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Written by J. David Spurlock. By Vanguard.
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5 comments about Wally Wood Sketchbook.
- Don't get me wrong, I am a great appreciator of Wally Wood's art, but this sketchbook is just that, very very rough sketches. If you thought you might see some unused covers, or detailed drawings that Wood just did for pleasure, sorry, no go. These sketches are pretty bare bones, just Wood scratching out some ideas, and a lot of the drawings have hardly any intrinsic interest at all. I suppose, if you a completist, than you will like this book.
The book does have some good interviews, including a rare one with Wood himself. The editors unfortunately chose to put the interviews on the margins of the pages, the book is not very big, about the size of a comic, so the art is squeezed into the same space as the text. The sentences are very short, making for choppy reading. An odd choice, and one that does not serve the art, or the text.
- Anything with Wood is a masterpiece. This is an excellent addition to anyone's collection of Wood art. Wally Wood was a master of cartooning. He was a great artist that deserves mention amongst the notables of great art. Squ Tront and Russ Cochran's ec reprints provide the public with much of Wood's work. However, his sketchbooks are hard to find. His sketchbooks reveal the creative genius he had. His suicide is a great tragedy. I saw him at a convention in 1980. I noticed at that time he was quite despondent. It's an aweful thing he didn't have anyone to talk to. May God rest his soul.
- Wood is known as one of the early Mad magazine artists, but it's nice to see some preliminary sketches of his other work here. With examples of various genres, including both ink and pencil drawings, this slim volume doesn't really have his best stuff. Woody's work has a slightly stiff and old-fashioned quality, but if you're interested in illustration or science fiction (especially of the 1950's), this is passable. A lot of weird and absurd images, obsessively rendered. I was struck by the long hours he must have put in. The bio describes the sad end of his life. For better examples of Wood's cartooning, get reprints of '50s era Mad magazines. For his classic sci-fi illustrations, "Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood" has more to offer than this book, but it's much more expensive.
- This book is filled with wonderful drawings. I had never heard of wally wood before but as an artist myself was very inspired by his amazing work. This book shows just how ahead of his time wally wood was and can be an inspiration to any sci-fi fan.
- This book is filled with wonderful drawings. I had never heard of wally wood before but as an artist myself was very inspired by his amazing work. This book shows just how ahead of his time wally wood was and can be an inspiration to any sci-fi fan.
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Written by Dena K. Tarshis. By Paperweight Press.
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No comments about Objects of Fantasy : Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century.
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Written by Mark Strand and Andrew Forge. By Robert Miller Gallery.
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No comments about William Bailey: Studio Fictions.
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Written by Terry and Tobi Bruce and Janice Anderson. By Art Gallery of Hamilton.
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No comments about Lasting Impressions.
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Written by John E. Vollmer. By Ten Speed Press.
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No comments about Silks for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles.
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Written by David Fraser Jenkins and Chris Stephens. By Tate.
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Written by Sanford Hirsch. By Hudson Hills Press.
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Written by Marshall N. Price. By Hudson Hills Press.
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No comments about An Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006.
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Written by Robin Poynor. By University Press of Florida.
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No comments about African Art at the Harn Museum: Spirit Eyes Human Hands.
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Written by Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress). By Library of Congress.
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No comments about Vision of a Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Library of Congress.
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