Wally Wood
(1927 – 1981)
Wallace A. “Wally” Wood was a largely self-taught SF and comic book artist, although he did attend the Minneapolis School of Art and Burne Hogarth's Cartoonist and Illustrators School for short periods.
In 1951, he became one of the major artists for EC Comics, working mainly on their SF comics. When EC dropped its comic book line in 1956, Wood contributed to EC's Mad Magazine, but also did work for SF magazines such as Galaxy, If, and Worlds of Tomorrow. He also did artwork for hardcover and paperback SF books, including some of the Galaxy Novels.
He left the SF magazine field when the comic book field experienced a resurgence in the 1960s.
He created Witzend in 1966. At one time Dan Adkins was his assistant.
In 1981, he committed suicide.
Wood is mainly remembered today for his excellent work in SF comic books. A brief biography appears in Bill Schelly's Founders of Comic Fandom (McFarland, 2010).
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1980 -- Inkpot Award
- 1992 -- Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
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