During World War II he was and Army Sgt and the staff cartoon editor for the U.S. Army magazine "Yank". During that time he was co-author, with Harry Brown, of "It's a Cinch, Private Finch," a humorous book about Army life, and many of his cartoons from "Yank" were compiled into a book called "What Am I Laughing At?"
From 1953 to 1959, he helped draw and write the "Popeye" comic strip and illustrated "Here's How" for King Features. Stein's first daily "Popeye" strip was published in December 1954 and his last in August 1959. Stein's stories used very little of Popeye's supporting players, and instead took the sailor all over the world. He also returned Bluto to the daily strip beginning in 1957.
Stein was the author of several books about cars, including Sports Cars of the World (1952), Treasury of the Automobile (1961), The American Automobile (1978) and The Great Cars (1967). Other books by Ralph Stein include The Pinup From 1852 to Now and The Great Inventions
The college library I work at is getting rid of a bunch of the old magazines that don't fit our curriculum and I told them I want the Yank magazines when they pull them. I think it's only 3 volumes (multiple issues per volume, one volume per year).
ReplyDeleteI just learned what the Yank magazines are, I hope you got them!
Delete"There's nothing worser than a Mercer!" "You've got to be nuts to drive a Stutz!". Ralph Stein was the bridge in the middle of a century. He was there to hear those quotes and wrote them in the book, "Treasury . . . " that mom bought me for Christmas in 1962, and half a century later, I still have them.
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