Sunday, February 25, 2007
Wallace Wood: Against the Grain, part 34
“Fast and prodigious” actually meant a grind, a treadmill of pages, as Jim Steranko wrote, “A typical work week was two, perhaps three times longer than most others’. Twenty hours at the board was not uncommon. He battled deadlines with gallons of coffee and carloads of Marlboro cigarettes. Wood developed a permanent squint against the smoke, and often met his deadlines in a zombie-like state of exhaustion. He drove himself with a reckless and relentless inner fury that was hidden behind the soft voice and quiet demeanor, a trait he learned from his mother. He also found it impossible to show anger.”
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