Wally Wood (b. 1927)

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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
   

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Schools:

1. Minnesota School of Art 1947 to 1948

2. Cartoonists and Illustrators School 1948 to 1948

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Signatures:

1. as Wood [generic]
2. Harrison [generic]
3. HARRISON WOOD
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
14. Wood [generic]
15. Woodhawk [generic]
16. WOODY
17. Woody [generic]

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Awards:

1. 1957: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
2. 1959: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
3. 1965: Alley Awards - Best Pencil Artist
4. 1965: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
5. 1966: Alley Awards - Best Inking Work
6. 1971: Warren Awards - Best All-Around Artist
7. 1977: Angoulême International Comics Festival - Prix du dessinateur étranger
8. 1980: Inkpot Award - [no name]
9. 1989: Harvey Award - The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
10. 1992: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame
11. 2011: Inkwell Awards - The Sinnott Hall of Fame Award

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Awards for Issues:

1. 1965: Alley Awards - Best Giant Comic
   T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (1965 series) #1
2. 2010: Harvey Award - Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation
   The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics (2009 series)
3. 2010: Eisner Award - Best Comics-Related Book
   The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics (2009 series)
4. 2012: Ghastly Awards - Best Archival Collection
   The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010 series) #[3] - Zombies

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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)

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Memberships:

1. National Cartoonist Society Type: member

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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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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.