Wally Wood's incredible "Fully Computerized" illustration

Thom Buchanan of The Pictorial Arts says of this mind-boggling Wally Wood illustration:

This piece by Wally Wood, which I don't think was for EC [the comic book company that published MAD, Weird Science, and Tales from the Crypt], is genius for its organized complexity—seemingly effortless in its execution. Zoom in on the figures and see how fully realized they are! I cannot overuse the word when it comes to EC guys—they were geniuses!

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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http://www.facebook.com/philip.willey Philip Willey

Wally Wood is the best of em all
- Halloween_Jack
  
  Even admiring Wally Wood as much as I do–and I do, believe me–I have to step in and say that Jack Kirby had a word for this sort of accomplishment: Tuesday.
  - http://www.facebook.com/philip.willey Philip Willey
    
    Give me Wood’s EC Comics and Mad Magazine over tights-wearing super heroes any day of the week, including Tuesday.
    - http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt
      
      It is nice to know that even today Mad is still going strong and still seems to have the knack. I remember cracking up a few years back when I saw an issue that had a mash-up called Marylin Hanson.
http://twitter.com/dailyrev Brian Donohue

um, yes, you can overuse the word genius. In fact, you did. But be assured, you have plenty of company. Enough to make the inevitable dictionary def of genius as: n. a person with any talent of any degree for anything.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  I didn’t know that there is an objective measurement for being a genius. What is it?
  - Robert
    
    If you can be prayed at for divine success, you’re a genius.
nixiebunny

But, what does it do?
Cat Chew

“Never draw what you can copy, never copy what you can trace, and never trace what you can cut out and paste up.”
- http://devojane.blogspot.com devophill
  
  At that page rate, you better believe it. A man’s gotta eat.
s2redux

Further evidence that I’m getting old and trapped by the system: “Hah, great stuff — love all the ‘faces’ and organic forms in our new electromechanical overlords! But those stairways really need guard rails, especially with so many kids around.”

Also, further evidence that being fully computerized is hard — kids reading analog books, guy shooting film.
Lobster

It’s the Technodrome!
http://dougsamu.wordpress.com doug rogers

All the immense computing power to deliver an image of Mickey Mouse…