Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Captain Nice
Bhob Stewart's INDEX credits Wood solely with "wrapper art" for Top
ps' CAPTAIN NICE cards which apparently themselves featured actual photos from the short-lived William Daniels TV superhero sitcom. From these examples, though, it looks as though the backs of the cards featured little Bazooka Joe style comic strips. The black and white art looks to be by Wood while the other I'm not so certain. It's possible that different artists contributed. The numbering on the color one would seem to indicate that there were quite a few but that doesn't mean they were on every card. Does anyone have a set of these rarities that they wouldn't mind scanning and sharing with other Wood fans?
ps' CAPTAIN NICE cards which apparently themselves featured actual photos from the short-lived William Daniels TV superhero sitcom. From these examples, though, it looks as though the backs of the cards featured little Bazooka Joe style comic strips. The black and white art looks to be by Wood while the other I'm not so certain. It's possible that different artists contributed. The numbering on the color one would seem to indicate that there were quite a few but that doesn't mean they were on every card. Does anyone have a set of these rarities that they wouldn't mind scanning and sharing with other Wood fans?Friday, August 7, 2009
BLOCKHEADS were a series of cardboar box masks that came from Topps in 1967. Designed by Wally Wood and (apparently at Wood's suggestion) Basil Wolverton and then painted by Norm Saunders. You can link to a number of color images of them here:
http://www.lostwackys.com/blockheads/index.htm
http://www.lostwackys.com/blockheads/index.htm
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Captain Science-Time Door of Throm
A number of the 1950's CAPTAIN SCIENCE stories done by Wallace Wood (often in collaboration, as here, with Joe Orlando) have been reprinted since the early 1970's in fanzines, in books and in reprint comics. This one, "Time Door of Throm" did not look familiar to me and when I checked the GCD it does not indicate any reprint appearances. If, in fact, it has been reprinted at all, I'd say it's at least a bit rarer than most of these stories so here it is. Enjoy as Wood and Orlando, too, for that matter begin to show their quickly developing pre-EC skills.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wood Madness
I'm pretty sure this nicely matted original art spotted on the 'Net is from MAD but I'm not certain which issue right now. Whatever it's origin, it certainly depicts some incredibly detailed madness going on!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Ralph Reese at Potrzebie
Undoubtedly all of you who frequent this site are already familiar with Bhob Stewart's impressive site POTRZEBIE at http://potrzebie.blogspot.com/ but for those who haven't checked it lately, Bhob has had several recent posts updating the story on former Woodworker Ralph Reese as well as featuring some new and old art by him. Here, for instance, is a colorful, recent commission piece depicting VAMPIRELLA as captured by the martians that Wood designed decades ago for the infamous MARS ATTACKS trading cards.
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