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Wally Wood's EC Stories Artist's Edition was the third Artist's Edition published by IDW Publishing and put together by Scott Dunbier, following Dave Steven's Rocketeer and Walter Simonson's Thor Published in 2012, it has been out of print for some time, and copies are listed on Amazon's Marketplace for just shy of $1000 Well, it[...]

It is meant to include the artists whose work was used to develop Midjourney's AI art offering. They include comic book creators such as Tim Bradstreet, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Art Spiegelman, Brian Bolland, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bill Watterson, Bill Willingham, Ben Templesmith, Adi Granov, Al Davidson, Alex Toth, Arthur Rackham, Arthur Suydam, Scott McCloud, Ryan North, Mort Drucker,[...]

While we've recently discussed how the ACG series Adventures into the Unknown is considered the first ongoing horror title, the first issue of that series is not considered the first horror comic book.  That distinction belongs to Eerie #1 from publisher Avon in 1947.  Like many Avon titles of the period, Eerie (not to be[...]

Created by Russ Jones, with Joe Orlando as illustrator and story editor, Archie Goodwin soon took over the managing editor role, and brought in the likes of Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, Reed Crandall, Johnny Craig, Steve Ditko, Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Alex Toth, Al Williamson and Wally Wood. In the seventies, Creepy would introduce the artists of the Barcelona Studio of Spanish agency Selecciones[...]

Wally Wood is your cool uncle's favorite comic artist, one of the pillars of the medium He could draw anything, and boy, could his art tell a story I was introduced to his work through podcasts, as I broke free of the superhero trap and expanded my comic reading palate out of high school Some[...]

Jack Kirby, Siya Oum, Bryan K Vaughan, Klaus Janson, Chip Zdarsky, Will Eisner, Phil Jimenezm Mike Deodato, Matt Fraction, Bart Sears, Mike Mayhew, Tony Moore,  Aaron McGruder, Al Williamson, Albert Uderzio, Mobius, Alex Raymonf, Alex Rodd, Alex Toth, Angus McKie, Brian Bolland, Brian Stelfreeze, Bruce Timm, Charls Burns, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Dave Gibbons, Dave[...]

Ogilvie Publishing Company, a publisher of dime novel material in various formats including paperback-like Thick Books.  Distributor American News Co.bought the publisher, by then partly owned by Joseph Meyers and Edna Meyers Williams, and renamed it Avon Publications.  Avon published over 100 comic titles (in comic book format) from 1945 to  1956, most of them[...]

A classic tale that has legendary comic book artist Wally Wood adapting a classic science fiction tale that first appeared in the pulp Argosy in 1924, there's a copy of Earth Man on Venus nn (Avon, 1951) Condition: VG/FN up for auction at 2022 May 8-9 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122219 at[...]

The Art on the first issue was all Wally Wood, 2-5 were drawn by Kane (with Wood inking three of those, the other Kane inked himself) This is the first time the series has ever been collected Initially the book was going to use BW scans from Australian reprints, and then colored following the original[...]

As we mentioned when the original art went on the auction block recently, Wally Wood's potent work for the cover of EC Comics' Shock SuspenStories #6 is among the most reproduced pieces of cover art in American comic book history And there's a historic story behind that cover to match: the cover story by Wood,[...]

Among the most reproduced pieces of cover art in American comic book history, Wally Wood's potent work for the cover of EC Comics' Shock SuspenStories #6 will go up for bid at Heritage Auctions' June 17-19 Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction The story behind this cover is a forceful condemnation of hate groups in[...]

Such as a number of pages from Wally Wood.   Wally Wood Adam and Eve Poster Illustration Original Art (Wallace Wood, c 1978). Conceived as a loving reference to his own Sci-Fi work for EC Comics in the 1950s, but with an adult twist to it! This gorgeous work was originally released as a poster titled Adam and Eve[...]

The Wally Wood cover to Weird Science #16, published by EC Comics, famously piqued the imagination of product designer Len Brown, who — with Woody Gelman — developed the property for Topps Released first as "Attack from Space", the trading card line quickly was re-branded as Mars Attacks®, and its shocking imagery (illustrated by pulp legend[...]

