The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Vol. 1

The Life And Legend Of Wallace Wood

by Bhob Stewart, Wallace Wood (Artist)

Who was Wallace Wood? The maddest artist of Mad magazine? The man behind Marvel's Daredevil? The Life and Legend is an incisive look back at the life and career of one of the greatest and most mythic figures of cartooning. Edited over the course of thirty years by former Wood assistant Bhob Stewart, The Life and Legend is a biographical portrait, generously illustrated with Wood's gorgeous art as well as little-seen personal photos and childhood ephemera. Also: remembrances by Wood's friends, colleagues, assistants, and loved ones. This collective biographical and critical portrait explores the humorous spirit, dark detours, and psychological twists of a gifted maverick in American pop culture.

Genres: Comics, Biography

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2016

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't get much better than Wally Wood, so it's great to see this first part of the expanded edition of the late Bhob Stewart's book on the comics legend. I'd give it 5 stars except for my same issue with the original version, which is that far too often we're told about a particular piece of art or story without even a single panel of it being presented as reference, and when we do get some art far too often it's too small. Nonetheless, I'm greatly looking forward to the imminent 2nd volume.

[Charlie Eckhaus]

Formidable selection of biographical and critical essays on the amazingly talented and hard-working comics artist and illustrator, probably the one I admired the longest. Loaded with images (some previously unpublished) from his early days, time with EC and Mad, thru his witzend and Marvel days.

Words from his assistants are the most revelatory.

This is a good adjunct to the Wally's World biography.

Onward to Volume 2.