Born: 1903 January 30 in Corsicana, Texas, United States
Died: 1971 January 6 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Biography: Benjamin David "Stookie" Allen (30 January 1903 – 6 January 1971) was a cartoonist who specialized in nonfiction and inspirational features. He created the nationally syndicated comic strips Heroes of Democracy and Keen Teens. For the pulps, he created and drew Argosy magazine's Men of Daring and Women of Daring, and Detective Fiction Weekly's Illustrated Crime.
He worked on the comic strip Flapper Fanny during the 1930s with his wife, Gladys Parker, while they lived in New York City. They moved to Los Angeles in 1937. When Allen moved to California, he drew a horse racing tip sheet comic called It's a Bet for the Los Angeles Herald-Express.
Notes: Allen's deathplace information is from an on-line "teaser" for the on-line archive of the Corsicana Weekly Light.
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Name:
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Stookie Allen
Type: Common Alternative Name
Other Names:
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Ben Allen
Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Ben Family name: Allen -
Benjamin David Allen
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Benjamin David Family name: Allen
Schools:
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University of Texas [Austin] 1922 ? to 1925
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Art Institute of Chicago 1925 ? to ?
Signatures:
- Allen [generic]
- S. Allen [generic]
- Sto Allen [generic]
- Stookie Allen [generic]
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