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Murat Bernard " Chic " Young (January 9, 1901 – March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Blondie. His 1919 William McKinley High School Yearbook cites his nickname as Chicken, source of his familiar pen name and signature.
Chic Young (born Jan. 9, 1901, Chicago—died March 14, 1973, St. Petersburg, Fla., U.S.) was a U.S. cartoonist who created the comic strip “Blondie,” which, by the 1960s, was syndicated in more than 1,500 newspapers throughout the world.
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Chic Young has 135 books on Goodreads with 337 ratings. Chic Young’s most popular book is Blondie: Complete Daily Comics, Vol. 1: 1930-1933.
Birth: 9 January 1901. Death: 14 March 1973. Occupation/Title. American Cartoonist. Bio Summary. Early Life/Family. Young was born in Chicago, Illinois. Attended High School in St. Louis, and worked in offices and on the Chicago railways while attempting to find work in the art world.
Murat Bernard "Chic" Young 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.
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Encouraged by his painting mother, Murat Young studied art in Chicago, New York and Cleveland. He started his career in 1920, working for the Newspaper Enterprise Association. His first strip was called 'The Affairs of Jane'. In 1922 he created 'Beautiful Bab' for Bell Syndicate, another girl comic. He was employed by King Features Syndicate in ...
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Chic Young. Cartoonist Murat Bernard “Chic” Young grew up in St. Louis at 2148 Oregon Ave. and graduated from McKinley High in 1919. In 1930 Young created Blondie, a comic strip featuring Blondie Boopadoop and her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead.
