Walter R. Allman
Walter Rease Allman (1882–1924) was an American cartoonist who created the newspaper gag comic The Doings of the Duffs. [1]
Biography
Walter Allman worked in the grain business at a young age, but didn't have much interest in the trade, spending his time drawing on the sides of boxes and crates. His talent soon landed a job at an engraving company; he later found employment with the Toledo News-Bee newspaper. His cartoon "work was picked up by the Scripps syndicate NEA Service and his comic Doings of the Duffs became a nationwide feature".[2] An example of his work with the Toledo paper can be seen in 1912, honoring victims of the Titanic disaster.[3]
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His “The Doings of the Duffs” comic strip gained a similar level of fame with the public as the Mutt and Jeff strip had.[4]
Allman was a cartoonist from 1915-1924. He died in 1924 at age 42 after suffering a nervous breakdown in 1923.[2]
References
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/allman_walter.htm
- 1 2 Middlecamp, David (February 21, 2011). "Doings of the Duffs". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ↑ Sabella, Casey (1994). Titanic "Warning": Hearing the Voice of God in the Modern Age. New Leaf Publishing Group. ISBN 0892212713. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Walter R. Allman (1882-1924)". Yesterday's Papers. May 12, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2014.