Wally Wood's artwork should be in fine art museums.

Never knew Wally Wood created Power Girl. Love how he drew her!

Wally Wood will always be one comic's greatest artists and what happened to him was so tragic.

I definitely view Wood among the ranks of Carl Barks, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Frazetta, and Steve Ditko. Nice mini-documentary on his life and his struggles, and would be cool to see more!

Sad end to an influential hero

I'm surprised there was no mention of Wood's self-created magazine Witzend, which gave himself and other artists like Steve Ditko a chance to create without outside artistic or editorial control. Ditko's infamous Mr. A made an early appearance, as well as a Conan-type sword and sorcery character called Thane he created and drew. Large format, black and white, beautifully illustrated, artist-driven and controlled... pretty cool.

A truly brilliant artist. If I recall correctly, it was Steve Ditko's friendship with Wood that got him published in Woods Witzend, where he debuted his character Mr A. Wood was friends with everyone, it seems. His life was tragic, but, as you eloquently said, his art is eternal. One of the greats!

I still remember where I first learned who Wally Wood was. It was an article in the old Comics Scene Magazine in the 80s shortly after his death. It only caught my eye because it had art from his last published work during his life, which was an issue of Star Wars as inker, but then I read the actual article and became interested in his work. I'm glad I did! He was amazingly talented.

An excellent and moving tribute to one of the greats. Wally will always hold a special place for many of us.

Wally Wood, a legendary man with a tragic curse and end Thanks for the video

This may be your longest video, but it's also your best in my opinion. You should do more videos like this.

A lot of pulp era scifi and mystery authors made money on the side grinding out those "spicy" novels. Some of them produced hundreds of the things.

My introduction to Wally Wood was when I found the paperback version of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. I had never seen anything like his art before that. Instantly fell in love with his style.

A long video, but the complexity and brilliance of Wally Wood required it. One of the great visionaries in the field of comics, Wood was a hugely talented artist with an unrivaled sense of light and shadow, of contrast, of black & white. He created realistic fantasy and fantastic realities, and was equally at home in _all_ genres. In addition to the publishers mentioned herein, he also did some gorgeous work for Jim Warren. Undeniably one of the all-time greats...

I clicked on it because that thumbnail reminded me of the Martians from Mars Attacks AND what do you know, he had part in creating them!! 👍 I thought his name sounded familiar. Great vid! I'm definitely going to check out more of his work, thanks!

I knew of his work while reading EC Comics. He is one of the best in the industry. A sad way to go-if only he got the help he needed...

Time for the world to wake up to your excellent KZfaq channel. IN THE NAME OF GRUD I SAY WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! HALLELUJA!

Wally Wood was a true legend, may he rest in peace. I remember his name from reading All-Star Comics and a few Daredevil issues. I'll check out some more of his work.

GREAT! WALLY WOOD WAS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS! I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM OR HIS INIMITABLE STYLE! HE WAS ONE OF A KIND!

I was a huge fan of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. comics. Growing up poor, I had no money to buy comics so I got creative. When I was about ten I discovered poker and found I was good at it. My friends and I played, betting comics as the stakes. One of my victims (er. friends) had a lot of the Tower books. That's how I got introduced to Tower.

how can an artist so talented devalue himself that much ? It's crazy ! (sorry for my deplorable English!)

I am 70 and started reading and collecting comics in 1959. I still do and now I share my collection with my son and grandson. Comic books are genius art and to me Wally Wood was the greatest of the great.

Back in 1985, a fellow comics bud and me, were watching west high being torn down. At the time neither of us knew Wood had graduated from there, and it was his diploma that was copied up for any who joined his fan club.

As a child of the 60's, a lot of my enjoyment as a child sits at the feet of Mr. Wood, and I'm very grateful. Thanks for this exploration of his life and work, tragic as the end was.

Wally Wood was one of my biggest influences. I have always loved his work from EC, THUNDER AGENTS, to his work at Warren, DC, or Marvel. Just some of the best drawn comic stuff of all time!

This was a good story on Wally wood he was another awsome artist and still very sad.

You shouldn't apologise. It's a great video. I always like hearing about Wally Wood

Wow! What a tragic end to a great artist like Wally Wood .Great video Fizzfop .

Having gone through some similar life experiences as he did at the end, I find wood to be very sympathetic. Good work on this video.

I also loved the artwork Wally did for Warren Publishing [Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella]. Also glad that he stood up to Stan Lee; ha, ha.

"22 panels that work" is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. Makes a complicated topic startlingly simple to understand. And NO ONE, IMHO, EVER drew sexy women like Wood. Just one glance at 'Lois' in SuperDuperMan, and I was thinking, "Yeah, now I get it."

Great video, love that you included the quote off the top but showed restraint when it counted. Wally was a pioneer that unfortunately isn't talked about enough

8:19 Proof that before he fought in Vietnam and decided to become the killer vigilante known as The Punisher, Frank Castle wrote seedy western pulps.

I met Wally at the San Diego comic con in 78. Introduced by Ken Krueger. You should look into doing a video on the contributions of Ken To comic and Sci fi fandom.

Wally Wood's work has always been influence on me. Hell, oddly enough I share the same birthday as him. 0_o

S a kid in the 1950s I found s lot to admire in the work of Jack Davis and Will Elder but Wallace Wood has always been my absolute favorite EC artist.

