The World of Wally Wood-EC Comics,DareDevil, Thunder Agents, and Power Girl
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Wally Wood was the first superstar artist in comic books. He was the first hero of the fan boys. This is the story of his life in comics.
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Wally Wood's artwork should be in fine art museums.
He's the Da Vinci of comic book art!
Yes it should,Frazzetta is in there and Wally is a little earlier than Frank's...
Frank was my favorite.
Bill Graham was a close second.
This may be your longest video, but it's also your best in my opinion. You should do more videos like this.
Wally Wood will always be one comic's greatest artists and what happened to him was so tragic.
I definitely view Wood among the ranks of Carl Barks, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Frazetta, and Steve Ditko. Nice mini-documentary on his life and his struggles, and would be cool to see more!
You can add Basil Wolverton to that list, too. I consider most of those guys personal influences on my own cartoon work.
I completely agree but you forgot to mention Jack the King Kirby.
@@archangel5627Wood had also worked with Kirby as well as Steve Ditko & Gil Kane.
I'm surprised there was no mention of Wood's self-created magazine Witzend, which gave himself and other artists like Steve Ditko a chance to create without outside artistic or editorial control. Ditko's infamous Mr. A made an early appearance, as well as a Conan-type sword and sorcery character called Thane he created and drew. Large format, black and white, beautifully illustrated, artist-driven and controlled... pretty cool.
I had a few witzends when I could find them at the edmonton comic shop ... wizards ! Kind of hodge podge of art and ideas if I recall
I still remember where I first learned who Wally Wood was. It was an article in the old Comics Scene Magazine in the 80s shortly after his death. It only caught my eye because it had art from his last published work during his life, which was an issue of Star Wars as inker, but then I read the actual article and became interested in his work. I'm glad I did! He was amazingly talented.
Wally Wood, a legendary man with a tragic curse and end
Thanks for the video
Sad end to an influential hero
A truly brilliant artist. If I recall correctly, it was Steve Ditko's friendship with Wood that got him published in Woods Witzend, where he debuted his character Mr A. Wood was friends with everyone, it seems. His life was tragic, but, as you eloquently said, his art is eternal. One of the greats!
Never knew Wally Wood created Power Girl. Love how he drew her!
He definitely had a style and approach when he drew her.
Haven't like the way anyone's drawn her since. Same with John Byrne's "Storm".
@@blkluv100 Kinda like the way Larkin Love "draws" (represents) the character. But DON'T Google it at work. Very NSFW.
Power girl is a story on her own
I clicked on it because that thumbnail reminded me of the Martians from Mars Attacks AND what do you know, he had part in creating them!! 👍
I thought his name sounded familiar. Great vid!
I'm definitely going to check out more of his work, thanks!
Yeah, that Wood cover for the EC comic _Weird Science #16_ was the inspiration for _Mars Attacks!_
I envy you, having just discovered Wally Wood. There's a multitude of wonderful material out there for you to enjoy!
Topp had some seriously legendary cartoonists working on their various card lines.
A lot of pulp era scifi and mystery authors made money on the side grinding out those "spicy" novels. Some of them produced hundreds of the things.
An excellent and moving tribute to one of the greats. Wally will always hold a special place for many of us.
Ditto
My introduction to Wally Wood was when I found the paperback version of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. I had never seen anything like his art before that. Instantly fell in love with his style.
8:19 Proof that before he fought in Vietnam and decided to become the killer vigilante known as The Punisher, Frank Castle wrote seedy western pulps.
I knew of his work while reading EC Comics. He is one of the best in the industry. A sad way to go-if only he got the help he needed...
Wally Wood was a true legend, may he rest in peace. I remember his name from reading All-Star Comics and a few Daredevil issues. I'll check out some more of his work.
Back in 1985, a fellow comics bud and me, were watching west high being torn down. At the time neither of us knew Wood had graduated from there, and it was his diploma that was copied up for any who joined his fan club.
