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The Compleat Sally Forth
The entire run of the 1970-1973 classic cheesecake sci-fi comedy strip written and drawn by the legendary cartoonist. Sally Forth features outrageous parodies of pop culture icons of the time, delightful puns and that superb Wood craftsmanship.
- GenresComics
160 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1998
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Wallace Wood
758 books37 followersWallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature.
He was the first inductee into the comic book's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, in 1989, and was inducted into the subequent Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame three years later.
In addition to Wood's hundreds of comic book pages, he illustrated for books and magazines while also working in a variety of other areas — advertising; packaging and product illustrations; gag cartoons; record album covers; posters; syndicated comic strips; and trading cards, including work on Topps' landmark Mars Attacks set.
For much of his adult life, Wood suffered from chronic, unexplainable headaches. In the 1970s, following bouts with alcoholism, Wood suffered from kidney failure. A stroke in 1978 caused a loss of vision in one eye. Faced with declining health and career prospects, he committed suicide by gunshot three years later.
Wood was married three times. His first marriage was to artist Tatjana Wood, who later did extensive work as a comic-book colorist.
EC editor Harvey Kurtzman, who had worked closely with Wood during the 1950s, once commented, "Wally had a tension in him, an intensity that he locked away in an internal steam boiler. I think it ate away his insides, and the work really used him up. I think he delivered some of the finest work that was ever drawn, and I think it's to his credit that he put so much intensity into his work at great sacrifice to himself".
EC publisher William Gaines once stated, "Wally may have been our most troubled artist... I'm not suggesting any connection, but he may have been our most brilliant".
He was the first inductee into the comic book's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, in 1989, and was inducted into the subequent Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame three years later.
In addition to Wood's hundreds of comic book pages, he illustrated for books and magazines while also working in a variety of other areas — advertising; packaging and product illustrations; gag cartoons; record album covers; posters; syndicated comic strips; and trading cards, including work on Topps' landmark Mars Attacks set.
For much of his adult life, Wood suffered from chronic, unexplainable headaches. In the 1970s, following bouts with alcoholism, Wood suffered from kidney failure. A stroke in 1978 caused a loss of vision in one eye. Faced with declining health and career prospects, he committed suicide by gunshot three years later.
Wood was married three times. His first marriage was to artist Tatjana Wood, who later did extensive work as a comic-book colorist.
EC editor Harvey Kurtzman, who had worked closely with Wood during the 1950s, once commented, "Wally had a tension in him, an intensity that he locked away in an internal steam boiler. I think it ate away his insides, and the work really used him up. I think he delivered some of the finest work that was ever drawn, and I think it's to his credit that he put so much intensity into his work at great sacrifice to himself".
EC publisher William Gaines once stated, "Wally may have been our most troubled artist... I'm not suggesting any connection, but he may have been our most brilliant".
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January 17, 2009
Whimsy of a sexual nature, played for sheer fun and enjoyment. Oddly, erotica is rarely presented as fun in nature: themes of tension, perversity, fear, domination and even outright hatred are more commonplace than simple frivolity, but Wood does an outstanding job of keeping a smile on the reader's face at all times, with the sexual nature of the work being only an avenue to Wood's true message of "Damn, ain't girls pretty? And ain't life fun?"
Which is all the more amazing considering that while Wood, to all accounts, certainly did think girls were pretty, he didn't enjoy the smoothest of lives, being wrought with self-doubt, alcoholism, and a stroke that eventually led to him putting a gun to his head.
I like to think that works like Sally Forth were solace to Wood. Certainly more of his talent showed through in these pages than in the pages of Cannon, which he was producing during the same time period. It's clear that Wood was having fun here, and it translates to enjoyment for the reader.
Which is all the more amazing considering that while Wood, to all accounts, certainly did think girls were pretty, he didn't enjoy the smoothest of lives, being wrought with self-doubt, alcoholism, and a stroke that eventually led to him putting a gun to his head.
I like to think that works like Sally Forth were solace to Wood. Certainly more of his talent showed through in these pages than in the pages of Cannon, which he was producing during the same time period. It's clear that Wood was having fun here, and it translates to enjoyment for the reader.
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