Ken Bald United States

Born
1 August 1920 in United States
Died
17 March 2019 in United States
Age
98 years
Credited for

art

Also known as

Kenneth Bruce Bald

K. Bruce (pen name)

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Biography

Ken Bald was a long time comic book artist, illustrator, and one-time holder of the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest working comic book artist. He did work in the Jack Binder studio that appeared in Street and Smith, Fawcett, Pines [Better], Feature Publications, and Lev Gleason. After serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Second World War, Bald would go on to work with Marvel, Ace, and American Comics Group.

Ken Bald set up shop with writer Stan Lee to created material for other companies in the late 1940s.

Bald illustrations for Street and Smith and Martin Goodman's pulp magazines sometime in the late 1940s. Bails reports Bald also did illustration work for David Cook Publishing's adaptation of The Bible.

After comic book work, Bald moved into syndication work and he worked on:

Judd Saxon daily (King Features Syndicate, 1957 series), pencil and inks, 1957-04-08 - 1961-XX-XX;

Did You Know (?, ? series), pencils and inks signed just Ken, 196X-XX-XX - 196X-XX-XX [1961 dates known. Advertising comic panel sold in batched and varying frequencies to businesses.];

Doctor Kildare daily (King Features Syndicate, 1962 series), pencils and inks, 1962-10-15 - 1984-04-21;

Doctor Kildare Sunday (King Features Syndicate, 1962 series), pencils and inks, 1962-10-21 - 1984-04-16;

Dark Shadows daily (NEA / Dan Curtis Productions, 1971 series), writer, pencils, and inks under pen name K. Bruce, 1971-03-15 - 1972-03-11; and

Dark Shadows Sunday (NEA / Dan Curtis Productions, 1971 series), writer, pencils, and inks under pen name K. Bruce, 1971-03-14 - 1972-03-05.

After comic strip work, Bald had an extensive career in advertising. He first worked in the late 1970s for Diamond Studios and then, as Creative Director, for Gem Studios, from 1981 to 2004. With Diamond and Gem, he helped create art storyboards for television commercials for advertising agencies. Among the advertisements worked on included celebrity campaigns for Miller Lite and Right Guard, and the first AFLAC duck commercial in December 1999. Other known clients work was done for included Air France, General Electric, FedEx, Hertz, Xerox, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Warner Bros., Black Book directories, and Guinness.

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Whiz Comics (Vee, 1947 series) #10 (November 1947)
Peak of His Career (Crime Smasher)
Comic: Comic story
Operation: Peril (Atlas, 1955? series) #1 (July 1953)
Untitled
Comic: Cover
Operation: Peril (Atlas, 1955? series) #1 (July 1953)
The Time Travelers (Time Travelers)
Comic: Comic story
Rangers Comics (HJ Edwards, 1950? series) #33 (August 1953)
Over the Threshold of Time (The Time Travelers)
Comic: Comic story
Fight Comics (HJ Edwards, 1951? series) #29 (September 1953)
Untitled
Comic: Cover
Dizzy Dames (Atlas, 1954 series) #4 (July 1954)
No title recorded (Moronica)
Comic: Cover
Grey Domino (Atlas, 1951? series) #58 (February 1957)
Adventure Among the Stars (The Time Travelers)
Comic: Comic story
Youthful Romances (HJ Edwards, 1953 series) #43 (April 1957)
A Tearful Illusion
Comic: Comic story
My Ideal Man (Horwitz, 1957?) (1957)
Forgive Me!
Comic: Comic story
Chilling Tales of Horror (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #5 (1978)
The Demon Master
Comic: Comic story

Status

Created

  • 2 Oct 2019

Last updated

  • 2 Oct 2019