Bruce D. Patterson (born 6 January 1953; age 60) is a comic book artist from California who specializes in inks and lettering.

He broke into the industry in the mid-1970s doing one-off bits of work in a variety of titles for Marvel Comics including Daredevil, Uncanny X-Men, and Iron Man. By the end of 1981, he was the regular inker on DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes. Soon after, he worked for First Comics on Warp and Mars before taking inking duties on Marvel's Micronauts: The New Voyages. Over the course of the decade, he spent time working on various Green Lantern titles, Blue Beetle, and Wonder Woman.

His only Star Trek contribution is in DC's "Who's Who in Star Trek 2" inking Ron Frenz' pencils on the mirror universe article.