After the two shared their experiences attempting to find work, Severin invited Wood to visit his studio, the Charles William Harvey Studio, where Wood met Charlie Stern, Harvey Kurtzman (who was working for Timely/Marvel) and Will Elder. īy October, after being rejected by every company he visited, Wood met fellow artist John Severin in the waiting room of a small publisher.
WALLY WOOD ART PROFESSIONAL
In 1948, he enrolled in the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now known as the School of Visual Arts), staying less than one year (although he made a number of professional contacts which helped him later). He briefly attended the Hogarth School of Art but dropped out after one semester.
During his time off he carried his thick portfolio of drawings all over midtown Manhattan, visiting every publisher he could find. Arriving in New York City with his brother Glenn and mother Alma (of Finnish descent), after his military discharge in July 1948, Wood found employment at Bickford's restaurant as a busboy. In 1947, at age 20, Wood enrolled in the Minneapolis School of Art but only lasted one term. He went from training at Fort Benning, Georgia, to occupied Japan, where he was assigned to the island of Hokkaidō. Wood graduated from high school in 1944, signed on with the United States Merchant Marine at the close of World War II and enlisted in the U.S.
Recalling his childhood, Wood said that his dream at age six, about finding a magic pencil that could draw anything, foretold his future as an artist. He was strongly influenced by the art styles of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, Will Eisner's The Spirit and especially Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs. Wallace Wood was born in Menahga, Minnesota, and he began reading and drawing comics at an early age. 1.7 Biographies, criticism, collectionsīiography Early life and career.1.5.1 Homages and tributes to "22 Panels".He was the inaugural inductee into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992. I'm not suggesting any connection, but he may have been our most brilliant". In addition to Wood's hundreds of comic book pages, he illustrated for books and magazines while also working in a variety of other areas – advertising packaging and product illustrations gag cartoons record album covers posters syndicated comic strips and trading cards, including work on Topps's landmark Mars Attacks set.ĮC publisher William Gaines once stated, "Wally may have been our most troubled artist. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature. Much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood some people call him Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. He wrote, drew, and self-published two of the three graphic novels of his magnum opus, The Wizard King trilogy, about Odkin son of Odkin before his death by suicide. Wood created and owned the long-running characters Sally Forth and Cannon. He drew a few early issues of Marvel's Daredevil and established the title character's distinctive red costume. Agents, and work for Warren Publishing's Creepy.
Wallace Allan Wood (J– November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame (2011)
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