Matt Baker

Fictional Character Creator

1921 – 1959

84

Who was Matt Baker?

Clarence Matthew Baker was an American comic book artist best known for the costumed crimefighter Phantom Lady. Baker was active as early as the 1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books. He also penciled an early form of graphic novel, St. John Publications' digest-sized "picture novel" It Rhymes with Lust. His specialty was good girl art, a comics and cartooning subgenre.

Baker was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Dec 10, 1921
Forsyth County
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Cooper Union
Lived in
  • Forsyth County
Died
Aug 11, 1959

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Matt Baker." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/matt_baker_1921>.

Discuss this Matt Baker biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net