Dean Young started helping his father write the "Blondie" comic strip in the 1960s. He took over the job when his father died n 1973, and he's still at it today. Hold them side by side. The "Blondie" comic strip created by Chic Young for Sept. 8, 1930 is ...

Clearwater Beach, Fla.? Hard to believe it’s been almost 75 years since ditzy flapper Blondie Boopadoop fell for bumbling Dagwood Bumstead in a love match made in the funny papers. In those days, Dagwood was a rich playboy whose snooty parents greatly ...

You might think Dagwood Bumstead’s idea of a 75th-anniversary celebration would be to eat a sandwich that includes four tomatoes, six wedges of cheese, a head of lettuce, two slices of pizza, a bottle of Tabasco sauce and a leg of lamb. Then lie down on ...

It was the summer of 1930. The country was in the first year of what became known as the Great Depression, and folks were already nostalgic for the carefree party-filled days and nights of the 1920s. That was when 29-year-old cartoonist Chic Young began ...