It includes creators such as Bill Everett, Ross Andru, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, George Tuska, and much more More details below. CRYPT OF HORROR #36 Much of the best artwork on the great Pre-Code horror comics of the 1950's was produced by art stars who shone in other genres (superheroes, Westerns, War, even love and humor)[...]

Cannon, and old serial by Wally Wood is being reprinted in a collection for purchase by Fantagraphics in the coming March of 2018 Plus, We Ate Wonderbread is being put out by cartoonist Nicole Hollander. Plus, Mudbite, Land of the Sons, and more Read more details below. MUDBITE by Dave Cooper $19.99 / HC / 72 pgs / FC / 11.75 x 7.35 Eddy Table first[...]

I know some may prefer Chic Stone or Joe Sinnott but as a lifelong Kirby fan I have to admit that my favorite inker has always been Mike Royer. The easiest way to explain why is to look at Wally Wood. The almost as famous, brilliant penciller in his own right, had a bit of a tumultuous[...]

They've been the home for some incredibly talented artist and writers through the years like Sergio Aragones, Paul Coker, Jack Davis and Wally Wood Most everyone has at one point or another looked through a copy of the magazine and gotten a few laughs. Now, their current publisher DC Entertainment is doing a MAD Holiday Gift[...]

Agents comic book created by Wally Wood, produced by Michael and his son David Uslan, in conjunction with the United Nations This included a video by U.N Secretary General from Ban Ki-Moon in a skit that allied the spirit of superheroics to the aims of the international organisation. Last night, an after-party was held at the United Nations itself,[...]

Yesterday, a open letter written on behalf of the estate of Wally Wood was released, calling for an acknowledgement for the contribution of Wally Wood to the Daredevil comic book, as seen in the Netflix TV show. Updated on the original Bleeding Cool article, Tony Isabella has pointed out that his quote was taken out of context and without permission. Tony Isabella[...]

In an open letter, the estate of the late comic book creator Wally Wood has fired a shot across the bows of Marvel and Netflix asking for credit for his contributions to the success of the Daredevil show And they have quoted a lot of comic book legends to support their point. You know what? Let's[...]

People will be able to see epic artist's work up close and personal.  I hope 'Is THAT Art?!'  will poo-poo any doubters,  showing the naysayers that comics are indeed Art with a capital A!" Just some of the art you'll see at the exhibition, which continues through May 2nd, is by Jack Kirby, Milt Gross, and[...]

There have also been Ernie Bushmiller, Matt Groening, Jules Feiffer, Al Capp, Mike Mignola, John Stanley, Bruce Timm, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood and many more luminaries! In the Alice book alone we have Charles Schulz, Harvey Kurtzman, Walt Kelly, R.F Outcault, Dan DeCarlo, George Carlson, Dave Berg and Jack Davis, plus many other greats! My books have[...]

Its an old story that ran in Mad Magazine #20 by Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood Chris Samnee posted it on his blog and it seemed like a good thing to share. I think I can run this without the Dan Slott spoiler warnings… One of the fun things as[...]

Chris Thompson tells us: IDW's first ever Artist's Edition with DC Comics will be MAD comics (the pre-cursor to the magazine) featuring art by Basil Wolverton, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, etc Scott Dunbier says this is the most exciting one for him after the Wally Wood book (which had the same dimensions as this[...]

Next week at San Diego, The Wallace Wood Estate (Booth 1709) will debut a print of the Wally Wood Panels That Always Work page in a 11" x 17" edition. A famous guide to increasing visual interest in an otherwise non-visual scene, the original was copied and copied across the comics industry, used as reference by many[...]

To date, IDW's Artist's Edition format has reprinted the original artwork of the likes of Will Eisner, Dave Stevens, Wally Wood, David Mazzuchelli, Walter Simonson and John Romita Sr Big mainstream names in serious action comics. But I understand that at Wondercon, IDW are to announce a major diversion from that And it's one that's surprising[...]

Wally Wood's EC Stories. Featuring stories drawn by Wood for EC Comics, one of the most important periods of work in American comics, and reproduced as close to the original art pages as possible The book will be published in October and cost $125 for 144 pages at a 15 by 22 inch size. Two more volumes[...]