Woody's Classic Covers # 52

More From Tom Ziuko

From SKY MASTERS

From COMIC BOOK ARTIST

Tom Ziuko's Sky Masters

Thanks to professional colorist Tom Ziuko for allowing me to run these two SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE strips by Kirby and Wood as colored by Tom for Greg Theakston. Click to make 'em nice and big!

The Man From Outer Space by Williamson...and Wood?

Although not listed in most Wood checklists, The Grand Comics Database speculates that Wood is inking his fellow EC sci-fi vet Al Williamson here on this 1958 Charlton story. Apparently it had previously been listed as Williamson with Sid Check. I'm not at all sure. Check's work always looked unpolished t me, even after Woody's work became very polished. I don't see a lot of things here that make me think Wood but I do see a few and they're pretty strong. What do you guys think? Bhob? David? Alan? Anyone else? 

 Some nifty Al Williamson art no matter who inked it!

UPDATE: David Spurlock thinks it's not even Williamson. Perhaps Dick Giordano aping the EC sci-fi style. I can kid of see that...and this was Charlton after all. Dick was doing 80% of everything at Charlton in the late fifties.

Some Ruckus With Bucky

Hurry! The Bus Is Coming!

If you were a member of FOO, then you most likely own some original art by former Woodworker Paul Kirchner whether you know it or not. Here, though, is some of his best solo work in the surreal strip, THE BUS, back in print. Go here for ordering info:http://www.tanibis.net/#/the-bus/

Kirby and Wood, Together Again

This, from the first part of the legendary FF tale, "And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them," is perhaps the single best panel illustrating the fact that Wood inked (or redrew) the Daredevil and Matt Murdock figures throughout the issue. 

Even though it's often posted that he did the same on the second part, even a basic examination of the DD figures there clearly shows them to be Vince Colletta inking Jack...and DD suffers tremendously for it. Like a number of artists and fans at the time (remember the red costume was still new!), Vince couldn't seem to get a handle on the placement of the shadow blacks on the red costume. Woody, the undisputed master of spotting blacks, could do it instinctively.