This month as I've been diving into the THUNDER Agents and other things by Wally Wood, I've been supplementing my readings with essays from two sumptuous volumes from Fantagraphics titled The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood. Not a standard biography, though there is some of that here too, these volumes offer up choice remembrances of the great comic artist by those who knew him best. There is a tremendous number of essays by former assistants and even a recorded roundtable conversation by a host of them. These essays and interviews by the likes of Bhob Stewart, John Workman, Steven Thompson, Nick Cuti, Al Williamson, John Severin, Larry Hama, Ralph Reese, Paul Kirchner, Bill Spicer, Bill Pearson, Len Brown, Flo Steinberg, Tom Sutton, Trina Robbins, and Wally Wood himself among many others delve into most all aspects of Woody's career from the EC days and right up to his final porn work for Nuance. There is as you'd suspect a tremendous number of illustrations and even a few complete stories from the earliest days. These are a bit costly I'll admit but I've had a splendid time this month not only reading some vintage stories by Wally Wood, but reading about the development and construction of those stories.
But we're not quite done yet. More Wally Wood and his legacy tomorrow.
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