Benjamin Allen (cartoonist)

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 Crimes.

Benjamin Allen
Stookie Allen, cartoonist, in 1934
BornBenjamin David Allen
(1903-01-30)January 30, 1903
Corsicana, Texas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 6, 1971(1971-01-06) (aged 67)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist, Illustrator
Pseudonym(s)"Stookie" Allen
Notable works
fact-based comics
Spouse(s)
(m. 1930; div. 1951)
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