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1927 Menahga, Minnesota - 1981 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Comic-book illustrator, science fiction.
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
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Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Book Illustration
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Inker, Inking
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Penciller, Penciler
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Outer Space, Science Fiction
- •Science Fiction
Awards/Recognition
- •Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
- •Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
- •Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Illustration Specialty
- •MAD Magazine Artist
- •Underground Comix Artist