A long video, but the complexity and brilliance of Wally Wood required it. One of the great visionaries in the field of comics, Wood was a hugely talented artist with an unrivaled sense of light and shadow, of contrast, of black & white. He created realistic fantasy and fantastic realities, and was equally at home in _all_ genres. In addition to the publishers mentioned herein, he also did some gorgeous work for Jim Warren. Undeniably one of the all-time greats...
Hi Michael, thanks for watching. There was so much in his story that I didn't put in.
I was a huge fan of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. comics. Growing up poor, I had no money to buy comics so I got creative. When I was about ten I discovered poker and found I was good at it. My friends and I played, betting comics as the stakes. One of my victims (er. friends) had a lot of the Tower books. That's how I got introduced to Tower.
That's a cool story Bald Eagle! The first time I saw one was a coverless issue that I bought at a garage sale. I bought that book when I was 13?14? Still have it 40 years later.
Having gone through some similar life experiences as he did at the end, I find wood to be very sympathetic. Good work on this video.
"22 panels that work" is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. Makes a complicated topic startlingly simple to understand.
And NO ONE, IMHO, EVER drew sexy women like Wood. Just one glance at 'Lois' in SuperDuperMan, and I was thinking, "Yeah, now I get it."
Wood had that ability to draw women in a sexy yet classy style that very few artists could imitate. I hope you checked out my four video series on Wood's 22 Panels. It's the deepest dive into Wood's art on the internet.
Wow! What a tragic end to a great artist like Wally Wood .Great video Fizzfop .
Time for the world to wake up to your excellent RUclips channel.
IN THE NAME OF GRUD I SAY WAKE UP!
WAKE UP!
WAKE UP!
HALLELUJA!
Thanks Dredd Bustya!
Great video, love that you included the quote off the top but showed restraint when it counted. Wally was a pioneer that unfortunately isn't talked about enough
Thank you for appreciating the restraint. My thought was it had to be dramatic, but it had to be subtle and with restraint. I think the way he went and the difficult way he acted at times are the main reasons why he doesn't get talked about more.
thank you so much for this video. wally wood is one of the giants in the comic industry. i enjoyed this vid very much.
I also loved the artwork Wally did for Warren Publishing [Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella]. Also glad that he stood up to Stan Lee; ha, ha.
how can an artist so talented devalue himself that much ? It's crazy !
(sorry for my deplorable English!)
Hi Marcel! Speaking from experience, when you have health issues...it's hard to feel good about yourself.
@@FizzFop1 f...in' depression! i know also the music, i used to "cure" it with goose and dope for years, not the good medecine for sure!
Your video is too long ??
...are you kidding ?? 😂🤣
Wally Wood was one of my biggest influences. I have always loved his work from EC, THUNDER AGENTS, to his work at Warren, DC, or Marvel. Just some of the best drawn comic stuff of all time!
Oh man, you'll love this...I have another Wally Wood video in development. It's Wally's 22 panels that work. I break down each panel and show examples of his work.
@@FizzFop1 I still have a copy of that sheet from my stint at the JOE KUBERT SCHOOL. When I first turned pro, I had it taped to the top of my art desk.
love it, should do videos of more individual creators.
Great video...creative types burn themselves out way too soon.
Can you do continuity and eclipse comics
You should do a future video on EC Comics or even MAD Magazine...
Hi masterpainter72, I haven't done a video about EC yet...but I did do a video on the Mad Magazine exhibit that was on display at the Billy Ireland Comic Museum at The Ohio State University campus. You should check it out! There was lots of beautiful original artwork on display.
I would so love a series about these guys taking place in a Jonny Quest looking past.
Wally Wood's work will be there. When the clueless catch up.
You shouldn't apologise. It's a great video. I always like hearing about Wally Wood
Thank you so much for this video. My wife & I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a story.
Thank you so much for this unbiased look into the great man’s life.
Great
One look at the panels that flowed by, and i immediatly knew in seconds, that this was no ordinary artist. Oh . And the length of the video is just fine..it was great.
Always hear his name but didn’t know his work, even though I have his comics. He’s great!
Great video, although the absence of any information on Wood's work for Warren Comics, and most especially, his creation of Witzend were quite striking.
