The King of the World, volume I of Wallace Wood's The Wizard King trilogy, is similar in tone and setting to J.R.R. But the superstar of the illustrated page was haunted by more than his share of demons-demons that ultimately tore him from his creative peaks to die an early death on the outskirts of Hollywood. Wood was sought out to collaborate with pop-art maestro Peter Max animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi Harry Harrison, the Nebula Award winning author of the Charlton Heston sci-fi thriller, Soylent Green Marvel comics creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer. The artist also excelled as a cutting-edge science-fiction illustrator and mainstream regaler of daring superhero deeds. The award-winning Wood rose to the pinnacle of pop-culture stardom with a brilliant career as one of America's top humorists and MAD magazine's first star cartoonist. Within the world of pop-art, Wood was revered as a rebel genius-akin to Jack Kerouac, James Dean and John Lennon-who led the way for, and inspired, a generation, including "underground" cartoonists Robert Crumb, Bill Griffith (Zippy) and Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelman (Maus). But his death, in semi-squalid surroundings and the wretched state of his body belie the glory that came before. 44 magnum gunshot on the outskirts of Hollywood? This is no mystery club thriller but the true, dramatic, gut wrenching illustrated biography of legendary cartoonist-illustrator Wallace Wood. Wally's World opens Halloween night, 1981, in a seedy world of pornographers and drug addicts, with a mysterious death by. The Brilliant Life & Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's 2nd Best Comic Book Artist Plus, the book also includes an expansive commentary covering Wood's entire career by legendary Marvel comics artist/writer/historian, STERANKO. David Spurlock and features an introduction by Warner Brothers' Batman/Superman Adventures, and Batman Beyond artist and producer Bruce Timm. The 124 page limited edition, gold-foil stamped, leatherette hardback features bonus pages, a dust jacket and extra text features not found in other editions.
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Agents, Mars Attacks, Weird Science, and Daredevil work, plus a rare Wood interview! Also featured are insights from his closest colleagues Mad Associate Publisher Joe Orlando, Star Wars and EC artist, Al Williamson and more, on his MAD, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. The Sketchbook is packed with unpublished works including Wood's extremely rare, Fireball XL-5 designs as well as production art for Wood's unfinished collaboration with Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Lord of the Rings, and Cool World film maker Ralph Bakshi.
When, legendary cartoonist, Wally Wood became Mad magazine's first star artist, he had already revolutionized comic books with the work that put him on Entertainment Weekly's all-time best, sci-fi list. Readers of the Vanguard Frazetta Classics series, are sure to enjoy this, from Vanguard's Wally Wood Classics series. Thrill to early adventures of bubble-headed space jockeys and sultry vixens battling bug-eyed monsters in sensationalistic stories like: The Flying Saucers, An Earthman on Venus, Spawn of Terror, Winged Death on Venus, The Monster God of Rogor, The Martian Slayers, The Insidious Doctor Khartoum, Time Door of Throm, Death in Deep Space, Bandits of the Starways, The Opium Smugglers of Venus, Trail to the Asteroid Hideout, The Weapon Out of Time, Kenton of the Star Patrol, Sirens of Space, Operation Unknown, and others. Agents, and Mars Attacks co-creator, Wally Wood "the greatest Science Fiction artist of all time." Vanguard's Strange Worlds, collects an unprecedented wealth of rare, collectable 1950s sci-fi comics from original titles, Strange Worlds, Space Detective, Capt. Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science publisher Bill Gaines called Daredevil, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Vanguard Publishing adds the new graphic novel, Strange Worlds of Science Fiction, the most extensive collection to-date, of sci-fi comics by Hall of Fame creator Wallace Wood to their acclaimed line of books. Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction
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