Freddie Williams, II
Freddie Williams II grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, though he now resides in Lees Summit, Mo. He started drawing comics seriously from the young age of 15 after he saw a copy of The Uncanny X-man #272 featuring Jim Lee's artwork. From that point on he had his heart set on drawing comics for a living.
In 2005 while attending the San Diego Comic Con, Freddie submitted a portfolio for the DC Talent Search. A few months later he received a call be a fill in artist for Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #2, 3 and 4, as well as a fill-in artist for Aquaman #39, from there he was selected to be the monthly artist for Robin starting with issue #149.
Freddie has also done fill-in issues and other work for several other DC, Image, Palladium, and Independent Comic Co. books including 52 #31 – Robin origin, Blue Beetle #15, Firestorm #31 , Outsiders #45 & 46, Invincible #32, Noble Causes #12 -18 & #25, Chance of a Lifetime, Wargod, Project Eon, Lonebow, Shocking Gun Tales, Countdown, and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run. For a full list of Freddie's work, please check out his website checklist page at www.freddieart.com.
Over the years Freddie worked in various art jobs honing his PC skills and learning to work via Photoshop and Illustrator. He had worked traditionally for years with blue line pro art board, non-repro blue pencils and inking pens and figured after what he knew maybe he would combine his love of comics with new technology. He now works completely digitally, only commission pieces and maybe a few pages of his choice from monthly issues are done traditionally. You can see his innovative approach to art in his new how-to book DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics.
Freddie is currently the artist of the D.C. Comics series, JSA ALL-STARS.
