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Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901 – March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist known...

Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901 – March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist known primarily as the creator and original artist of the comic strip Blondie. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Blondie in 1948. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, Young attended high school in St. Louis before working in offices and the Chicago railways while seeking employment in commercial art. In 1923, Young moved to New York to work with King Features Syndicate and in 1924 created the comic strip Dumb Dora, which ran for six years. Seeking a change, in 1930 Young created Blondie, which almost immediately became the most popular comic strip in America. Described by former King Features Syndicate 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 Pottersby and the Duchess, which ran from 1935 through 1963. Young married Athel Lindorf, a former professional harpist, and had two children, Dean and Jeanne. Young and his family resided in suburban New Rochelle, New York. He died in St. Petersburg,