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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 was an influence on Jorge Arnanz, Bob Bolling, Frans Piët, Quino, John R. Rose and John Severin. Dagwood's physical look inspired two Belgian comic characters, namely Jijé's Fantasio (from 'Spirou and Fantasio') and Buth's 'Thomas Pips'.
Murat Bernard Young (1901-1973), famously known as Chic Young, was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strip Blondie. Chic Young was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up St. Louis, Missouri.
- Young, Chic, 1901-1973
- 2.5 linear ft.
- 1929-1934
- Chic Young Cartoons
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
After high school Chic returned to Chicago and worked as a stenographer and took night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. In the 1920s Chic began drawing a series of shorter lived comic strips about young women including The Affiars of Jane, Beautiful Bab, and Dumb Dora.
Chic (Murat Bernard Young) Young (1901 - 1973) was active/lived in New York, Missouri. Chic Young is known for Comic strip illustration, cartoons. Cartoonist Chic Young had a knack for drawing pretty girls, and from the early 1920s on, he found himself drawing comic strips about them.
Jan 9, 2022 · On the 9th of January 1901, the American cartoonist Murat Bernard Young, better known as Chic Young, was born in Chicago, Illinois. His first comic strip The Affairs of Jane, about a low-budget film actress who dreams of becoming a real movie star, earned young Chic $22 a week.
