Shel Dorf Interviews Wally Wood-1980: Part 1

Little more than a year before his death, Wally Wood sat down with the now-late Shel Dorf in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the 1980 San Diego ComicCon in July of that year. Some months later the interview appeared in his CBG (or was it still TBG?) interview series SHEL DORF AND THE FANTASY MAKERS. Over the next couple of days I'll be running their talk as it originally appeared, edited only by the necessity of having to break up the tabloid size pages. It's interesting to note Woody's seeming optimism here at times in light of the after the fact knowledge that he was headed into the last--and worst--year of his life soon afterwards.

Woody's Classic Covers # 35

The opening of Disney's PRINCESS AND THE FROG reminded me of this posthumous collection of naughty Woodwork.

Limewrecks

Over on Facebook, artist Hilary Barta (arguaby the last pro to be noticeably inspied by Woody) has announced it to be "Wally Wood Week" at his own unique and amusing blog LIMEWRECKS.
Check it out here:

http://limoday.blogspot.com/

Recipe Comics

EASILY MUSED has the short but hilarious MAD strip, RECIPE COMICS--part of a series of strip parodies by Wood with writer Frank Jacobs (one of his best collaborators) entitled "How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting" from early1961.

http://johnglenntaylor.blogspot.com/2009/12/recipe-comics-axolotl-pudding.html

Radian Ad

This from the late 1990's. Did this ever come out? I don't think so but knowing Mr. Spurlock I still expect to see it someday.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R Found On the Net

Girl Sketch

Although this doesn't look like Sally, Nudine, Snorky or Odkin to me, this certainly looks like one of the Friends of Odkin sketches by Wood with Paul Kirchner--perhaps a special request.