Wally Wood Sketchbook II (1981)

I have had a copy of the first volume, of the Bill Crouch published, Wally Wood Sketchbooks, ever since I bought a copy of it, reduced in price, at The Silver Snail

but I have never actually seen a copy of the second one.

At least, "not in the flesh", but I have often seen images of it, here on the Net and the other day, I happened upon a copy that a local dealer had for sale and I jumped at it!

At this point, some 38 years after publication, I had pretty much resigned myself, to never actually owning a copy and I am made up, to be expecting to receive a copy, in the next couple of days, in the mail.

I have paid a lot more, in the past, for old fanzines and I thought that the $50, Canadian funds, including postage, was quite reasonable.

For those of you, who have no idea what I am talking about, here is the cover of the first volume.

It is very hard for me to believe, that a lot more time has passed, in my life, since Wally wood killed himself, in 1980, than had elapsed before that, almost twice as much!  I was just 23 years old, in 1980 and here today, I am 62, on my way to 63...

That makes me eight years older, than Wally was, when he took his own life and that makes me really sad because I don't feel that old, at least most of the time!