Showing posts with label National Screw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Screw. Show all posts

18 September 2017

Is That a Rabbit Hole?

Welcome to another edition of



Today, the second half of Wally Wood's classic Malice In Wonderland. (If you're late to the party, the first half is readable here) EDIT: That link is to the picture free version. The actual pages are in our back room, located here.


NOTE: The images from this post contain nudity, and thus have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the pics.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.



For you younger readers, there's no way to convey to you just how very 70s this strip was.

Malice In Wonderland by Wally Wood for National Screw magazine (1977)

04 September 2017

Blue Monday - Bonus Wood



There was no Blue Monday last week, in honor of Jack Kirby's birthday. So here's an extra installment today in partial recompense. Continuing with out Wally Wood theme today, let's go back to the first two issues of National Screw Magazine. We saw previously that the first four issues debuted an exclusive new strip from Wood - Malice In Wonderland. While this has been reprinted quite a few times, it's usually in black and white. So here's the first half from their original run in National Screw:

NOTE: The images from this post contain nudity, and thus have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the first two chapters (4 pages each) of Wally Wood's Odd classic.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.


As the caption said - Continued...


Malice In Wonderland by Wally Wood for National Screw #s 1 & 2 (1976)


31 July 2017

Uncomics 002 - Nationally Screwed

NOTE: The images for this article have been moved to our back room following the restructure of this site due to adult content. (Yes, that includes the Will Eisner pages) The text remains for you to decide if you want to go look at the pictures. Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.

I've mentioned that part of my Comic Archeology projects is mining through old men's magazines. Some may think this an odd choice of place to look. So let's take a look at National Screw magazine, launched by ... shall we say carnally-infamous publisher Al Goldstein back in 1976.

Right there on the cover - an interview with Bill Gaines - the father of EC comics and Mad Magazine - and an all new comic from comics legend Wally Wood! Turning to the table of contents, the comic art sensibility is immediately evident, with artwork outweighing photos for the article images.



Flip through the magazine and you'll find abundant levels of art illustrations (including Don Martin!) and comic strips...


...the beginning of a four issue serialization of Wally Wood's new (at the time) Malice In Wonderland...


...and even photo layouts in comic book form...


...closing with a Norml ad featuring art by B. Kliban. (another day)


Comics are right there in the magazine's DNA every bit as much as flesh, fetish, and assorted filth.


But enough of all that. We'll come back to some of that later, but that's not why we're here today, let's jump to issue #3 for today's feature comic. In the turbulent 70s, everyone needed a little help to completely grok the ever-changing world around them.

Boundaries were falling, horizons were expanding, and there were no maps to this strange new social territory. Where could people turn for guidance? Who could teach us how to live in these times?

The even more legendary Will Eisner steps up to help with his all too brief guide to The Quality Of Life:



Will Eisner's work from National Screw #3 (1977) all other art from National Screw #1 (1976)