Sally Forth (Wally Wood)
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Sally Forth was a comic strip created by Wally Wood
for a military male readership.
Wood's sexy action-adventure character, who is often seen nude, began as a recruit in a commando outfit. She first appeared in June 1968, in Military News, a 16-page tabloid from Armed Forces Diamond Sales. The title is a play on words — "to sally forth" means to set out on an adventure.
In 1976, Wood recalled:
Sally returned July 26, 1971, in Overseas Weekly, a tabloid targeted at U.S. military men serving outside North America. With Wood getting an assist from writer-artists Nick Cuti
, Paul Kirchner
and Larry Hama
, Sally Forth continued in Overseas Weekly until April 22, 1974.
Wood collected the strip in a series of four oversize (10"X12") magazines. In 1993-95, writer-editor Bill Pearson, Wood's friend and an associate in the Wood Studio, reformatted the strips into a series of comics published by Eros Comix
, an imprint of Fantagraphics Books
. In 1998, Pearson edited the entire run into a single 160-page Fantagraphics volume.
Towards the end of his life, two completely pornographic
Sally Forth stories featuring Sally and Bill Yonder were created and published by Wood in the adult comic book series Gang Bang #1 in 1980 and #2 in 1981. While the first story is comparable artistically to his previous work on the strip, the second exhibits his declining powers, being crudely done, with gags derivative of earlier work. Neither of these stories have been packaged with the collected reprints of the main run of the strip.
Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. He was one of Mads founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he...
for a military male readership.
Wood's sexy action-adventure character, who is often seen nude, began as a recruit in a commando outfit. She first appeared in June 1968, in Military News, a 16-page tabloid from Armed Forces Diamond Sales. The title is a play on words — "to sally forth" means to set out on an adventure.
In 1976, Wood recalled:
Sally returned July 26, 1971, in Overseas Weekly, a tabloid targeted at U.S. military men serving outside North America. With Wood getting an assist from writer-artists Nick Cuti
Nick Cuti
Nicola Cuti , known as Nick Cuti, is an artist and comic book writer-editor, notable for his creation of E-Man and Moonchild...
, Paul Kirchner
Paul Kirchner
Paul Kirchner is an American writer and illustrator who has worked in diverse areas, from comic strips and toy design to advertising and editorial art....
and Larry Hama
Larry Hama
Larry Hama is an American comic book writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s....
, Sally Forth continued in Overseas Weekly until April 22, 1974.
Wood collected the strip in a series of four oversize (10"X12") magazines. In 1993-95, writer-editor Bill Pearson, Wood's friend and an associate in the Wood Studio, reformatted the strips into a series of comics published by Eros Comix
Eros Comix
Eros Comix is an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics Books, established in 1990 to publish pornographic comic books. Eros Comix sells anime videos, DVDs, adult comic books, and books of erotic art and photography...
, an imprint of Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
. In 1998, Pearson edited the entire run into a single 160-page Fantagraphics volume.
Towards the end of his life, two completely pornographic
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
Sally Forth stories featuring Sally and Bill Yonder were created and published by Wood in the adult comic book series Gang Bang #1 in 1980 and #2 in 1981. While the first story is comparable artistically to his previous work on the strip, the second exhibits his declining powers, being crudely done, with gags derivative of earlier work. Neither of these stories have been packaged with the collected reprints of the main run of the strip.
Characters
- Lt Q.P. Dahl — Commander of the unit, who is half the height of everyone else and looks like an infant
- Kicky McCann — Martial artsMartial artsMartial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
expert - Wild Bill Yonder — The team's pilot
- Hairy James — Weapons and demolitions expert
- Snorky — resident MartianMartianAs an adjective, the term martian is used to describe anything pertaining to the planet Mars.However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. Historically, life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of...
- Sally Forth — Provides fan serviceFan service, fanservice, or , is a term originating from anime and manga fandom for material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience. It is about "servicing" the fan - giving the fans "exactly what they want"...
and distractions to enemy males