Wally Wood was born in 1927, and studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and as an assistant to George Wunder who was drawing Terry and The Pirates. Early in 1949 he met... Read full biography
Wally Wood was born in 1927, and studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and as an assistant to George Wunder who was drawing Terry and The Pirates. Early in 1949 he met Renaldo Epworth, who brokered comic book stories for some of the low-end publishers. His first assignment... Read full biography
Wally Wood was born in 1927, and studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and as an assistant to George Wunder who was drawing Terry and The Pirates. Early in 1949 he met Renaldo Epworth, who brokered comic book stories for some of the low-end publishers. His first assignment was a Fox romance comic, My Confession, from October of 1949. Wood was just out of the Marines and was age 22, when Epworth placed him with two separate aspiring young cartoonists, Marty Rose and... Read full biography
Wally Wood was born in 1927, and studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and as an assistant to George Wunder who was drawing Terry and The Pirates. Early in 1949 he met Renaldo Epworth, who brokered comic book stories for some of the low-end publishers. His first assignment was a Fox romance comic, My Confession, from October of 1949. Wood was just out of the Marines and was age 22, when Epworth placed him with two separate aspiring young cartoonists, Marty Rose and Harry Harrison, to produce stories for Fox in 1949 and 1950. While producing romance, crime and adventure comics for Victor Fox in 1950, at minimum wage, he branched out to other companies. Wood was an immediate regular, when the unforgettable science... Read full biography
Wally Wood was born in 1927, and studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and as an assistant to George Wunder who was drawing Terry and The Pirates. Early in 1949 he met Renaldo Epworth, who brokered comic book stories for some of the low-end publishers. His first assignment was a Fox romance comic, My Confession, from October of 1949. Wood was just out of the Marines and was age 22, when Epworth placed him with two separate aspiring young cartoonists, Marty Rose and Harry Harrison, to produce stories for Fox in 1949 and 1950. While producing romance, crime and adventure comics for Victor Fox in 1950, at minimum wage, he branched out to other companies. Wood was an immediate regular, when the unforgettable science fiction comics, Weird Fantasy and Weird Science, came out in 1950. At the... Read full biography
Wally Wood - Artist Info
About Wally Wood: Books
Books & Publications (3)
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Wally's World: The Brilliant Life & Tragic Death of Wally Wood
2006
Starger, Steve; J. David Spurlock
240 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present