{"id":468,"date":"2009-04-18T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2009\/04\/five-images-that-prove-wally-woods-greatness\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T23:44:00","slug":"five-images-that-prove-wally-woods-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"Five Images That Prove Wally Wood&#8217;s Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, just for fun, or maybe to get some mileage out of my distracting obsession with Wally Wood. Pretty much what the title says it is: A tiny sampling of why Wood is such a compelling artist.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SepqPohH_WI\/AAAAAAAAAZM\/LsI0dI9ZzZs\/s1600-h\/dd10.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SepqPohH_WI\/AAAAAAAAAZM\/LsI0dI9ZzZs\/s320\/dd10.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326186326125968738\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">He understood physical grace (and he was a great costume designer).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppOQ_pqII\/AAAAAAAAAY8\/5g6uxcATGtQ\/s1600-h\/jazzbo.0.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppOQ_pqII\/AAAAAAAAAY8\/5g6uxcATGtQ\/s320\/jazzbo.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326185203120056450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>He could organize space in a way that made it seem infinite and STILL teeming with &#8220;stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppOKEKxOI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/MT0ak58i12s\/s1600-h\/WS16_cover_art.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppOKEKxOI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/MT0ak58i12s\/s320\/WS16_cover_art.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326185201259955426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>His hyper-detailed, baroque inking style gave aliens and technology a solid, complex dimensionality.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppN0PjkDI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/FdywBto2IUk\/s1600-h\/12.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SeppN0PjkDI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/FdywBto2IUk\/s320\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326185195402137650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>He was funny.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SepmFccuxSI\/AAAAAAAAAYk\/DlyjNXlOI00\/s1600-h\/1-wally-wood-wierd-sex-fantasy-2.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_xU6Ss3tvbus\/SepmFccuxSI\/AAAAAAAAAYk\/DlyjNXlOI00\/s320\/1-wally-wood-wierd-sex-fantasy-2.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326181753041110306\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>In his later years he figured a wonderfully airy sense of space &#8212; his figures no longer stiff or contorted, and his pen line (or assistant&#8217;s line) smooth and minimal.<br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">That&#8217;s it. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, just for fun, or maybe to get some mileage out of my distracting obsession with Wally Wood. Pretty much what the title says it is: A tiny sampling of why Wood is such a compelling artist. He understood physical grace (and he was a great costume designer). He could organize space in a way that made it seem infinite and STILL teeming with &#8220;stuff&#8221;. 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