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Woody Gelman
Woody Gelman
	Woody Gelman in 1972
Born	Woodrow Gelman; 1915; Brooklyn, New York City
Died	February 9, 1978 (aged 62–63); Valley Stream, New York
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Publisher
Notable works	Nostalgia Press; Popsicle Pete; Topps;

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. As an editor and art director for two-and-a-half decades at Topps Chewing Gum, he introduced many innovations in trading cards and humor products.

Gelman was the co-creator of Popsicle Pete and the co-creator of Bazooka Joe for Topps.^[1] He was also a co-creator of Mars Attacks, adapted into the 1996 film by Tim Burton.^[2]

Born in Brooklyn, Gelman attended City College of New York, Cooper Union and Pratt Institute before signing on as an assistant animator, in-betweener and scripter with Fleischer Studios in 1939, continuing to write for Famous Studios in 1946.^[2]

He is the uncle of the psychologist Susan Gelman and the statistician Andrew Gelman.^[3]

^ Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession, p.117, Dave Jamieson, 2010, Atlantic Monthly Press, imprint of Grove/Atlantic Inc., New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-8021-1939-1
^ ^a ^b IMDb
^ Gelman, Andrew (14 July 2006). "Uncle Woody". Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Retrieved 2018-07-05.

[mint-1] Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession, p.117, Dave Jamieson, 2010, Atlantic Monthly Press, imprint of Grove/Atlantic Inc., New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-8021-1939-1

[gel-2] IMDb

[3] Gelman, Andrew (14 July 2006). "Uncle Woody". Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Retrieved 2018-07-05.

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Woody Gelman
Woody Gelman in 1972
Born	Woodrow Gelman 1915 (1915) Brooklyn, New York City
Died	February 9, 1978(1978-02-09) (aged 62–63) Valley Stream, New York
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Publisher
Notable works	Nostalgia Press Popsicle Pete Topps