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. His other works include the strip Colonel Pottersby and the Duchess, which ran from 1935 through 1963. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Blondie in 1948. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, Young attended high school in St. Louis before working in offices and the Chicago railways while attempting to find work in the art world. In 1923, Young moved to New York to work with King Features Syndicate and in 1924 created the cartoon Dumb Dora, which ran for six years. Seeking a change, Young created Blondie in 1930, which almost immediately became the most popular comic strip in America. Called by former King Features Syndicate president Joseph Connelly as "the greatest story teller of his kind since the immortal Charles Dickens", at his peak popularity, Young received more fan mail than any... full article at wikipedia

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