Hey Jose! Thanks for watching. Yeah, I really debated over what I put in and left out. I was really afraid of the length of this video. Seeing viewer's reactions, maybe I should have put the Warren and Witzend in there.
“When better drawrings are drawrn, they’ll be drawrn by Wood.”
He's real gone!
For all of the active subversions and friction with Stan, his Daredevil stuff is quite remarkable.
I met Wally at the San Diego comic con in 78. Introduced by Ken Krueger. You should look into doing a video on the contributions of Ken To comic and Sci fi fandom.
excellent work, do you plan to make this an ongoing feature?
Hey SpringHeeledJack of the Gurdians!!!! I did a slight change on the logo....I might do some more of the popular superheroes...I might do something like Superman vs Captain Marvel lawsuit.
Another great vid. Thanks, Fizz.
Great episode. one of my favorite artists of all time.
GREAT! WALLY WOOD WAS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS!
I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM OR HIS INIMITABLE STYLE! HE WAS ONE OF A KIND!
Great video!
I got the original MAD magazine featuring Bat Boy and Rubin...amazing art
Hey marvelpg...if you like Mad Magazine...check out my video on the Mad Magazine exhibit...there was some incredible original art on display.
@@FizzFop1 Thanks!
Excellent, you got it dead right, Wally Wood is my favourite comic artist. Thank you
11:24 Iron Maiden!? Excellent!!!
Awesome video is always my, I never knew much about Wally Wood other than the basics pretty much, I'm glad you made this video, now I have to check out his album, also I have published my first comic, you can find it on Twitter under the handle @ComicGroony and on Instagram under the name groonycomicstrip, I want to thank you for making these videos and helping inspire me to pursue a career in comics, thank you
That's awesome holozlaer!!! I will check it out! I just started trying to put art to page seriously myself. I'm struggling a bit. I'm working on a follow up to this video with Wally Wood's 22 Panels...I've learned a lot from studying those layouts.
@@FizzFop1 I haven't looked at that yet myself, but I will
@@helious5056 I tried to look up your comic...couldn't find it. Can you send me a link? thanks.
@@FizzFop1 sure thing
twitter.com/ComicGroony/status/1267004737871687683
instagram.com/p/CA2GXmRld9E/?igshid=1uhcg4xhs7k5b
@@FizzFop1 I tried posting links but I'm unsure if they went through or not
Great video, thankyou.
I am 70 and started reading and collecting comics in 1959. I still do and now I share my collection with my son and grandson. Comic books are genius art and to me Wally Wood was the greatest of the great.
This was a good story on Wally wood he was another awsome artist and still very sad.
This was a great video! I used to get migraines, until I found out that I'm allergic to gluten. Once I stopped eating wheat, my migraines went away completely. Too bad that no one could help Wally Wood with his issues!
A couple of my co-workers are gluten free...said it was the best thing they ever did. The friend I mention in the video still gets headaches from citrus. Back in Wood's day, I don't know if that was on the medical radar.
I wish Wally Wood stayed with Stan Lee longer like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko because he be up there in popularity with the big two artists and would have took Marvel to a higher level. He was a great artist but wish him and Stan Lee could have worked it out.
Thanks for watching teetoo3790! I think part of his mystique is that he was a rebel who couldn't get along with editors. Knowing some other artistic people, they feed off of the tension and it gets their creative juices flowing.
I still try to draw women the way Wally did, because he was that wonderful. Especially with Lois Pain, maybe the best incarnation at least in ink that woman character has had outside of similar Phyllis Coats. But I was fifteen when i heard he was gone, and was as devastated as anyone dying outside of my family as I thought in a cesspool of vulgarity, even when he was doing x rated cartoons, he shone with a brilliantine quality that none of the other hacks assuredly had, at least to me. Love your Channel.
Keep on drawing!!! And yes, even his x-rated cartoons are brilliant and beautiful.
Just a note - Dynamo's belt put a lot of strain on his body, which would be fatal if left on too long, hence the auto-shutoff.
Having said that, I'd love to see a THUNDER AGENTS retrospective.
