Author-illustrator Wallace ("Wally") Wood is one of the most celebrated cartoonist-illustrators of all time. Wood's creative efforts on such properties as Daredevil, Weird Science, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, MAD, Witzend, Mars Attacks, Power Girl, etc., have earned him great acclaim both during his lifetime and posthumously. For his science fiction work, Wood received various Hugo Award Nominations including: 1959 Best Professional Artist; 1960 Best Professional Artist; and 1997 for Best Dramatic Presentation: Mars Attacks! Other awards include: National Cartoonists Society for best Comic Book Artist, 1957 (MAD), 1959 (MAD), and 1965 (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents); Alley Award, Best Pencil Artist, 1965; Alley Award, Best Inking Work, 1966; Best Foreign Cartoonist Award, Angoulême International Comics Festival, 1978; The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1989; The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 1992; and The Inkwell Awards' Hall of Fame Award, 2011. He resided in Los Angeles, California.
