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Wally Wood - Mad #34, "Wedding Album"

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Wally Wood - Mad #34, Wedding Album
<B>Wally Wood - Mad #34, "Wedding Album" Illustration Original Art (EC, 1957).</B></I> From the "Oh, Promise Me Dept." comes this superb Wally Wood illustration, loaded with the sort of sight-gag details that helped make Wood a legend in the comics field. The thrust of this feature was that Wally Balloo, "<B>Mad</B></I>'s crack photographer" would take follow-up shots for comparison to idyllic wedding album shots, just to see how things were going. The caption on the opening wedding album scene (not offered in this lot) read, "Here's the picture taken when the lights are low, a spotlight is on the dance floor, the band strikes up 'their song,' and bride and groom start the first waltz." Now for the fun -- this "after" scene, offered here, is "Six months later," and its caption read, "And here's Balloo's shot of the second waltz, taken after a six month intermission, when he dropped in on 'the happy couple' unexpectedly during a battle royal." <I>Hoo-hah! </B></I>It's a hilarious <B>Mad</B></I>'s-eye view of stark reality.<I> </B></I>This ink on Craftint board "<B>Mad</B></I>s-terwork" has an image area of 6.5" x 7.5", and aside from missing its typeset captions at the top of the page, the art is in Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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