of a mugging when he was found but doctors now theorize that he may have repeatedly fallen given his medical condition. He’s been at San Francisco General since Saturday.
"That's what we think now, that he fell several times and hit his head," Chamberlain said. "He has a fractured orbital bone in his eye and he fractured his neck. He looks like he's been kicked in the face and beaten up. But if he'd been beaten up, he would have been robbed. There's no way to know.
- 11/10/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
“Spain” Rodriquez and “Che” Guevara. Manuel and Ernesto. Two legends, one living, the other, well, not so much.
Spain has been a cartoonist for more than 40 years, one of the first and most visible and influential storytellers of the underground comix movement. While others were preoccupied (often brilliantly) with their X-rated tributes to Harvey Kurtzman, Max Fleischer and other visionaries of their childhood, Spain was telling adventure stories of urban America, often featuring his character Trashman. His works have a strong left-wing tilt. He continues to be active, contributing to American Splendor, Blab! and Tikkun, and he produced the highly acclaimed graphic novel Nightmare Alley for Fantagraphics. He’s been fairly active in recent years on the comics convention circuit, often appearing with S. Clay Wilson.
Che was a handsome medical doctor (specializing in leprosy) and revolutionary, part of the insurgency force that overthrew the Cuban puppet dictator Fulgencio Batista and his American mobster masters,...
Spain has been a cartoonist for more than 40 years, one of the first and most visible and influential storytellers of the underground comix movement. While others were preoccupied (often brilliantly) with their X-rated tributes to Harvey Kurtzman, Max Fleischer and other visionaries of their childhood, Spain was telling adventure stories of urban America, often featuring his character Trashman. His works have a strong left-wing tilt. He continues to be active, contributing to American Splendor, Blab! and Tikkun, and he produced the highly acclaimed graphic novel Nightmare Alley for Fantagraphics. He’s been fairly active in recent years on the comics convention circuit, often appearing with S. Clay Wilson.
Che was a handsome medical doctor (specializing in leprosy) and revolutionary, part of the insurgency force that overthrew the Cuban puppet dictator Fulgencio Batista and his American mobster masters,...
- 9/21/2008
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
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