Ralph Stein (1909–November 27, 1994) was a writer, cartoonist and illustrator. Ralph Stein was born in New York City in 1909. He began his career as a photographer and illustrator at The World-Telegram. During

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he was the staff cartoon editor for the U.S. Army magazine " Yank". During that time he was co-author, with Harry Brown, of "It's a Cinch, Private Finch," a humorous book about Army life, and many of his cartoons from " Yank" were compiled into a book called "What Am I Laughing At?". From 1953 to 1959, he helped draw and write the "

Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.King Features King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial ...

. Stein's first daily "Popeye" strip was published in December 1954 and his last in August 1959. Stein's stories used very little of Popeye's supporting players, and instead took the sailor all over the world. He also returned Bluto to the daily strip beginning in 1957. Later Stein created Bluto's beard-less 'twin brother", Burlo. Stein was the author of several books about cars, including ''Sports Cars of the World'' (1952), ''Treasury of the Automobile'' (1961), ''The American Automobile'' (1978) and ''The Great Cars'' (1967). Other books by Ralph Stein include ''The Pinup From 1852 to Now'' and ''The Great Inventions''. Stein died in 1994 at the Saybrook Convalescent Hospital in Old Saybrook, Conn at age 85 after a long illness.Obituary in the New York Times 12-1-1994
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for many years.

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1909 births 1994 deaths Writers from New York City People from Middlesex County, Connecticut American cartoonists United States Army personnel of World War II {{US-cartoonist-stub