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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. 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.
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.
Chic Young - Lambiek Comiclopedia. Murat Young. (9 January 1901 - 14 March 1973, USA) 'Blondie'. 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'.
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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Biography Murat Bernard "Chic" Young was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in St. Louis. Him and his siblings were encouraged to pursue their passions in the arts by their mother. After high school Chic returned to Chicago and worked as a stenographer and took night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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.
