Murat Bernard Young (9 January 1901 – 14 March 1973), known as Chic Young, was an American cartoonist known primarily as the creator and original artist of the comic strip Blondie. He received the Reuben Award for Blondie in 1948. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Blondie logo, featuring Dagwood, Blondie, Daisy the dog, son Alexander, and daughter Cookie. ... The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society to the person chosen as Cartoonist of the Year. ...

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in St. Petersburg, Florida. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Official languages English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 4. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 17. ...

The strip is currently written by his son Dean Young. Chic Young's older brother Lyman Young was also a comic strip artist, most famous for the strip Tim Tyler's Luck. 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 in 1973. ... Lyman W. Young (1893-1984) was an American cartoonist who created the strip Tim Tylers Luck. ... Tim Tylers Luck was an adventure comic strip created by Lyman Young, older brother of Blondie creator Chic Young. ...