Although his name is recognised amongst British comic fans, little is known about Gerry Wood. He is probably best known as an illustrator, working in the 1970s in
World of Wonder,
Look and Learn and
Speed and Power, which culminated in 1977 with his taking over the artwork for what was, by then, entitled 'More Adventures of the Trigan Empire'.
Wood seems to have begun working in the early 1960s for
Battle Picture Library, then drawing for
Air Ace and Micron's
Combat Picture Library. His book illustrations include
Sky Carnival by W. F. Hallstead (1969). He returned to
Air Ace in 1970 before producing his first comic strip in colour, 'A Leap Into the Future' for the early issues of
World of Wonder.
A later job was to draw a pull-out poster for
Battle Picture Weekly in 1976. He continued to illustrate educational books following the demise of
Look and Learn, including
Pyramids by Anne Millard (1989),
Roman Fort by Fiona Macdonald (1996) and
Ancient African Towns by Fiona Macdonald (1998).
Examples of original artwork by Gerry Wood can be found at the Illustration Art Gallery.
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