Ken Soon

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Kenneth Bald (born August 1, 1920 in New York City , New York - March 17, 2019 ) was an American comic artist .

life and work

After training at the Pratt Institute , Bald became a draftsman in the studio of Jack Binder, a brother of Otto Binder , where he worked on various superhero comics , sometimes under the pseudonym K. Bruce. In 1943, Bald was drafted into the Navy for three years . After his return he worked again as a draftsman in the field of superheroes. In 1957 he was hired by the King Features Syndicate to draw the daily strip Judd Saxon . The strip was written by Jerry Brondfield. In 1962, in collaboration with the comic author Elliot Caplin, a comic adaptation of Dr. Kildare . This series held up soon until his professional retirement in 1984.

In German, Bald Comics from the Dr. Kildare in Image magazine publisher published.

literature

  • Andreas C. Knigge: Comic-Lexikon , Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , pp. 77-78.

Web links

Commons : Ken Bald  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Kenneth Bald on lambiek.net (English) , accessed on September 11, 2012
  2. ↑ https://www.berminghamfh.com/notices/Kenneth-Bald
  3. ↑ a b c d e Andreas C. Knigge: Comic-Lexikon , Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 77.
  4. ↑ Ken Bald on comicguide.de , accessed on August 24, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Soon, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soon, Kenneth; K. Bruce (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2019