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Walter Rease Allman (February 27, 1884 – July 8, 1924) was an American cartoonist who created the newspaper gag comic ''The Doings of the Duffs''. The strip was launched on July 30, 1914. Allman's last strip was dated January 16, 1924, but the strip continued under other artists until August 15, 1931.
His ''The Doings of the Duffs'' comic strip gained a similar level of fame with the public as the ''
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
''The Toledo News Bee'' is a defunct newspaper that served Toledo, Ohio, and much of northwestern Ohio in the early part of the 20th century. It was formed from the 1903 merger of ''The Toledo News'' and ''The Toledo Bee'', and was published unti ...
'' newspaper.
His cartoon "work was picked up by the Scripps syndicate NEA Service and his comic ''Doings of the Duffs'' became a nationwide feature". An example of his work with the Toledo paper can be seen in 1912, honoring victims of the ''Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers a ...
'' disaster.
His ''The Doings of the Duffs'' comic strip gained a similar level of fame with the public as the ''Mutt and Jeff
''Mutt and Jeff'' is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched wikt:tinhorn, tinhorns". It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept o ...
'' strip had.
Allman was a cartoonist from 1915 to 1924. He died in Cleveland on July 8, 1924 at age 42 after suffering a nervous breakdown in 1923.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allman, Walter R. American comic strip cartoonists American comics writers American humorists 1884 births 1924 deaths