"Blondie (1938 film) Blondie is a 1938 movie directed by Frank Strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy. This was the first of 28 films based on the comic strip; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943, and popular demand brought them back in 1945. When the ""Blondie"" film series came to an end with ""Beware of Blondie"" in 1950, it was announced that it would be replaced with a series of ""Gasoline Alley"" movies. However, only two such films were made, ""Gasoline Alley"" (1951)"
"Dean Young (cartoonist) Dean Wayne Young (born July 2, 1938) is the head writer of the popular comic strip ""Blondie"", which he inherited from his father Chic Young, who died in 1973. Since then, Dean Young has collaborated on ""Blondie"" with several artists Jim Raymond (1973–81), Mike Gersher (1981–84), Stan Drake (1984–97) and Denis Lebrun (1997–2005). Currently, ""Blondie"" is drawn by John Marshall, who works with his assistant Frank Cummings. In 1986, Young talked about his gag situations, his approach to the characters of Blondie and Dagwood and satisfying his readers. He also explained how he could be in Vermont"
"Chic Young Murat Bernard ""Chic"" Young (January 9, 1901March 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. According to King Features Syndicate, Young had a daily readership of 52 million. Stan Drake, who drew ""Blondie"" in the 1980s and 1990s, stated that Young ""has to go down in history as one of the geniuses of the industry."" Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young began drawing with the encouragement of his mother, who was an artist. Although his"
"or Florida and collaborate with Stan Drake at his studio in Westport, Connecticut using Exxon's Qwip fax machine: Dean Young (cartoonist) Dean Wayne Young (born July 2, 1938) is the head writer of the popular comic strip ""Blondie"", which he inherited from his father Chic Young, who died in 1973. Since then, Dean Young has collaborated on ""Blondie"" with several artists Jim Raymond (1973–81), Mike Gersher (1981–84), Stan Drake (1984–97) and Denis Lebrun (1997–2005). Currently, ""Blondie"" is drawn by John Marshall, who works with his assistant Frank Cummings. In 1986, Young talked about his gag situations, his approach to the"
"Blondie (radio) Blondie is a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run ""Blondie"" comic strip by Chic Young. The radio program had a long run on several networks from 1939 to 1950. After Penny Singleton was cast in the title role of the feature film ""Blondie"" (1938), co-starring with Arthur Lake as Dagwood (the first in a series of 28 produced by Columbia Pictures); she and Lake repeated their roles December 20, 1938, on ""The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"". The appearance with Hope led to their own show, beginning July 3, 1939, on CBS as a summer replacement for"
"son Dean, who had been assisting with the writing for about ten years, took over as head writer. Raymond continued as the artist and began sharing a byline credit with Dean soon after. Raymond's health began to fail in 1979, and he died in late 1981 from cancer. After his death, he was succeeded by Mike Gersher, who had assisted him for about 17 years. All ""Blondie"" artists since that time have stuck closely to the style that Jim Raymond refined, with small modifications to keep props and clothing styles contemporary. Jim Raymond Jim Raymond (1917–1981) was a comic strip"
"John Marshall (cartoonist) John Marshall is an American cartoonist, best known as the artist of the ""Blondie"" comic strip since 2005. He works closely with scripter Dean Young, son of the strip's creator, Chic Young. Born in Waverly, New York, John Marshall took an interest in cartooning at an early age. He was bored during the summer between the fourth and fifth grades and began drawing ""Peanuts"" characters on brown paper bags. When he was 14, his career as a cartoonist was jump-started by his grandmother who urged him to send cartoons to ""Parade"". On his first try, ""Parade"" bought"
"more than 15,000 ""Blondie"" strips. 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 Potterby and the Duchess"", which ran as a topper strip on the ""Blondie"" page from 1935 through 1963. Young worked with several assistants, including Alex Raymond and Ray McGill. Alex Raymond's younger brother, Jim Raymond, who began as Young's assistant in 1935, took over all the art in 1950 when Young's eyesight began to fail."
