Murat "Chic" Young (1901-1973) was born in Chicago but spent most of his childhood on the south side of St. Louis. After graduating high school, he headed back to the toddlin' town of his birth, where he took night classes at the Art Institute. He eventually got a job in the NEA syndicate and created a couple of pretty-girl comic strips-- The Affairs of Jane and Beautiful Bab --before his talents attracted the attention of William Randolph Hearst, for whom he created the very successful Dumb Dora, which debuted in 1924. But it was Young's creation, in 1930, of the flapper Blondie Boopadoop and Dagwood Bumstead that put the cartoonist in the public consciousness forever. Blondieis now written by Dean Young, Chic Young's son, and retains its status as one of the most widely read comic strips in history.
"To tell the truth, I had never even found the characters to be very interesting. So the discovery of the beautiful new Blondie: The Complete Daily Comic Strips From 1930-1933 was a surprising revelation. Blondie may have always been perky, attractive, and "ditzy." But she actually began life as a far more complex, independent, and powerful woman that anyone has ever given her credit for...Every single strip is faithfully reproduced from the years 1930-1933 in this book. Everything about Blondie: The Complete Daily Comic Strips From 1930-1930 is first class. This is a coffee-table book that has already sparked a number of conversations among my guests...Place such a gorgeous book down, and say no more. This is art, history, nostalgia - and whatever else you wish to call it, all rolled up in one magnificent collection." --Greg Barbick, blogcritics.org
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