This biography is an incisive look at the life and career of one of the greatest and most mythic comic book creatorsthe maddest artist of Mad magazine, the man behind Marvels Daredevil, and self-publishing pioneer of WitzendWallace Wood.

Who was Wallace Wood? The maddest artist of Mad magazine? The man behind Marvels Daredevil? This book is an incisive look back at the life and career of one of the greatest and most mythic figures of cartooning. Edited over the course of thirty years by former Wood assistant Bhob Stewart, this book is a biographical portrait, generously illustrated with Woods gorgeous art as well as little-seen personal photos and childhood ephemera. Also: remembrances by Woods friends, colleagues, assistants, and loved ones. This collective biographical and critical portrait explores the humorous spirit, dark detours, and psychological twists of a gifted maverick in American pop culture