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The first comic mart I ever attended was in The Royal Stuart Hotel in Glasgow in 1982. I stumbled across it by accident while passing the hotel with a friend and curiosity got the better of me. It was there I first spoke with the late Pete Root, who told me of his plans to open a comics shop with a group of friends - which, he claimed, would be so good it'd put eight other comic shops out of business. (The shop was AKA Books & Comics.) I bought Silver Surfer #1 from him for £12, and I also ran into Brian Bolland that day and got his autograph on the back of a mini calendar tab for 1983 (I like to be prepared), which I still have today.
At that mart I also saw a book called The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood, and though I was tempted, I didn't buy it. I've always regretted not doing so, so I recently purchased one via eBay and it arrived at Castel Crivens from the States today. Just think - 42 years wiped away in a single stroke and things are now as they should've been back then. The inevitable question - how the hell did 42 years of my life pass so quickly? And the same question would apply even if I didn't now own the book, as that day only seems such a short time ago to me, rather than the vast expanse of time (two-thirds of my life in fact) it actually is.
I didn't have that Surfer ish for long as I inadvertently damaged and dispensed with it, but a mere three or four years later I acquired a much better condition copy that I still have today, along with the other 17 issues in the series. Anyway, if you don't have the Wood book, I thought you might appreciate seeing some of the art contained within its pages. The Royal Stuart Hotel is now accommodation for students (and has been for many a year), but when I look at my SS #1, my autographed calendar tab, and now my Marvel Comics Art Of Wally Wood book, I'm back in 1982 and everything is as it was. Enjoy the images.
(Incidentally, there are no biographical details about Wood, nor an introduction in the book, so either it was rush-released as a tribute in the wake of Wood's death or the publishers felt that his art spoke for itself.)
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