Allen Anderson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and studied correspondence art courses at The Federal Schools, Inc. of Minneapolis, receiving his diploma in 1928.  He worked as a staff artist at Fawcett Comics from 1929 to 1939, before moving to New York and working as a freelance artist.  Anderson served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and eventually moved to upstate New York where he opened a small ad agency and worked as a sign painter.

A sampling of his work can be found below.