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Staff Picks (October): The Life And Legend Of Wallace Wood

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I think I first noticed the comic book work of Wally Wood on Challengers of the Unknown ( I was a big DC fan even at an early age) or maybe Mad Magazine, but I definitely remember Daredevil  and Thunder Agents as grabbing my attention. If I got hooked on an artist I wanted everything I could find by him. When I started collecting ECs I wanted the books to have at least one story by Williamson and one drawn by Wood.

I love reading about comic history and creators almost as much as the comics themselves and would gladly buy fanzines like Spa Fon and Squa Tront which covered the EC artists. Years later I read Against the Grain by Bhob Stewart and got a more up close view of one of my favorite artists, Wally Wood.

Now with The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood from Fantagraphics Books we get a revised, re-designed and expanded edition with nine new chapters in an over-sized 10" x 12" format to more fully capture the Woodwork. Bhob Stewart, a former Wood assistant, edited this book and is a biographical portrait, generously illustrated with Wood’s gorgeous art as well as little-seen personal photos and childhood ephemera. Included are remembrances by Wood’s friends, colleagues, assistants, and loved ones, exploring Wood’s struggles with censorship, alcoholism and his career as he came to the end of his life.

With contributions from colleagues like John Severin and Al Williamson, to assistants like Paul Kirchner, Larry Hama and Tom Sutton, The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood provides us with a better understanding of a true comic book legend, his life and legacy.

While I wish this had been published in hardcover (I’m picky that way), I look forward to adding this to a library filled other Wally Wood publications from EC reprints, Mad archives, to Russ Cochran portfolios and recent Artist editions.

Steve Leaf

Article Image f4a1Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Item Code: OCT151451
Release Date: 12/30/15
SRP:
 $39.99
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