tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post7499175313724554213..comments2023-04-14T11:50:42.391-04:00Comments on HOORAY FOR WALLY WOOD!: The Man From Outer Space by Williamson...and Wood?Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-20861960727027602622012-03-28T09:28:56.817-04:002012-03-28T09:28:56.817-04:00I also doubt Wood's involvement. Williamson, p...I also doubt Wood's involvement. Williamson, perhaps, but the art is a mixed bag, and there is definite Giordano pencils and/or inks, particularly the faces and figures on pages 2 and 5.<br /><br />http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-48146146675233997112012-03-26T13:38:49.370-04:002012-03-26T13:38:49.370-04:00Ah. So it isn't established that it was Willia...Ah. So it isn't established that it was Williamson doing the art? I thought that he was credited for it, and the Wood part of things was where the speculation rested. Okay. Makes more sense now, because it looked like a lot of aping going on, but I figured it was Al trying to experiment with the inks, etc. Giordano is a possibility, but this could be any one of a number of artists working back then. There are possibly swipes, homages, etc to consider as well. Makes it confusing to figure out who did this.Lostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228332266141984524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-57584631343306303562012-03-22T12:46:15.654-04:002012-03-22T12:46:15.654-04:00Personally, I'm leaning toward David Spurlock&...Personally, I'm leaning toward David Spurlock's suggestion more and more. I think this is Dick Giordano aping the classic EC sci-fi style--a little Woody, a little Willie, a little Fritz even. But look at that last page--very much that dull inking style Giordano often had in the fifties. And that spaceman's face--definitely not a Williamson or Wood face. None of it looks like Sid Check to me, though, who tended to be, for lack of a more specific term, sloppier. Was he even working in comics still by 1958?Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-29921977218563498152012-03-22T09:15:47.258-04:002012-03-22T09:15:47.258-04:00This issue is not included in Wood or Williamson c...This issue is not included in Wood or Williamson checklists, and Overstreet lists it possibly by Sid Check. It's definitely not by Wood, although it's a decent attempt at copying Williamson. Page three panel two looks unlike either of their styles, leading me to conclude this story is drawn by others.Ted Ignacio @ Pencil Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09973602244942750696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-6583653587889416602012-03-22T07:13:48.531-04:002012-03-22T07:13:48.531-04:00Al Williamson was one of the greatest inkers in co...Al Williamson was one of the greatest inkers in comic book history, but he wasn't a very good inker back in the 1950s. He often got others to help him out on the inking, because he was in fact a very poor inker back then. It's well known Frank Frazetta, Roy G. Krenkel and others helped him out many times on his EC stories. Williamson said as much in interviews also. Since 'THE MAN FROM OUTER SPACE" was a 1958 comic story, perhaps it's just one of those periods in Williamson's art career where he was simply looking at the works of Wood and Frazetta, and trying to figure out how he could incorporate some of their artistic magic into his own work?? Speculation on my part, but nothing about the inks particularly says "Wally Wood" to me. It's not slick enough to be Wood's line work, IMO, nor does it have the grace of Frazetta ink lines. But there are some aspects of the drawing that have Woody elements. Panel 4 on page 2 looks to have a very Wally Wood-like figure. The next to the last panel on the last page also has that Wally Wood spaceman neck yoke thingy. The spaceship has the look of one of Wood's EC spaceships, but I don't think it's done by Wood. The rendering isn't right. It looks more like Williamson might have been trying to draw a Woody ship to me. A<br /><br />I noticed that the guy with the busy eyebrows has that Frank Frazetta look about him. Not the crisp Frazetta line work, but there is something in the character of the face that feels Frazetta-esque. Page three, panel 5, in particular, evokes a little of the Frazetta feel, in my opinion.<br /><br />I don't see anything in these pages that would indicate that Wally Wood inked any of these pages though. Maybe Joe Orlando helped Al out? Heh. Speculation sure is fun. <br /><br />I'm left thinking about just how awesome of an inker guys like Wood and Frazetta were, and how amazing an inker Williamson would later become. These guys were the creme of the crop. All three are gone now, but their artworks will live on and on.Lostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228332266141984524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-71499317000747667222012-03-22T00:14:53.149-04:002012-03-22T00:14:53.149-04:00The layouts and figures scream Williamson to me, b...The layouts and figures scream Williamson to me, but the finishes are very Wood-like. The space ship and most of the objects in panel 1 look like pure wood, similar to his style when he was at Marvel. Page 2 panel 2 features a space suit very similar to the kind Wally would draw in his sci-fi stories. The helmeted guy on page 3, panel 2 looks like a pure Wally Wood head, especially in the way the cheekbones are rendered.<br /><br />I wonder if this was Wally doing finishes over Williamson(?) breakdowns, or an example of Wood doing inks and altering it to fit his style, much like he did with Kirby on Sky Masters.Ian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194219420420759324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-27938369959702783802012-03-21T23:09:06.794-04:002012-03-21T23:09:06.794-04:00The ship certainly looks Wood-like. On page one. N...The ship certainly looks Wood-like. On page one. Not so much by page four, which looks like it was done just ahead of deadline.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.com