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Matt Baker

Matt Baker

The first (known) African American Comic Book Artist.

Name:
Matt Baker
Aliases:
Birth date:
December 10th, 1921
Death date:
August 11th, 1959
Home town:
Washington D.C.
Country:
United States
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Clarence Matthew Baker worked during the Golden-Age, co-creator of The Phantom Lady at Fox Feature Syndicate, he was noted for his "Good Girl Art" and for being the artist on St. John's "It Rhymes With Lust". It`s called by many, the first graphic novel. It`s also called the precussor to the first graphic novels.

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