Walter Rease Allman

• Name — Walter Rease Allman • Born — 27 February 1884 • Birthplace — United States • Died — 8 July 1924 • Place of death — Cleveland, Ohio • Occupation — cartoonist • Known for — creator of The Doings of the Duffs

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". An example of his work with the Toledo paper can be seen in 1912, honoring victims of the Titanic disaster. • Illustration — An Allman cartoon about the Titanic disaster from the Toledo Bee • Illustration — The Doings of the Duffs cartoon, sample from 1917 His The Doings of the Duffs comic strip gained a similar level of fame with the public as the Mutt and Jeff strip had. In 1917, Rembrandt Studios produced a The Doing of the Duffs film. A stage musical followed in 1920. 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.