{"product_id":"best-of-witzend-9781683961154","title":"Best of Witzend","description":"Cartoonist Wallace Wood created and published his own magazine -- \u003cem\u003ewitzend\u003c\/em\u003e. W\u003cem\u003eitzend\u003c\/em\u003e immediately became a venue for personal work, without regard to commercial constraints and with contributors like Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, and Reed Crandall. (And that was just the first issue!) In later issues, Steve Ditko, Art Spiegelman, Vaughn Bodé, Jim Steranko, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Howard Chaykin, Bernie Wrightson -- and dozens more -- joined in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWood, Wallace:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWallace Allan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e (1927-1981) rebooted Marvel's Daredevil, designing the iconic costume that recently appeared on the smash hit Netflix series. He was one of the best and funniest cartoonists of the earliest iteration of \u003cem\u003eMad\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and, thanks to his work on the EC Comics line, he is also widely considered one of America's greatest science-fiction cartoonists. With his magazine anthology \u003cem\u003ewitzend\u003c\/em\u003e, he helped pioneer underground\/independent comics publishing.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearson, Bill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBill Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1938) got his start as an assistant to Wallace Wood. He was an independent editor and publisher. He lives in Arizona.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiegelman, Art:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eArt Spiegelman i\u003c\/strong\u003es the Pulitzer-Prize-winning creator of \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e. He's also a groundbreaking editor, whose recent projects include the Toon books line of graphic novels for school libraries, as well as the 1980s seminal comics anthology \u003cem\u003eRaw\u003c\/em\u003e, which introduced cartoonists like Charles Burns and helped kickstart the alternative comics movement. He's long been associated with the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50430447190290,"sku":"9781683961154","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26799e36-ce76-4b1e-8af3-c318b2ee1631.jpg?v=1729529276","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-of-witzend-9781683961154","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}