Why intentionally dodge the facts of Wood's suicide at the end of his life? It's sort of an insult to the maturity of your viewers. I actually had to google his bio to figure out what happened to the poor guy. My favorite Wood work will always be his Mad stuff.
Hi termsofusepolice! Thanks for watching! Great question! From what I've picked up from other RUclipsrs, there are certain words not approved by RUclips. If these words are spoken, the video will be suppressed. It will not appear in your recommended video section. The "s" word is one of those words. Initially, that was my thought...After I wrote the first draft of the script, I realized that not directly coming out and saying it was far more dramatic. It made a much better story focusing on the reasons that lead up to the act than the act itself. I hope that answers the question.
$200 page rate in the 50s!!!!!
As a child of the 60's, a lot of my enjoyment as a child sits at the feet of Mr. Wood, and I'm very grateful. Thanks for this exploration of his life and work, tragic as the end was.
Amazing video! Loved it
Another great video. I always learn so much from your channel. Thank you.
I wonder where Wood's headaches came from?
Hi Christina, thanks for watching. Like I said at the end of the video, my friend had a simple food allergy. Doctors know how to diagnose and treat that now, but back then they had no idea. Same with being bi-polar.
Great episode man, I think you did a great job with the writing, hail wally wood! continue the great work!
As a kid growing up in Minnesota, I caught hold of Wood's 'stuff back
in the early 60's. I enjoyed drawing----Was good at it. Wally's Art, more
than any other---Aside from Frazzetta, that is---Inspired the Heck outta'
Me!
Really MISS those days.
Hi Ray -- Did you know that Woody was born in Minnesota and spent a good chunk of his youth there? Born in the Menahga area, lived there for his first 9 or 10 years, then the family moved around some and in 1944 Woody finished up high school in Minneapolis.
@@reprintranch That is incredible! We moved from Minnesota to
Washington in 1967----Been here ever since.
Thanks for the nostagia!
Wally Wood's work has always been influence on me. Hell, oddly enough I share the same birthday as him. 0_o
Are you an artist Neon?
Yeah an amateur, rather. However art has been my passion and calling for years, I just wish I had pushed myself more when I was little, lol.
@@neonkenomi320 I'm in the same boat. I get a little better everyday. Right now, I'm trying to teach myself how to ink.
An excellent video; THANK-YOU!
Great video!
HE WAS A TRUE MASTER OF THE ARTS, HE HAD FANS OVER HIS OFFICE BUT DON'T MOVE ANYTHING AROUND. I TRULY MISS THE MAN.
8.17 Escape from Yuma by... FRANK CASTLE?!? What's the Punisher doin writing books?
Coming across his work in the Warren Magazines such as Creepy, Vampirella, and Eerie. Also finding out he did one panel of LITTLE LULU, for MAD Magazine at one time, where she's donning an Oleg Cassini-designed outfit and a pillbox hat, very likely covering her red beanie cap. Which is to say she was emulating Jacqueline Kennedy around March 1963.
Amazingly important comic knowledge, thank you 🙏🏽
Subbed and liked
Wonderful
i still think you are fantastic i love the information on your channel thanks a lot it was great
Thank you for making this video!
Back in the far out 70s my college roommate got in trouble for putting up a Wood underground poster on our dorm wall. The poster was an obscene illustration of the Big Mouse Land. Think of a literal drawing of "...my Prince will come...". I didn't know it was Wood at the time. I have seen reprints of Sally Forth. Since I grew up with Mad Magazine, I am sure I saw his work there. "Realistic" cartoons. Thanks for the video.
Really great introduction to an artist I knew of but knew little about. Thanks!
Wallace woods and Bruce timms artwork are my inspirations for sketching people (particularly women) I even have my own style in sketching people now! RIP wood…
me, at 7:04-8:30: ?why does the name "Harry Shorten" sound familiar?
me, reading what's on the screen at 8:350-8:46: oh, the "There Oughta Be A Law" series. i have some of those in paperback form.
and speaking of the seedy sex novels put out, pun intended, by Midwood, some of those covers look(ed) pret-ty naughty.
