Doug Allen

This article is about the American cartoonist. For the British actor, see Doug Allen (actor).

Doug Allen
Born	February 22, 1956 (1956-02-22) (age 55)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Illustrator, Musician
Notable works	Steven Idiotland
Official website

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.

In addition to the weekly feature Steven, which ran in college and alternative newspapers from 1977–1994,^[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 plexiglass 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 1978–1982. Allen has played bass for many other bands as well.^[3]

After attending Brown University for a time,^[2] Allen graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (where he met Leib) with an illustration degree.^[3] Allen and his wife and two children live in Rockland County, New York.^[3]

Awards

• Harvey Award nominee 1994
  • Best New Series (Idiotland)
  • Best Syndicated Strip (Steven)

Bibliography

• Idiotland (7 issues, Fantagraphics, 1993–1994)
• The Best of "Steven" (Kitchen Sink Press, 1998)

Notes

1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comic Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw. Retrieved December 12, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Allen entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Allen bio, Lambiek.net's Comiclopedia.

References

• Doug Allen at the Comic Book DB
• Kelly, John. "Idiot of the Savant-Garde: Doug Allen," The Comics Journal #156 (February 1993), pp. 78–88.

External links

• Official website
• Allen original art at Comic Art Collective

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