Klaus Nordling was an American writer-artist for American comic books.
10 Facts About Klaus Nordling
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Klaus Nordling is best known for his work on the 1940s masked-crimefighter feature "Lady Luck", and as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superhero the Thin Man.
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Klaus Nordling broke into art professionally as a gag cartoonist for Americana Magazine in the 1930s.
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Klaus Nordling had a very vivid imagination and was a good writer.
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In 1942, Klaus Nordling began his best-known comics work, "Lady Luck", which appeared as a four-page weekly feature in a Sunday newspaper insert colloquially called "The Spirit Section".
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Klaus Nordling succeeded him from the March 1,1942 to March 3,1946, strip, when "Lady Luck" was temporarily canceled.
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Klaus Nordling's delicate, fine line style was a perfect compliment to the tone of the strip, both adventurous and whimsical.
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Klaus Nordling assisted Eisner on "The Spirit" pencil art from 1948 until 1951, sometimes doing full ghost-art penciling.
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At some point, as well, Klaus Nordling penciled and inked a promotional comic book for Borden, Inc He was ghost artist on Guy Gilchrist's Register and Tribune Syndicate comic strip The Rock Channel.
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Klaus Nordling died at his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut, survived by his wife, Tel, as well as by a son and a daughter.