Value of Original George Baker Art

George Baker art price guide

George Baker was an artist best-known for his work on the major Harvey title Sad Sack and the Sarge.

Facts About Original george baker Comic Art

Record Sale for Artwork:
$5,460 Sad Sack #1 Cover Art

Key Comic Book Issues:

• Little Sad Sack #2
• Harvey Hits #88
• Sad Sack #241
• Sad Sad Sack World #180

How Much is George Baker Artwork Worth?

A few hundred to a few thousand dollars per piece.

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Prices For George Baker Art

Sad Sack #1 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $5,460. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #1 Cover Art sold for $5,460
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Harvey Comics Hits #88 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $345. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Harvey Comics Hits #88 Cover Art sold for $345
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Harvey Hits #64 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $410. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Harvey Hits #64 Cover Art sold for $410
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Harvey Hits #99 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $110. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Harvey Hits #99 Cover Art sold for $110
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Little Sad Sack #2 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $120. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Little Sad Sack #2 Cover Art sold for $120
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Little Sad Sack #3 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $115. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Little Sad Sack #3 Cover Art sold for $115
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Sad Sack #3 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $1,035. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #3 Cover Art sold for $1,035
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Sad Sack #5 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $860. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #5 Cover Art sold for $860
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Sad Sack #6 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #6 Cover Art sold for $600
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Sad Sack #10 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $1,035. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #10 Cover Art sold for $1,035
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Sad Sack #16 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $570. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #16 Cover Art sold for $570
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Sad Sack #241 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $430. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack #241 Cover Art sold for $430
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Sad Sack and the Sarge #46 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $275. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack and the Sarge #46 Cover Art sold for $275
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Sad Sack and the Sarge #180 Cover Art by George Baler sold for $260. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack and the Sarge #180 Cover Art sold for $260
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Sad Sack Army Life Parade #10 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $170. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Army Life Parade #10 Cover Art sold for $170
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Sad Sack Illustration George Baker sold for $100. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Illustration sold for $100
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Sad Sack Illustration by George Baker sold for $360. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Illustration sold for $360
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Sad Sack Laugh Special #27 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $530. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Laugh Special #27 Cover Art sold for $530
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Sad Sack Sunday Comic Strip 3-13-52 by George Baker sold for $660. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Sunday Comic Strip 3-13-52 sold for $660
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Sad Sack Unpublished Cover Art by George Baker sold for $260. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack Unpublished Cover Art sold for $260
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Sad Sack's Funny Friends #1 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $470. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sack's Funny Friends #1 Cover Art sold for $470
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Sad Sad Sack World #46 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $110. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sad Sack World #46 Cover Art sold for $110
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Sad Sad Sack World #180 Cover Art by George Baker sold for $180. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Sad Sad Sack World #180 Cover Art sold for $180
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History of George Baker in Comic Book Art

George Baker was a cartoonist who began working as a commercial artist drawing advertisements for newspapers.

In 1937, he was hired by Walt Disney, where served as a production assistant on several of their animated films like Pinocchio, Bambi, Fantasia and Dumbo. Baker's specialty was animating thunderstorms and waterfalls, among other effects.

During the war years Baker was hired by Yank, the Army Weekly to draw The Sad Sack, a weekly cartoon drawn in pantomime that followed the misadventures of an army recruit.

The strip was the most popular feature of the magazine; Baker would often receive fan mail from serviceman who could relate to the title character's pervasive bad luck. General George C. Marshall praised Sad Sack and called it a morale booster for many enlisted in World War II.

After the war ended, Baker moved back to Los Angeles and repurposed the Sad Sack cartoon into a syndicated comic strip, as well as a comic book series by Harvey Comics to reach a broader audience, and shifted the tone to be more enjoyable for a younger audience. 

Baker would illustrate the comic book cover art until he died; however he left the job of writing to various other comic narrative writers. In 1946, The Sad Sack became a radio program.

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