Chic Young
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Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901 – March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist known primarily as the creator and original artist of the comic strip Blondie. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Blondie in 1948.
[edit] Life and career
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, Young attended high school in St. Louis before working in offices and the Chicago railways while seeking employment in commercial art. In 1923, Young moved to New York to work with King Features Syndicate, and in 1924, he created the comic strip Dumb Dora, which ran for six years.
Seeking a change in 1930, Young created Blondie, which almost immediately became the most popular comic strip in America. Described by former King Features president Joseph Connelly as "the greatest story teller of his kind since the immortal Charles Dickens," Young at his peak received more fan mail than any other cartoonist. His other works include the strip Colonel Pottersby and the Duchess, which ran as a topper strip on the Blondie page from 1935 through 1963.[1]
Young married Athel Lindorf, a former professional harpist, and had two children, Dean and Jeanne. Young and his family resided in suburban New Rochelle, New York. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1973 at age 72.
Blondie is currently written by his son, Dean Young, and illustrated by John Marshall with his assistant Frank Cummings.
Chic Young's older brother, Lyman Young, was also a comic strip artist, most famous for the strip Tim Tyler's Luck.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Famous Artists and Writers, King Features Syndicate. 1949.
[edit] References
- Strickler, Dave (1995). Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.
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