Wes Wilson has always loved to draw, but he didn’t have much formal training in graphic design. After serving in the army during the Korean War, Wilson returned home to California and studied philosophy at San Francisco State College.
By 1963 he decided to drop out of college to support his wife and three young daughters. He took a job in a San Francisco print shop where he learned the basics of graphical layout and camera work. Soon he was combining his newly acquired technical skills with his powerful creative talents.
A big break came with a political poster he created entitled “Are We Next?” The politically-charged design featured a swastika superimposed over an American flag, and it caused quite a sensation around San Francisco. Eventually Wilson’s work attracted the attentio