Ken Muse started drawing cartoons when he was five. By eight, he was drawing on the walls and signing his name (the first indication of a high I.Q.)
He took the then famous Landon School of Cartooning correspondence course when he was twelve.
We tried to interview Ken's high school teachers, but they wouldn't even return our phone calls.
Finally, when he grew up and learned how to sign his name, he entered the world of commercial art.
Ken has worked professionally as an agency art director, television art director, technical artist, and in slides, photography and animation as well as authoring five books for Prentice-Hall on cartooning, photography and video production.
Ken's claim to fame was the comic strip "Wayout", syndicated in about 100 newspapers by Mcnaught from 1964-1970. He also played the character "Gee Whiz" on Detroit television in the late 1950's, a clown who drew cartoons for children. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recently honored Ken with its Silver Circle award, given to pioneers in the television industry.
Since 1968, Ken has been a professor of commercial art and photography at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan.
Contact Ken at: [email protected]