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Best of Witzend

Title: Best of Witzend / senior editor, J. Michael Catron ; consulting editor, Bill Pearson ; original Witzend editors, Wallace Wood and Bill Pearson ; designers, Tony Ong and Sean David Williams.
Publication: Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., December 2018.

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Description

vi, 250 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

"Fed up with the formulaic restrictions, censorious nature, and onerous denial of creator's rights in mainstream comics, cartoonist Wallace Wood boldly decided to launch his own magazine. Witzend immediately became a cauldron of creativity for Wood and his friends. And with friends like Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Steve Ditko, Reed Crandall, Art Spiegelman, Vaughn Bode, Jim Steranko, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Alex Toth, Joe Staton, Mike Zeck, Howard Chaykin, and Bernie Wrightson--to name just a few--it was a joyous outpouring of unfettered artistic freedom. Best of Witzend includes the first appearance of Wood's feral avenger, Animan; Wood's fairy tale with teeth, Pipsqueak Papers; Ditko's controversial Mr. A; Morrow's swashbuckling Orion--and an Edgar Allan Poe poem stunningly illuminated by Frank Frazetta. Curated by Bill Pearson, Wood's handpicked successor, Best of Witzend also includes intimate details of Witzend's turbulent history and testimony to the inspiration it gave to other artists"--Back cover.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Comics (Graphic works)

Note

Pages 1-208 consist of a compilation of comic book excerpts (art with text) from the magazine. Pages 209-243 consist of text about the magazine with accompanying illustrations. Pages 244-250 consist of gallery art from the magazine.

Contents

Introduction / Bill Pearson -- Savage world / script, Wallace Wood; art, Al Williamson -- Sinner / Archie Goodwin -- Animan (origin) / Wallace Wood -- Midnight special / Steve Ditko -- Orion (origin) / Gray Morrow -- Poetry and illustration / poems, Ralph Reese; art, Leo and Diane Dillon -- Mr. A (first story) / Steve Ditko -- Mr. A (2) / Steve Ditko -- A very strange comic strip / Art Spiegelman / The invaders / Richard Bassford -- Pipsqueak papers (1) / Wallace Wood -- Pipsqueak papers (2) / Wallace Wood -- Last chance / plot and art, Frank Frazetta; script, Bill Pearson -- The rejects (origin) / script, Bhob Stewart; art, Wallace Wood -- Portfolio of Edgar Rice Burroughs part four / Reed Crandall -- The Junkwaffel invasion of Kruppenny Island / Vaughn Bode -- Prevue: the adventures of Talon / Jim Steranko -- Alien / story, Bill Pearson; art, Jeffrey Catherine Jones -- Illustration / Gray Morrow -- Cobalt 60 / Vaughn Bode -- Limpstrel (1) / Bernie Wrightson -- Limpstrel (2) / Bernie Wrightson -- The journey / Betty and Gray Morrow -- The city in the sea / poem, Edgar Allan Poe; art, Frank Frazetta; lettering, Gail Smith -- The hunting of the snark / poem, Lewis Carroll; art, John Adkins Richardson -- Kym, chapter 1: lost in a dream / script, Bill Pearson; art, Dick Giordano -- 39/74 / Guyla and Alex Toth -- I haven't slept since / Howard Chaykin -- Illustration / Terry Austin -- Illustration / P. Craig Russell -- The avenging dodo / script, Bill Pearson; art, Mike Zeck -- Illustration / Walter Simonson -- My furry world ... and welcome to it / script, Nick Cuti; art, Joe Staton; lettering, Bruce D. -- The care and feeding of geks / script, Nicola Cuti; art, Michael Zeck -- Booby trap / Steve Ditko -- Stargazer / story, J.R. Blevins and Dennis Janke (as Z. Capistance); art, Dennis Janke (as Z. Capistance) -- The real world / story, Bhob Stewart; art, John Norton -- Last act of a living legend / script and lettering, Bill Pearson; art, Steve Stiles -- Any idea in any form / Bill Mason -- Bucky Ruckus / art, Wallace Wood; design, J. David Spurlock -- Edgar Rice Burroughs illustration / Reed Crandall -- Witzend, beginning to end / Bill Pearson -- The world of the wizard king / Wallace Wood -- An oral history / Patrick Rosenkranz -- Wallace Wood 1927-1981 / art, Wallace Wood; design, Bill Pearson -- Contributors -- Cover gallery.

Call Number

JFG 19-246

ISBN

9781683961154
1683961153

LCCN

2017957111

OCLC

1030430880

Title

Best of Witzend / senior editor, J. Michael Catron ; consulting editor, Bill Pearson ; original Witzend editors, Wallace Wood and Bill Pearson ; designers, Tony Ong and Sean David Williams.

Publisher

Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, Inc., December 2018.

Edition

First Fantagraphics Books edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Wood, Wallace, editor, author, artist.

Pearson, Bill, editor, author.

Catron, Michael, editor.

Williamson, Al, 1931-2010, artist.

Goodwin, Archie, author, artist.

Ditko, Steve, author, artist.

Morrow, Gray, author, artist.

Reese, Ralph, 1949- author.

Dillon, Leo, artist.

Dillon, Diane, artist.

Spiegelman, Art, author, artist.

Frazetta, Frank, author, artist.

Stewart, Bhob, author.

Crandall, Reed, 1917-1982, artist.

Bodé, Vaughn, 1941-1975, author, artist.

Steranko, 1938- author, artist.

Jones, Jeff, 1944-2011, artist.

Wrightson, Bernie, author, artist.

Richardson, John Adkins, artist.

Giordano, Dick, artist.

Toth, Alex, artist.

Chaykin, Howard V., author, artist.

Austin, Terry, 1952- artist.

Russell, P. Craig, artist.

Zeck, Mike, artist.

Simonson, Walter, artist.

Cuti, Nicola, 1944- author.

Staton, Joe, artist.

Janke, Dennis, author, artist.

Norton, John, artist.

Stiles, Steve, 1943- artist.

Mason, Bill, 1929-1988, author.

Rosenkranz, Patrick, author.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. City in the sea.

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Hunting of the snark.

Research Call Number

JFG 19-246

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