"the Apollo Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1973 at age 72. He had been in ill health for some time, remaining near his home in Clearwater, FL. ""Blondie"" is currently written by Chic Young's son, Dean Young, and illustrated by John Marshall with his assistant Frank Cummings. Chic Young received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for ""Blondie"" in 1948, only one of many awards. Chic Young Murat Bernard ""Chic"" Young (January 9, 1901March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip ""Blondie"". His 1919 ""William McKinley High School Yearbook"" cites his nickname as Chicken,"
"Denis Lebrun Denis Lebrun (born April 30, 1958) is a comic strip artist best known for his collaboration with Dean Young on the ""Blondie"" comic strip. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Lebrun entered the comic strip field in 1975 with ""Rolling with Roger"" in the ""Tampa Neighbor"" newspaper. In 1976, Lebrun had a daily strip, ""Aw Heck"", in the ""Tampa Times"" until 1979. ""Aw Heck"" then appeared in the ""Clearwater Sun"" from 1979 until 1980. Lebrun originally assisted on the King Features Syndicate comic strip ""Blondie"" as early as 1977, furnishing the strip's owner Dean Young with gag scripts. In 1982,"
"Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead is a main character in cartoonist Chic Young's long-running comic strip ""Blondie"". He first appeared some time before 17 February 1933. He was originally heir to the Bumstead Locomotive fortune but was disowned when he married a flapper (originally known as Blondie Boopadoop) whom his family saw as below his class. He has since worked hard at J. C. Dithers & Company (currently as the construction company's office manager) to support his family. The Bumsteads' first baby, Alexander, was originally named Baby Dumpling. The name of his younger sister, Cookie, was chosen by readers in a"
"Blondin et Cirage Blondin et Cirage (""Blondin and Cirage"", literally ""Blondy"" and ""Shoe polish"") is a Belgian humoristic adventure comic strip by Jijé created in 1939 for the Catholic children's magazine ""Petits Belges"". The comic was also published in its Flemish counterpart ""Zonneland"", initially under the name ""Wietje en Krol"", later as ""Blondie en Blinkie"". It stars two boys, Blondin – who is white – and Cirage – who is black. Blondin is a white, blond-haired boy who functions as the straight man of the comic. Cirage is a black boy who functions as his comedic sidekick, yet is equally"
"look. This article is based on ""Lee Brown Coye:Illustrator and Artist"", ""The Mage"", Summer 1985. It is used and updated with permission of the copyright owner. Additional material is from Bill Drew. Lee Brown Coye Lee Brown Coye (July 24, 1907 – September 5, 1981) was an American artist. Coye is probably best remembered for his black-and-white illustrations for pulp magazines and horror fiction, but he produced a variety of works in other media. Coye was born in Syracuse, New York, and as a young man lived in nearby Tully. He spent his entire life in the Central New York"
"Syndicate. King Features had a series of hits during the 1930s with the launch of ""Blondie"" (1930–present), ""Flash Gordon"" (1934–present), ""Mandrake the Magician"" (1934–2013), and ""The Phantom"" (1936–present). United Feature Syndicate (founded in 1919) became a dominant player in the comic strip syndication market in the early 1930s. In March 1930, United Features acquired the Metropolitan Newspaper Service (ostensibly from the Bell Syndicate). And in late February 1931, Scripps acquired the ""New York World"", which controlled the syndication arms of the Pulitzer company: World Feature Service and Press Publishing Co. (which unlike other syndicates were owned by the paper rather"
"Young died of jaundice, Raymond was considered experienced enough to take over both writing and drawing the strip for a year. In 1938, Chic Young returned from his sabbatical, resuming his place as the main writer of ""Blondie"". Raymond continued to play a major role in creating the artwork, in addition to a short stint assisting his brother Alex on ""Jungle Jim"" around 1944. In 1950, due to Chic's diminishing eyesight, Raymond permanently became the lead artist of ""Blondie"" and began to develop the distinctive style that the strip uses to this day. Chic Young died in 1973 and his"
"radio; the ""Blondie"" radio program had a long run spanning several networks. Initially a 1939 summer replacement program for ""The Eddie Cantor Show"" (sponsored by Camel Cigarettes), ""Blondie"" was heard on CBS until June 1944, when it moved briefly to NBC. Returning to CBS later that year, ""Blondie"" continued there under a new sponsor (Colgate-Palmolive) until June 1949. In its final season, the series was heard on ABC from October 1949 to July 1950. Two ""Blondie"" TV sitcoms have been produced to date, each lasting only one season. Blondie and Dagwood made a brief animated appearance in ""The Fantastic Funnies"","
