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Woodrow Gelman (1915 – February 9, 1978) was a publisher, cartoonist, novelist and an artist-writer for both animation and comic books. As the publisher of Nostalgia Press, he pioneered the reprinting of vintage comic strips in quality hardcovers and trade paperbacks.
Woody Gelman was a U.S. editor and art director, working mainly for the chewing gum company Topps. On its bubblegum wrappers, Topps printed collectable comic strips starring characters like 'Bazooka Joe' (1954), of which Gelman was co-creator.
Woody Gelman was born on 8 June 1915. He was a writer, known for Mars Attacks! (1996), The Island Fling (1946) and Video Comics (1979). He died in February 1978.
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Gelman was the creator and writer of funny-animal feature "The Dodo and the Frog" for DC Comics. His comic book work from 1944 to 1954 included Nutsy Squirrel and other funny animal comic books of the 1940s, including Funny Stuff and Comic Cavalcade.
Sometime between 1952 and 1954, Woody Gelman and Ben Solomon, heads of Product Development at Topps, approached cartoonist Wesley Morse to create Bazooka Joe and his Gang. The character was named after a contest was held asking for suggestions.
May 9, 2012 · I came to know of Maurice’s big interest in comics through a guy named Woody Gelman, a very significant collector of old paper when old paper wasn’t really being collected, who had gathered...
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Woody Gelman has 19 books on Goodreads with 155 ratings. Woody Gelman’s most popular book is Little Nemo 1905-1906.
