Ralph Reese is a brilliant illustrator whose art I first discovered in Choose Your Own Adventure books; he was my personal favorite. His work leapt off the page more than the others, owing to his apprenticeship under the great Wally Wood. In my teens, I found reprints of Ralph’s collaboration with Byron Preiss for National Lampoon, “One Year Affair”. I dreamed of being able to draw like Ralph Reese.
When Ralph did a feature in CRAZY magazine, it was a cause for celebration. Because Ralph wasn’t just a master illustrator.
Ralph was also a master of making you crap your pants.
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Tagged as 1970s, 1980s, 1982, Byron Preiss, Choose Your Own Adventure, comix, CRAZY magazine, Edward Gorey, Joan Jett, Marie Severin, National Lampoon, New Jersey, Ralph Reese, Soul Asylum, Steve Skeates, The Who, Wally Wood
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