"digital, abandoning paper, pencil and ink in favor of the PowerPC G4. Denis Lebrun Denis Lebrun (born April 30, 1958) is a comic strip artist best known for his collaboration with Dean Young on the ""Blondie"" comic strip. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Lebrun entered the comic strip field in 1975 with ""Rolling with Roger"" in the ""Tampa Neighbor"" newspaper. In 1976, Lebrun had a daily strip, ""Aw Heck"", in the ""Tampa Times"" until 1979. ""Aw Heck"" then appeared in the ""Clearwater Sun"" from 1979 until 1980. Lebrun originally assisted on the King Features Syndicate comic strip ""Blondie"" as early as"
"90 when he died in 1984. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Silver T-Square Award in 1977. Lyman Young Lyman W. Young (October 20, 1893 – February 12, 1984) was an American cartoonist who created the strip ""Tim Tyler's Luck"". His younger brother, Chic Young, was the creator of ""Blondie"". Like his brother, Lyman Young was encouraged to do artwork by his mother, who was a painter. After Young studied at the Chicago Art Institute and served in World War I, he worked as a salesman. He began his career as a cartoonist in 1924 by stepping in to draw"
"Paul Fung Jr. Paul Fung Jr. (March 9, 1923 – April 8, 2016) was an American cartoonist who drew the ""Blondie"" comic book for 40 years. He was the son of Paul Fung, a cartoonist who drew the comic strip ""Dumb Dora"" for several years. He has 2 children, Paul (Randy) Fung III and Lori Fung. Both still reside in Greenwich. He was Chic Young's assistant on the ""Blondie"" newspaper strip from 1949 until 1965. Fung Jr. also contributed to the ""Blondie"" comic book with his ""Flash Foley, News Photographer"" stories. He was the son of Paul Fung, a cartoonist"
"""Dumb Dora"", about brunette Dora who ""wasn't as dumb as she looked."" In 1927, Young married professional harpist Athel Lindorff (d.1979). In the spring of 1930, after six years of ""Dumb Dora""'s increasing popularity, Young requested more money and strip ownership. This action led to changes, and Paul Fung took over ""Dumb Dora"" in April 1930 when Young dropped it in order to create a new strip. In the summer of 1930, working in his studio in Great Neck, Long Island, Young created ""Blondie"". When it debuted September 8, 1930, it quickly became the most popular comic strip in America,"
"of the National Cartoonists Society. In addition to experimenting with digital photography, he enjoys following his favorite football team, the New York Giants, and creating sports paintings. John and Cheryl Marshall have a son, John. John Marshall (cartoonist) John Marshall is an American cartoonist, best known as the artist of the ""Blondie"" comic strip since 2005. He works closely with scripter Dean Young, son of the strip's creator, Chic Young. Born in Waverly, New York, John Marshall took an interest in cartooning at an early age. He was bored during the summer between the fourth and fifth grades and began"
"July 21, 2008, post broke the news that a recent ""Blondie"" strip had been recycled almost verbatim from one published in 1952. This was followed in March 2009 with a similar report of strip recycling in ""Family Circus"". ""Hägar the Horrible""'s cartoonist Chris Browne, ""Liō"" artist/writer Mark Tatulli, and ""Sally Forth"" scripter Francesco Marciuliano. have commented on the blog. Bob Weber Jr., artist for ""Slylock Fox"", created merchandise for the Curmudgeon CafePress store with original art of the character Cassandra Cat (from the ""Fox"" strip). On December 18, 2008, the comic strip ""Archie"" began occasionally referencing the blog's recurring ""Archie"
"and writer Brian Bendis on a new serialized Dick Tracy comic. The lawsuit was resolved in Beatty's favor, with a US District judge ruling that Beatty did everything contractually required of him to keep the rights to the character. Notes Bibliography Dick Tracy Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 14, 1931, in the ""Detroit Mirror"". It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1972. Since that"
"Barnaby (comics) Barnaby was a comic strip which began 20 April 1942 in the newspaper ""PM"" and was later syndicated in 64 American newspapers (for a combined circulation of more than 5,500,000). Created by Crockett Johnson, who is best known today for his children's book ""Harold and the Purple Crayon"", the strip featured a cherubic-looking five-year-old and his far-from-cherubic fairy godfather, Jackeen J. O'Malley, a short, cigar-smoking man with four tiny wings. With a distinctive appearance because of its use of typography, the strip had numerous reprints and was adapted into a 1940s stage production. The usually caustic Dorothy Parker"
"Clifford McBride Clifford McBride (January 26, 1901 – May 21, 1951) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip ""Napoleon and Uncle Elby"". Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, McBride was twice expelled from school because of his drawings in the school paper. His first professional cartoon was published in 1917 in ""The Los Angeles Times"". When he graduated from Occidental College, he moved to Pasadena, California, beginning his career in 1923 as a staff artist for ""The Los Angeles Times"". The following year, he illustrated humorous fiction for the ""Chicago Tribune"". After drawing such features as ""Insect Life"", ""McBride's"
