Alexander Williams (cartoonist)
| Alexander Williams | |
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Alex Williams
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| Born |
18 October 1967 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts |
| Known for | Animation, Cartoons |
| Notable work | Queens Counsel |
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Alex Williams Animation Queen's Counsel Cartoons Animation Apprentice |
Alexander "Alex" Williams (born 18 October 1967 in London) is an English film animator and cartoonist. He is the son of animator Richard Williams. He has worked on numerous animated films, and is the author of the Queens Counsel cartoon strip in The Times.
Williams was born in London in 1967. He is the son of Canadian animator Richard Williams. He played the voice of Tiny Tim in his father's 1971 television adaptation of A Christmas Carol. He was educated at Westminster School, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, and Merton College, Oxford.
Williams and Graham Francis Defries are co-creators of the comic strip Queens Counsel. It is a satire on law and lawyers, which has appeared in the law pages of The Times newspaper since 1993. It is written under the pseudonyms Steuart and Francis. The strip was begun when Williams and Defries were working as research assistants for members of parliament at the House of Commons.
A number of collections of the cartoons have been published, by Robson Books and Harper Collins.
Other cartoon strip work includes Writer's Block, published in the books section of The Times from 2005–6, and The Dealers, published in The Tatler from 1994–95. He also illustrated the characters for the Baby Barista blog by fellow ex-barrister Tim Kevan.
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