Let me tell you a little about myself.

I'm an artist, writer, publisher and animator. And though all that is true, more than anything I consider myself a storyteller. In my case one who uses images more often than words alone. Whether designing a print ad, a brochure, a concert poster, a comic book, or an animated piece, I try to take into account the story behind the final product and how, through my design, I can best get that story across.

My favorite storytelling medium is the comic book. In the '80's people tried to "legitimize" comics by calling them "graphic novels", but personally I think they are quite legitimate as COMICS, so that's what I call them. The comic is a medium both information and entertainment can be transferred in a universal way, and I support them fully (though most of them are fairly bad these days).

I have a few things on my creative plate at the moment, I'm hoping to have my new comic, ANANSI, ready for print this summer and I have several new cartoons in the works through Dreadfully Slick.

Born in 1968 in San Antonio, Texas, Jerry! moved his family to Des Moines, Iowa to entertain him during his formative years. There until the age of 14, Jerry! took in all of the culture the Capital City of Iowa had to offer him: rolling hills, corn growing, thunderstorms and tornadoes. Tiring of this, he arranged for his mother to marry an old friend and then moved his kinfolk once again. This time to Oakland, California, known worldwide as "The City of Generous Potential". There he cultivated his love of Science and Art and developed a powerful philosophy of skepticism, due to the fact that he was surrounded by frauds, thieves and crystal-loving ex-hippies.

Though his high school experience gave him little more than easy access to loathsome trogolodites, he was blessed with the meeting of his future wife, Robin Brady, whom he found scaring off tiny-brained classmates with a stick she had "given to fire."

In 1995, they married, got a dog, and been having a hell of a time laughing at the rest of the world ever since.
UPDATE
In 2005, Robin had a growth surgically removed from her body. Evidence has shown that it was placed there by Jerry! They named the growth Malachi James and it turns out, he's the coolest person they've ever met.

People always ask what's up with the exclamation point on the end of my name.

Truth be told, though I consider the Point as part of my official name, initially it came about due to my ego. When I was young, about 10 years old, my ego was boundless (and it so VERY small now) and I would always sign my name Jerry Williams The Great, like I was some great conqueror or something. That quickly evolved into Jerry Williams (TG) like a little trademark symbol. Then one day, around age twelve, while signing my name, I had a little extra flair with my pen and slammed down an exclamation point at the end of my name.

And it's lived there ever since.

Now, the Point isn't anchored to my last name, though that's where it lives officially, it appears at the end of my name in whatever format my name takes (ie: J!, JW!, Jerry!).

So, there you go. Pretty simple if you think about it.

Oh! And if you're wondering about pronunciation, the Point is emphasis. So when people ask how to pronounce my name I tell them, "Say it like you mean it."