''Stoker the Broker'' is a cartoon gag panel by

Henry Boltinoff Henry Boltinoff (February 19, 1914 – April 26, 2001) was an American cartoonist who worked for both comic strips and comic books. He was a prolific cartoonist and drew many of the humor and filler strips that appeared in National Periodical c ...

which was distributed to newspapers from September 7, 1959, to 1985 by

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and the

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Characters and stories

Working in a style somewhat similar to the cartoons of

Hank Ketcham Henry King Ketcham (March 14, 1920 – June 1, 2001) was an American cartoonist who created the '' Dennis the Menace'' comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoon and took up painti ...

, 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. 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.

Awards

In 1981, Boltinoff received the

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's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for his work on the cartoon series.National Cartoonists Society Awards
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References

External links

National Cartoonists Society: Henry Boltinoff
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