Doug Allen (cartoonist)

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Doug Allen
Born (1956-02-22) February 22, 1956 (age 69)
Nationality American
Area(s)Cartoonist, Illustrator, Musician
Notable works
 Steven
Idiotland
http://www.dougallencomics.com

Doug Allen (born February 22, 1956) [1] is an American underground cartoonist, illustrator, and musician. Best known for his long-running comic strip Steven , Allen has over the years collaborated with long-time friend Gary Leib on music, animation, fine art, and comics, including the two-man Fantagraphics anthology Idiotland .

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After attending Brown University for a time, [2] Allen graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 1978 with an illustration degree. [3] He met Gary Leib at RISD.

In addition to the weekly feature Steven, which ran in college and alternative newspapers from 1977 to 1994, [2] Allen's comics, gag cartoons, and illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker , BLAB! , Zero Zero , Weirdo , Pictopia , and Duplex Planet Illustrated . In addition to Idiotland, Allen and Leib collaborated on a number of stories in the fund-raising anthology comic Legal Action Comics volume 1, published in 2001.

Allen's non-comics work includes Plexiglas paintings based on pinball machine art, most of which he produced in the late 1970s; and a more recent series of "fake" marine art paintings, which he sells on his website.

Along with Leib, Allen was a founding member of the Grammy-nominated band Rubber Rodeo from 1978 to 1982. Allen has played bass for many other bands as well. [3]

Allen and his wife and two children live in Rockland County, New York. [3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide . Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Allen entry Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
  3. 1 2 3 Allen bio, Lambiek.net's Comiclopedia.

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