Back in the far out 70s my college roommate got in trouble for putting up a Wood underground poster on our dorm wall. The poster was an obscene illustration of the Big Mouse Land. Think of a literal drawing of "...my Prince will come...". I didn't know it was Wood at the time. I have seen reprints of Sally Forth. Since I grew up with Mad Magazine, I am sure I saw his work there. "Realistic" cartoons. Thanks for the video.

For all of the active subversions and friction with Stan, his Daredevil stuff is quite remarkable.

Wally Wood was my favorite comic artist as a kid. I was obssesed with comics.

As a kid growing up in Minnesota, I caught hold of Wood's 'stuff back in the early 60's. I enjoyed drawing----Was good at it. Wally's Art, more than any other---Aside from Frazzetta, that is---Inspired the Heck outta' Me! Really MISS those days.

One look at the panels that flowed by, and i immediatly knew in seconds, that this was no ordinary artist. Oh . And the length of the video is just fine..it was great.

thanks for posting

Great video...creative types burn themselves out way too soon.

Great video, although the absence of any information on Wood's work for Warren Comics, and most especially, his creation of Witzend were quite striking.

Really good video!!!

Fantastic video, thank you so much!

I will always love all of your videos

beautiful video. thank you.

Excellent video, thank you

Amazing video! Loved it

Great video as always dude!

Great video.

Great video!

Another great vid. Thanks, Fizz.

Good video! Thank you!!!

Well done thank you.

Thank you for making this video!

Ive been a fan since the ‘60s. His use of shading is unmatched in the medium.

this was a great video

Wonderful episode...

Great information I learned a lot

Great video, thankyou.

This was very informative, well done.

This was so damn good. Thank you for another excellent video.

Excellent video on an excellent artist!

Very informative. Thank you.

great presentation - i enjoy it.

An excellent video; THANK-YOU!

Fantastic job, very thorough and respectful.

Wonderful documentary and beautifully presented.

Amazingly important comic knowledge, thank you 🙏🏽 Subbed and liked

HE WAS A TRUE MASTER OF THE ARTS, HE HAD FANS OVER HIS OFFICE BUT DON'T MOVE ANYTHING AROUND. I TRULY MISS THE MAN.

Excellent, you got it dead right, Wally Wood is my favourite comic artist. Thank you

Great video. Not long enough!!

Just discovered this video! Thank you so much for this mini-biography of one of comics' greatest talents. Well done!

I would so love a series about these guys taking place in a Jonny Quest looking past.

Another great video. I always learn so much from your channel. Thank you.

Very interesting; thanks.

Great episode man, I think you did a great job with the writing, hail wally wood! continue the great work!

Great episode. one of my favorite artists of all time.

This was a great video! I used to get migraines, until I found out that I'm allergic to gluten. Once I stopped eating wheat, my migraines went away completely. Too bad that no one could help Wally Wood with his issues!

Great video, there’s always a story behind these story makers and artists and I enjoy learning and hearing about them.

Really great introduction to an artist I knew of but knew little about. Thanks!

Thank you for telling me about Wally Wood I am definitely going to look up his stuff.

Thank you so much for this video. My wife & I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a story.

i still think you are fantastic i love the information on your channel thanks a lot it was great

Fantastic Wally Wood video. Wood was a comics legend and still respected.

An absolutely splendid overview on a Comic Art Legend! Thank you for creating this excellent video!

I was born in 1946. I guess that was at the tail end of the golden era or the beginning I'm not sure. But one of my first loves as a kid was comic books. My prized possession was my stack of comic books. Throughout the 50s and even into the early 60s. I fell away from them when I got married i 1966, but not completely. I introduced my wife to them as she had never been allowed to read Comics as a kid, and she loved them. I still was buying Illustrated books like Heavy Metal, and Epic, well into the 80s. I don't claim to have read or seen all of the characters and comic books that you present on your Channel, but I am tickled to death to see the ones that I do recognize, and to learn of new ones that I've never seen before. Keep up the good work. It's astounding, how you can find this much material.

Thank you so much for this unbiased look into the great man’s life.

love it, should do videos of more individual creators.

For me you can go all day with this video wally wood is in my list of favorite artist of all time with Neal Adams and the busema brothers john and sal great vid

thank you so much for this video. wally wood is one of the giants in the comic industry. i enjoyed this vid very much.

Coming across his work in the Warren Magazines such as Creepy, Vampirella, and Eerie. Also finding out he did one panel of LITTLE LULU, for MAD Magazine at one time, where she's donning an Oleg Cassini-designed outfit and a pillbox hat, very likely covering her red beanie cap. Which is to say she was emulating Jacqueline Kennedy around March 1963.

It's not too long at all. Thank you.

Great video! I've been a fan of Wally Woods forever & this video was way overdue. It wasn't "too short" nor was it "too long" . It was very professional as it was very informative. Super great video! Thanks.

Wonderful

I learn so much through these. Every time I assume I know everything about our heroes, but these videos always teach me something new.

I really enjoy the Lost Heroes series! This is a channel that I turn on and binge from time to time as almost a podcast form. These that talk about the men and women behind the scenes are equally fascinating, all around good stuff.

All time favorite artist Wally Wood's Art is so amazing to look at