Stoker the Broker

Stoker the Broker is a cartoon gag panel by Henry Boltinoff which was distributed to newspapers from September 7, 1959 to 1985 by Columbia Features and the Washington Star Syndicate.[1][2]

Stoker the Broker
Henry Boltinoff's Stoker the Broker (April 12, 1975)
Author(s)Henry Boltinoff
Current status/scheduleConcluded gag panel
Launch dateSeptember 7, 1959
End date1985
Syndicate(s)Columbia Features (1960–?)
The Washington Star Syndicate (?)
Genre(s)Humor, finance

Characters and stories

Working in a style somewhat similar to the cartoons of Hank Ketcham, the prolific Boltinoff drew his stockbroker Stoker as a swell-dressed, balding chap with a white mustache and a distinguished demeanor. He interacted with buyers, sellers and his wife. In one cartoon, Stoker was revealed to be a grandfather.[2]

Designed with a narrow column width, the feature was formatted to fit on the financial pages of newspapers. Boltinoff sometimes used the same character in advertising cartoons.[2]

Awards

In 1981, Boltinoff received the National Cartoonists Society's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for his work on the cartoon series.[3]

References
  1. Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 367. ISBN 9780472117567.
  2. Apeldoorn, Ger. The Fabulous Fifties, June 20, 2011.
  3. National Cartoonists Society Awards
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