0 1 6 ) ▁E ct o ▁C ool er ▁Website ▁ ▁Category : C oca - Col a ▁br ands ▁Category : Products ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Category : So ft ▁drink s <0x0A> </s> ▁Ralph ▁Stein ▁( 1 9 0 9 – 1 9 9 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁writer , ▁cart oon ist ▁and ▁illustr ator . ▁ ▁Ralph ▁Stein ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁photograph er ▁and ▁illustr ator ▁at ▁The ▁World - T ele gram . ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁staff ▁cart oon ▁editor ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁magazine ▁" Y ank ". ▁During ▁that ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁co - author , ▁with ▁Harry ▁Brown , ▁of ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁Cin ch , ▁Private ▁Fin ch ," ▁a ▁hum orous ▁book ▁about ▁Army ▁life , ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁cart o ons ▁from ▁" Y ank " ▁were ▁compiled ▁into ▁a ▁book ▁called ▁" What ▁Am ▁I ▁L aug hing ▁At ? ". ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁he ▁helped ▁draw ▁and ▁write ▁the ▁" P ope ye " ▁com ic ▁strip ▁and ▁illustrated ▁" Here ' s ▁How " ▁for ▁King ▁Fe atures . ▁Stein ' s ▁first ▁daily ▁" P ope ye " ▁strip ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁and ▁his ▁last ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 5