#witzend

The Invaders! from Witzend No. 3

Wally Wood from Witzend: Complete Collection

Here's an up close look at an important publication, focusing on its driving force, Wallace / Wally Wood.  Witzend is an intriguing anomaly in comic book history.  It was a creator-driven, creator-owned, self-published, independent comics magazine series that began publishing in 1966.  And while it was a very forward thinking, new school style of publication in this respect, it was also largely old school in its approach to comics making.  Another way of looking at it is that it combines the free spirited approach to comic books that was only barely just getting underway in the world of underground comix (Witzend  was published before Zap) and the high degree of professionalism that came with artists with decades of experience in the mainstream comic book industry.  It didn't earn Wood the financial returns commensurate with the labor that it required to create, but that didn't stop him from keeping at it.  Eight issues were published between 1966 and 1971, and then five more between 1972 and 1985 (the last two posthumously, as Wood died in 1981).

Witzend #2, 1967. Wally Wood cover pencils & inks.

Witzend #8:The Break-Out

by Steve Ditko

Source: comicartfans

▶️ Witzend #10 (1976)