| Against the Grain Mad Artist Wallace Wood | | | Author:
| Stewart, Bhob | | Artist:
| Wood, Wallace | | ISBN: | 978-1-893905-23-8 | | Publication Date: | Dec 2003 | | Publisher: | TwoMorrows Publishing
| | Book Format: | Paperback | | List Price: | USD $39.95 | Book Description:
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- Bhob Stewart's long-awaited Against the Grain: Mad Artist WallaceWood is the definitive book ever produced on the career of one of sciencefiction and comics' finest artists.
- In addition to a remarkable memoir of life at the Wood Studio, former Woodassociate Bhob Stewart also provides a biographical portrait, tracing Wood'slife from Minnesota to Manhattan while exploring the humorous spirit, darkdetours, and psychological twists of a gifted maverick who often...
More Description - Bhob Stewart's long-awaited Against the Grain: Mad Artist WallaceWood is the definitive book ever produced on the career of one of sciencefiction and comics' finest artists.
- In addition to a remarkable memoir of life at the Wood Studio, former Woodassociate Bhob Stewart also provides a biographical portrait, tracing Wood'slife from Minnesota to Manhattan while exploring the humorous spirit, darkdetours, and psychological twists of a gifted maverick who often went againstthe grain.
- From childhood drawings and ambitious teenage samples to an endless paradeof pages for a variety of publishers - Avon, EC, Fox, Marvel, Warren, and more -plus illustrations for Galaxy Science Fiction, this is the most stunning displayof Wood art ever assembled.
- Many of the artists and writers who knew Wood personally have alsocontributed articles and essays, making this book a huge compendium ofimaginative art, insights and critical commentary.
- Bill Pearson, executor of the Wood Estate, has made available rare drawingsdirectly from Wood's own files, while noted art collector Roger Hill, anauthority on artists of the EC era, provides a wealth of obscure, previouslyunpublished Wood drawings and paintings.
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