Oh, just for fun, or maybe to get some mileage out of my distracting obsession with Wally Wood. Pretty much what the title says it is: A tiny sampling of why Wood is such a compelling artist.
He understood physical grace (and he was a great costume designer).
He could organize space in a way that made it seem infinite and STILL teeming with "stuff".
His hyper-detailed, baroque inking style gave aliens and technology a solid, complex dimensionality.
He was funny.
In his later years he figured a wonderfully airy sense of space -- his figures no longer stiff or contorted, and his pen line (or assistant's line) smooth and minimal.
That's it.
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There is a guy in Vancouver, who has an original Wood from I think 51 or 52 and its a really amazing scratch board. If you ever come to Vancouver you have to see it. It is quite the piece of beauty.
Great post.
damn. that was a good one
also, it's interesting to note that the Daredevil cover was edited. I found out that originally one of the monsters on the rooftop was carrying away some damsel - like pulling her off the roof, on to the roof, in the corner - and Marvel 86'd it.
aren't those the Ani-men who the x-men fight in the issue where Thunderbird dies? I hadn't realized that they had also gone up against daredevil.
And you did it without any spacemen!
There's a guy on Comic Art Fans with a rough of a THUNDER Agents page. Thought you'd be interested:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=503669&GSub=5444
I'm gagging a little. Inspiring stuff!
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