"Squinch, Sylvester Shyster, the team of Dangerous Dan McBoo and Idjit the Midget, and the Phantom Blot. Two major artistic influences on the appearance of Mickey in comics are Floyd Gottfredson, who drew the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip from 1930 to 1975, and comic book artist Paul Murry, who drew Mickey stories from 1950 to 1984. In the mid 1930s original Mickey comic book stories were being produced in Italy and the United Kingdom for local consumption. Publishing Mickey comic book stories in the United States was pioneered by the third ""Mickey Mouse Magazine"" series (1935–1940). Initially published by"
"Ken Bald Kenneth Bruce Bald (born August 1, 1920) is an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for the ""Dr. Kildare"" and ""Dark Shadows"" newspaper comic strips. Due to contractual obligations, he is credited as ""K. Bruce"" on the ""Dark Shadows"" strip. Ken Bald was born in New York City, New York and raised in suburban Mount Vernon, New York. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for three years, through 1941. After Pratt, Bald joined the Englewood, New Jersey studio of Jack Binder, one of the early comic-book ""packagers"" who would supply complete comics on demand for publishers"
"Lieber has said Drake was the biggest influence on his work. In 1984, Drake replaced Mike Gersher as the artist on ""Blondie"" (written by Dean Young), and he continued drawing the strip until his death. His assistant on ""Blondie"" was Denis Lebrun. He was a prolific painter and created portraits of more than 40 cartoonists, work displayed at the Comic Artist's Museum in Sarasota, Florida. Drake drew comic books for Marvel Comics such as ""The Pitt"". Internationally, he is known for the artwork on the ""Kelly Green"" series of graphic novels about a young widow who fights crime in the"
"Tom Browne (illustrator) Tom Browne born Thomas Arthur Browne (8 December 1870 Nottingham - 16 March 1910 Shooter's Hill), was an extremely popular English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Browne started earning a wage as a milliner's errand boy in 1882. From there he was apprenticed to a lithographic printer and eked out a living with freelance cartoons for London comic papers. He received 30 shillings for his first strip, published by the magazine ""Scraps"", and called """"He Knew How To Do It"""". Comic Cuts, a British comic book was founded by Alfred"
"far more clever and sympathetic than most portrayals of black people in Western media at that time. In 1998 the characters were commemorated as a comic book wall painting designed by Georgios Oreopoulos et Daniel Vandegeerde, part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route. It can be visited in the Rue Capucine/Capucijnstraat in Brussels. Blondin et Cirage Blondin et Cirage (""Blondin and Cirage"", literally ""Blondy"" and ""Shoe polish"") is a Belgian humoristic adventure comic strip by Jijé created in 1939 for the Catholic children's magazine ""Petits Belges"". The comic was also published in its Flemish counterpart ""Zonneland"", initially under the name"
"Don Markstein commented: In ""The World Encyclopedia of Comics"", Maurice Horn wrote: The first year of the daily strips were reprinted in ""Connie: A Complete Compilation: 1929-1930"" (1977) by Hyperion Press. The strips were reprinted in ""Famous Funnies"", published by Eastern Color Printing. They were later collected by Pacific Comics Club in 2009-2010. Connie (comic strip) Connie is an American adventure comic strip created by the cartoonist Frank Godwin, who introduced a book illustration style to the comics page. The strip ran from 1927 to 1944 for the Ledger Syndicate. ""Connie"" debuted as a Sunday page on November 13, 1927."
"(1989), and ""The Greatest of Marlys"" (2000). In 1984, she released a coloring book with brief text called ""Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!"" She also wrote and drew a full-page color strip examining the everyday pathology of relationships for ""Esquire"" magazine. In 1989 Barry's strip appeared weekly in more than 50 publications, mostly alternative newspapers in large cities. Due to the loss of weekly newspaper clients, Barry moved her comics primarily online by 2007. Collections of Barry's comics began appearing in 1981. She has written two illustrated novels, ""The Good Times are Killing Me"" (1988) and ""Cruddy"", also known"
"The Boondocks (comic strip) The Boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder that ran from 1996 to 2006. Created by McGruder in 1996 for Hitlist.com, an early online music website, it was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine ""The Source"" in 1997. As it gained popularity, the comic strip was picked up by the Universal Press Syndicate and made its national debut on April 19, 1999. A popular and controversial strip, ""The Boondocks"" satirizes African American culture and American politics as seen through the eyes of young, black radical Huey Freeman. McGruder's"