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192 pages; hard cover; full color
This is no mystery club thriller, but the gut wrenching illustrated biography of legendary
cartoonist-illustrator Wallace Wood who died an early death on the outskirts of
Hollywood. Within the world of pop-art, Wood was revered as a rebel genius who
inspired a generation, including "underground" cartoonists Robert Crumb, Bill
Griffith,and Art Spiegelman. Wood rose to the pentacle of pop-culture stardom as one of
America's top humorists, and MAD magazine's first star artist. Wood was also sought out
to collaborate with pop-art maestro Peter Max; animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi;
Marvel comics creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; and Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer,
among others. Journalist Steve Starger and historian J. David Spurlock tell a concise but
sweeping tale of Wood's life and times, supply critical examination of Wood's work,
publish never-before-seen Wood drawings and photos, and offer a brisk and colorful
history of the comic book industry and the American century from the Depression
through the early 1980s. |