Witzend Magazine (1966 Wally Wood) Fanzine comic books

Published by renowned artist Wallace Wood, Witzend is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #1 includes: Savage World! strip by Al Williamson; Sinner strip by Ralph Reese; Animan strip by Wood; Absurd Science Fiction Stories strip by Jack Gaughan; and more. Back cover art of Buster Crabbe by Frank Frazetta. 36 pgs. Summer, 1966. $1.00 cover price. Cover price $1.00.

Published by renowned artist Wallace Wood, Witzend is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #2 includes: Orion (by Gray Morrow), Hey Look (by Harvey Kurtzman), Feeble Fable by Warren Sattler, Edgar Rice Burroughs portfolio by Reed Crandall, illustration by Frank Frazetta, cartoon by Will Elder, 3-page comic story by Art Spiegelman, 1-page comic by Steve Ditko, 2-page comic by Don Martin, illustration by Al Williamson, 2 illustrations by Roy Krenkel, and Animan by Wood. Front cover by Wood. Back cover by Ralph Reese. 8.5 x 11 in.; black and white; 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Published by renowned artist Wallace Wood, Witzend is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #3 includes: Mr. A strip by Steve Ditko; Reed Crandall/ERB portfolio part II; The Art Spiegelman Department strips; Hey Look! strip by Harvey Kurtzman; The Invaders! Strip by Richard Bassford; The Chase strip by Roger Brand; Pipsqueak Papers strip by Wood; Vanessa fiction by Sam Kobish; Last Chance! strip by Frank Frazetta; and more. Cover art by Wood. Back cover art by Al Williamson. 36 pgs. 1967. $1.00 cover price. Cover price $1.00.

Published by renowned artist Wallace Wood, Witzend is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #4 includes: Pipsqueak Papers by Wood; Mr. A strip by Steve Ditko; The Rejects by Wood; Reed Crandall/ERB portfolio part III; The Sneeze by Bill Pearson and Grass Green; Virtue Ever Triumphant by Roger Brand; and The World of the Wizard King by Wood. Cover art by Wood. Back cover art by Frazetta. 36 pgs. 1967. $1.00 cover price. Cover price $1.00.

Published by renowned artist Wallace Wood, Witzend is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #5 includes: The World of the Wizard King by Wood; The Junkwaffel Invasion of Kruppenny Island by Vaughn Bode; JAF; Reed Crandall/ERB portfolio part IV; Pipsqueak Papers by Wood; Prevue - The Adventures of Talon by Steranko; and Homesick by Roger Brand. Cover photo by Henry Roth. Back cover art by Ed Paschke. 36 pgs. 1968. $1.00 cover price. Cover price $1.00.

Comic stories: "Alien" (script by Bil Pearson, art by Jeff Jones), "Qwamb!" (by Sorrel Garika), "The Spawn of Venus" (art by Wally Wood), and "The Avenging World" (by Steve Ditko). Also, "An Interview with Will Eisner" (by John Benson). Gray Morrow pin-up. Mike Hinge wraparound cover. Cover price $1.00.

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Published by Bill Pearson (with Phil Seuling as associate publisher), Witzend, which was founded by Wallace Wood, is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #7 includes: Cobalt 60 strip by Vaughn Bode; The Avenging World part 2 strip by Steve Ditko; The Stirring Adventure of Ike and His Spoon strip by Roger Brand; Limpstrel strip by Berni Wrightson; Mister E. Master of Mayhem strip by Ditko; The Journey strip by Betty and Gray Morrow; and more. Cover art by Bode. Back cover art by Kenneth Smith. 44 pgs. Spring, 1970. $1.50 cover price. Cover price $1.50.

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Published by Phil Seuling and edited by Bill Pearson, Witzend, which was founded by Wallace Wood, is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #8 includes: The World of the Wizard King illustrated fiction by Wood; Barf the Insurance Salesman by Pearson (script) and Ralph Reese (art); Foxtale strip by Nicola Cuti (story) and William Stillwell (art); The City in the Sea poem by Edgar Allan Poe, with art by Frank Frazetta; The Break-Out!! strip by Steve Ditko; fragments from Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark by John Adkins Richardson; and more. 36 pgs. Summer, 1971. $1.50 cover price. Cover price $1.50.

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Witzend (1975) is a magazine published by CPL/Gang Publications. This entire issue is devoted to American funny man W.C. Fields. Included are the Films of Charles Bogle, one of the only authors Fields respected. Also featured are photos and a filmography of the legendary comedian. An added bonus is a W.C. Fields board game that include everything you need to play. 38 pages, color cover (by Jeff Jones) with black and white photos and illustrations, 8.50-in x 11-in. Cover price $5.00.

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Wood, Chaykin, Toth, Zeck art; 1 pg each Simonson, Russell Cover price $3.00.

Published and edited by Bill Pearson, Witzend, which was founded by Wallace Wood, is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #12 includes: Stargazer strip by J.R. Blevins and Z. Capistance; Bugs in the System strip by Al Sirois and David Stone; Phantom pin-up by Gray Morrow; The Real World strip by Bhob Stewart and John Norton; center spread by Don Martin; Booby Trap strip by Steve Ditko; the third part of Kym strip (called The Awakening) by Bill Pearson, Mike Zeck, and Ruben Yandoc, Jr.; Lunar Tunes strip by Wood; and tribute to Wallace Wood (1927-1981). Editorial art by Zeck. Humphrey Bogart cover art by Bush. 48 pgs. 1982. $3.50 cover price. Cover price $3.50.

Published by Phil Seuling and edited by Bill Pearson, Witzend, which was founded by Wallace Wood, is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. 36 pgs. Summer, 1985. $3.00 cover price. Cover price $3.00.