Wally Wood (b. 1927)

Born: 1927 June 17 in Menahga, Minnesota, United States
Died: 1981 November 3 in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • Wally Wood
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Wally Family name: Wood

Other Names:

  1. Wood Type: Common Alternative Name
  2. Wallace Wood Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Wallace Allen Family name: Wood
  3. Woody Type: Pen Name

Signatures:

  1. as Wood [generic]
  2. Harrison [generic]
  3. HARRISON WOOD [generic]
  4. Melvin Wood [generic]
  5. W [generic]
  6. W. Allan Wood [generic]
  7. W. Allen Wood [generic]
  8. W. Wood [generic]
  9. Wallace A. Wood [generic]
  10. Wallace Wood [generic]
  11. Wally Wood [generic]
  12. Walt Wood [generic]
  13. Wood [generic]
  14. Wood [generic]
  15. Woodhawk [generic]
  16. WOODY [generic]
  17. Woody [generic]

Relations:

  1. Owner - Wally Wood Studio (b. 1964)
  2. Employee of - Will Eisner Studio (b. 1940)
    Notes: Did pencils and inks 1950 and 1952.
  3. Ghosted by - Dan Adkins (b. 1937)
  4. Spouse - Tatjana Wood (b. 1926)
    Notes: Ex-spouse. Married in 1950. Divorced sometime during the 1960's.

Schools:

  1. Minnesota School of Art 1947 to 1948

  2. Cartoonists and Illustrators School 1948 to 1948


Art Influences:

Influences by Wally Wood (b. 1927) were stated by:
  1. Jerry Acerno (b. 1961)
  2. Dan Adkins (b. 1937)
  3. Jim Amash (b. 1960)
  4. Hilary Barta (b. 1957)
  5. Preston Blair (b. 1908)
  6. Larry Blake (b. 1952)
  7. Mark Bodé (b. 1963)
  8. Tim Boxell (b. 1950)
  9. Al Bradford (b. 1950)
  10. Bill Cavalier (b. 1949)
  11. Howard Chaykin (b. 1950)
  12. Richard Corben (b. 1940)
  13. Nicola Cuti (b. 1944)
  14. Dale Eaglesham (b. 1962)
  15. Ken Feduniewicz (b. 1951)
  16. Peter Fitzgerald (b. 1968)
  17. Allen Freeman (b. 1956)
  18. Dave Gibbons (b. 1949)
  19. Armando Gil (b. 1959)
  20. Marty Greim (b. 1942)
  21. Larry Hama (b. 1949)
  22. Fred Hembeck (b. 1953)
  23. Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959)
  24. Phil Hester (b. 1966)
  25. Don Hudson
  26. Klaus Janson (b. 1952)
  27. Ron Kasman
  28. Shawn Kerri (b. 1958)
  29. Erik Kriek (b. 1966)
  30. Ken Leach (b. 1947)
  31. Russ Maheras (b. 1954)
  32. Will Meugniot (b. 1951)
  33. Grant Miehm (b. 1960)
  34. Cliff Neal (b. 1947)
  35. Howard Nostrand (b. 1929)
  36. Kevin Nowlan (b. 1958)
  37. Jerry Ordway (b. 1957)
  38. Joe Orlando (b. 1927)
  39. Tom Palmer (b. 1942)
  40. Rick Parker (b. 1946)
  41. Eric Powell (b. 1975)
  42. Pat Redding (b. 1961)
  43. Trina Robbins (b. 1938)
  44. Mark Schultz (b. 1955)
  45. David Schwartz (b. 1954)
  46. Jim Steranko (b. 1938)
  47. Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
  48. Greg Theakston (b. 1953)
  49. Mike Witherby (b. 1957)
  50. Link Yaco (b. 1955)
  51. Tom Yeates (b. 1955)
  52. Mike Zeck (b. 1949)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonist Society Type: member


Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: Face the Facts (other) - Role: artist - Year: 1961
    Employer Name : Lowell Toy Mfg. Corp.
    Work Title: Face the Facts
    Notes: Wood created the box top cover art for a board game of Face the Facts, which was based on a short-lived TV game show.

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