?is "...and in 1981, he just couldn't take it anymore" a RUclips- acceptable way of saying "he committed suicide"? (16:19-16:23)
When I was making my own comic, Catnip, the very first page of the first issue included a direct reference to Wally Wood. I was trying to capture the way he would include small gags on signs in his overly busy backgrounds, so I added a sign that said, "Wally sez: 'Wood is good!'"
An absolutely splendid overview on a Comic Art Legend! Thank you for creating this excellent video!
Excellent. Wood was a super-hero himself, with artistic powers far beyond those of mortal souls.
I was not a fan of his super-hero work as---ironically---I'm not a huge fan of that genre (with some exceptions). Mostly admired his anthology work for EC and quite a bit of his MAD work.
Thanks for the video.
Thank God I summoned up the will power to kick the smoking habit decades ago.
We'll never know for sure....but I'd guess that a huge percentage of Wood's health problems were caused by his 4 pack a day habit.
You need to do one on Boris, sorry don't have his last name. But he could really do a fantastic imitation of Frazetta , Kelly Freas, would make an excellent addition ! I loved the his art on Sally Forth and Overseas Weekly * which definitely weren't for kids ! His work on Witzend was fund-raising ; he also did some work for Warren ( Creepie,Eerie, and 1984- 1994 )! :-)
Did he do a comic for Whammo, maker of the Frisbee plastic flying saucer toy ? I had a step brother, who had something like that. Only thing I can recall was it had a sci-fi theme. Maybe I am wrong ? :-)
I have no idea Allen...I haven't heard about a Frisbee tie-in.
Yes, the Wham-O company published a one-shot title called Wham-O Giant Comics, which was supposedly "the world's largest comic book" with huge pages. Wally Wood did some of the interior artwork for it. I don't own a copy so I'm not real sure what themes are involved.
Not sure 🤔 of the theme either. My step-brother almost beat me senseless when I opened his closet, found it and started attempting to read it! Would be interesting if RUclips could locate it and post on their comic book site- comics covafafe? I knew their was a comic though. Thanks for confirming it.
You know, i figured out on my own that I had a reaction to citrus. If I ate an orange after dinner, I'd wake up with a full-blown migraine the next morning. Then if I took "Aspro Clear" which contained citric acid, 30 seconds after drinking the solution I'd feel as though someone had hit me in the face with a ballpein hammer! So the already painful migraine would become twice as bad!! I stopped drinking soft drinks and stopped eating oranges and grapefruits. I also had a light sensitivity. Strobe lights set me off, and the sunlight flashing through the forest near sundown also caused migraines while driving. I need wraparound sunglasses to keep that at bay. I take two Pizotofen tablets every night before going to bed and they do a really excellent job of keeping migraines at bay. I'll gladly take 'em for the rest of my life. I also credit The Lord Jesus for His healing.
I first saw Wally Wood in DD#6. Yes, he changed the costume of Daredevil to red. It was after Namor tore his previous costume to shreds/ DD had to have another costume, but made it different, despite he was blind.
S a kid in the 1950s I found s lot to admire in the work of Jack Davis and Will Elder but Wallace Wood has always been my absolute favorite EC artist.
Great video! I've been a fan of Wally Woods forever & this video was way overdue. It wasn't "too short" nor was it "too long" . It was very professional as it was very informative. Super great video! Thanks.
Hey Outkast! Check out my video series on Wally Wood's "22 panels that always work." I go into a deeper dive into his artwork and page layouts.
Just discovered this video! Thank you so much for this mini-biography of one of comics' greatest talents. Well done!
Wits end was dedicated to the proposition that naked words drift lovelier when surrounded by either a solid idea or a sexy picture. He also stated the 3 laws of drawing: never draw what you can copy, never copy when you can trace, and never trace what you can cut out and paste up. To which l add never do what you can delegate to a subordinate.
My thoughts about his headaches was food or environmental allergies
Given Tim Burton made Mars Attacks and his adverting spy super heroes have been replicated a LOT his work really has lived on. I must have seen a fair bit off his Mad work too.
Merchant Mariner during WWII, Paratrooper in post-war Japan. Interesting life.