The Birth of the Marvel Universe

[rodan57]

A very fine article by Daniel Best.

 

20th Century Danny Boy: Birth of the Marvel Universe

 

 

Here's an example of a great quote from Wallace Wood:

 

"Stan was the scripter, but I was coming up with most of the ideas. It finally got to the point where I told him that if he was the writer, he’d have to come up with the plots. So, we just sat across the desk from one another in silence."

--Wally Wood

[Ogami]

So, round two on Stanley then?

[rodan57]

I think it's clear that none of the participants have a clear memory of events. Memory is perhaps the poorest form of evidence.

[bluechip]

A very fine article by Daniel Best.

 

20th Century Danny Boy: Birth of the Marvel Universe

 

 

Here's an example of a great quote from Wallace Wood:

 

"Stan was the scripter, but I was coming up with most of the ideas. It finally got to the point where I told him that if he was the writer, he’d have to come up with the plots. So, we just sat across the desk from one another in silence."

--Wally Wood

 

If by "great quote" you mean a quote that makes no sense to anyone who's ever worked with the unsurpassably locquacious Lee, then, yeah.

 

Spend two minutes with the man, let alone years working with him, and you'll know how absurd it is that anyone would accuse him of sitting "in silence"

 

 

 

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

Wally Wood (RIP) could draw like almost nobody else...cartoon, serious, good girl art, superheroes. Visual story teller supreme. I the guy . Arguably one of the greatest artists in the hobby...but he was a tortured soul and an alcoholic who committed suicide.

 

I talked to Al Feldstein about him and Al said that Wally was a mess to be around much of the time. Probably a nice enough guy, just very tortured as a person.

 

It's a shame that creative genius sometimes takes it's toll (or maybe stems from) a persons inability to cope with reality.

 

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

 

[Ted Knight]

Wally Wood (RIP) could draw like almost nobody else...cartoon, serious, good girl art, superheroes. Visual story teller supreme. I the guy . Arguably one of the greatest artists in the hobby...but he was a tortured soul and an alcoholic who committed suicide.

 

I talked to Al Feldstein about him and Al said that Wally was a mess to be around much of the time. Probably a nice enough guy, just very tortured as a person.

 

It's a shame that creative genius sometimes takes it's toll (or maybe stems from) a persons inability to cope with reality.

 

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

I don't doubt the quote at all. It would probably have been a tense moment between the two of them and as outspoken as Stan Lee is, I'm sure it could have played out exactly like that. Wally Wood was awesome. A real loss to comic books. He had a perfectionist approach to his linework that ultimately did him in.

 

Give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Stan Lee was far from perfect.

[VintageComics]

I love the way he made Superhero costumes look.

 

What a genius at the drawing board.

 

And the way he drew women?

 

[TupennyConan]

Wood also drew a lot of porn.

 

Pron, if you will.

[VintageComics]

Wood also drew a lot of porn.

 

Pron, if you will.

 

Yup. That guy's mind was literally a creative bomb waiting to go off.

 

He had quite the imagination.

[TupennyConan]

Wood also drew a lot of porn.

 

Pron, if you will.

 

Yup. That guy's mind was literally a creative bomb waiting to go off.

 

He had quite the imagination.

 

His biography is a pretty tough tale but his talent placed him in the charmed circle of great post-WWII comics illustrators.

 

 

 

[TupennyConan]

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

Or how reliable he was in general.

 

Your observation is the first thing which occurred to me.

 

Can't trust people.

 

Can't trust receipts.

 

 

 

 

[VintageComics]

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

Or how reliable he was in general.

 

Your observation is the first thing which occurred to me.

 

Can't trust people.

 

Can't trust receipts.

 

 

 

 

You can trust good friends.

 

 

[TupennyConan]

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

Or how reliable he was in general.

 

Your observation is the first thing which occurred to me.

 

Can't trust people.

 

Can't trust receipts.

 

 

You can trust good friends.

 

 

You can also trust the beauty of Wally Wood's art.

[VintageComics]

I wonder how reliable his memory actually is and when that quote was taken.

 

Or how reliable he was in general.

 

Your observation is the first thing which occurred to me.

 

Can't trust people.

 

Can't trust receipts.

 

 

You can trust good friends.

 

 

You can also trust the beauty of Wally Wood's art.

 

Neither will lie to you.

 

(thumbs u

[TupennyConan]

Trust is a gift one grants to a good friend.

 

Trust is a gift Beauty grants to Art.

[Kenglo1]

Unlike Wood I bet Rob Liefeld is not a tortured soul

[The Troll King]

Unlike Wood I bet Rob Liefeld is not a tortured soul

 

Sure he is, he's tortured by fans.

[Ogami]

Can I plus one an entire thread?

[VintageComics]

Trust is a gift one grants to a good friend.

 

Trust is a gift Beauty grants to Art.

 

Damn. That's real pretty.

 

 

[VintageComics]

Can I plus one an entire thread?

 

+1

 

*group hug*