(313) \"Blondie\" Dailies by Chic Young from 1941 3 x 10 inches Complete Year For Sale

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(313) \"Blondie\" Dailies by Chic Young from 1941 3 x 10 inches Complete Year :
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This is a run of 313(Complete Year!)\"Blondie\"Dailiesby Chic Young. Wonderful Artwork and Great Story Telling!These werecut from the original newspapers of 1941. Size:1/1 - 12/31=3 x 10 inches.Paper: Excellent! ! Pulled from bound volumes!(Please Check Scans)Free Postage USA! $25.00 International Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other sales for more great vintageComic strips and Paper Dolls.Thanks for Looking!

Blondie (comic strip)

Author(s) Chic Young (1930–73)

Dean Young (1973–present)

Current status/schedule Running

Launch date September 8, 1930

Syndicate(s) King Features Syndicate

Genre(s) Humor, Gag-a-day

Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. The comic strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate, and has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. The success of the strip, which features the eponymous blonde and her sandwich-loving husband, led to the long-running Blondie film series (1938–1950) and the popular Blondie radio program (1939–1950).

Chic Young wrote and drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when creative control passed to his son Dean Young. A number of artists have assisted on drawing the strip over the years, including Alex Raymond, Jim Raymond, Paul Fung Jr., Mike Gersher, Stan Drake, Denis Lebrun, Jeff Parker, and (since 2505) John Marshall. Despite these changes, Blondie has remained popular, appearing in more than 2,000 newspapers in 47 countries and translated into 35 languages. From 2506 to 2513, Blondie had also been available via email through King Features\' DailyINK service.

Overview

Originally designed to follow in the footsteps of Young\'s earlier \"pretty girl\" creations Beautiful Bab and Dumb Dora, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop—a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls along with her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead, heir to an industrial fortune. The name \"Boopadoop\" derives from the scat singing lyric that was popularized by Helen Kane\'s 1928 song \"I Wanna Be Loved by You.\"

Blondie and Dagwood debuted on September 8, 1930 in the New York American and several other newspapers across North America. The strip was only moderately popular in its first two and a half years, as interest in humorous \"pretty girl\" stories dried up as a result of the Great Depression, turning Blondie into a parody of those strips taking a more melodramatic direction. In mid-1932, and considering the scenario to have run its course, Young briefly tried writing Dagwood out of the daily continuities by having his parents sending him on a cruise to Europe and replacing him as Blondie\'s boyfriend with a garage mechanic, but immediate reader response led to Dagwood returning by late August.

Marriage

On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and build-up, Blondie and Dagwood were married. After a month-and-a-half-long hunger strike by Dagwood to get his parents\' blessing, as they strongly disapproved of his marrying beneath his class, they disinherited him. Left only with a check to pay for their honeymoon, the Bumsteads were forced to become a middle-class suburban family. The marriage was a significant media event, given the comic strip\'s popularity. The catalog for the University of Florida\'s 2505 exhibition, \"75 Years of Blondie, 1930–2505,\" notes:

Blondie\'s marriage marked the beginning of a change in her personality. From that point forward, she gradually assumed her position as the sensible head of the Bumstead household. And Dagwood, who previously had been cast in the role of straight man to Blondie\'s comic antics, took over as the comic strip\'s clown.

Setting

\"Dagwood Bumstead and family, including Daisy and the pups, live in the suburbs of Joplin, Missouri,\" according to the August 1946 issue of The Joplin Globe, citing Chic Young.

Cast of characters

Blondie Bumstead (née Boopadoop): The eponymous leading lady of the comic strip. Blondie is a smart, sweet, and responsible woman. She can be stressed at times due to her young family and Dagwood\'s antics, and despite being usually laid-back and patient, Blondie does get upset sometimes. She is also extremely beautiful, with gold hair, gentle curls, and a shapely figure. A friend once told Dagwood that Blondie looked like a \'million bucks\'. In 1991, she began a catering business with her neighbor, Tootsie.

Dagwood Bumstead: Blondie\'s husband. A kind and loving yet clumsy, naïve and lazy man whose cartoonish antics are the basis for the strip. He is a big fan of sports (primarily football and baseball) and has a large, insatiable appetite for food (but he remains slender). Dagwood is especially fond of making and eating the mile-high Dagwood sandwich. He celebrates even the most insignificant holidays, and approaches Thanksgiving (a holiday known for lavish dinners) with the same reverence most people reserve for Christmas. His continuous antagonistic and comical confrontations with his boss Mr. Dithers, for numerous reasons including Dagwood\'s laziness and silly mistakes, is a subplot that gets considerable attention in the strip. His klutziness is also a fundamental part of his encounters with Mr. Beasley the mailman. Another subplot deals with Dagwood and his neighbor Herb. Dagwood can also often be seen napping on his own couch. He\'s employed at J. C. Dithers Construction Company, as office manager.

Alexander Bumstead: the elder child of Blondie and Dagwood who is in his late teens, formerly referred to by his pet name \"Baby Dumpling.\" As a child, he was very mischievous and precocious. As a teenager, he is athletic, levelheaded and intelligent. Despite resembling his father, he is more down-to-earth like his mother. His full name, revealed in the November 7, 1934 strip, is Alexander Hamilton Bumstead.

Cookie Bumstead: the younger child of Blondie and Dagwood who is in her early teens. Cookie is portrayed as a sweet, bubbly teenage girl whose interests include dating, hanging out with friends, and clothes. Her appearance has changed the most compared to the other characters. As a child (1940s–mid 1950s) she originally had long curly hair with a black bow holding a long curl on the top of her head. As a young teen (late 1950s–1960s) she wore her hair in a ponytail with curly bangs. As an older teen (1970s–1990s) she wore her hair long with a black headband. Later (2500s) she dropped the hair band and wore her hair with bangs, barretes and flipped to the sides. Her current hairstyle is long with bangs and flipped at sides.

Daisy: The Bumsteads\' family dog whose best friend is Dagwood and who frequently changes her expression in response to Dagwood\'s comments or other activities. She gave birth to puppies in the later years of the comic.

Mr. Beasley the Postman: The Bumsteads\' mailman with whom Dagwood seems to always collide with and knock down as Dagwood hurriedly leaves the house. Beasley\'s birthday is August 26.

Mr. Julius Caesar Dithers: Founder of the J.C. Dithers Construction Company and Dagwood\'s boss. He dictates orders to his employees and believes the best thing in life is money. Although it usually does not seem like it at the workplace, Mr. Dithers is a good-hearted man. Julius\' birthday is June 2. (Or August 13, as featured 2519.)

Mrs. Cora Dithers: Mr. Dithers\' wife. She usually gets into fights with him as she exerts control over her husband. She is great friends with Blondie.

Herb Woodley: Dagwood\'s best friend and next-door neighbor. Herb, though, can be extremely selfish and mean at times when he doesn\'t return the expensive power tools and favors that he usually borrows from Dagwood. Herb constantly finds means to annoy and infuriate him.

Tootsie Woodley: Herb\'s wife and Blondie\'s best friend. Tootsie and Blondie can empathize with one another as women, mothers, and particularly as spouses of eccentric husbands. In 1991, she joined Blondie in starting a catering business.

Elmo Tuttle: A kid in the neighborhood who has a friendship with Dagwood (whom he calls \"Mr. B\"), but sometimes annoys him. His last name was originally \"Fiffenhauser.\"

Lou: The owner and counterman at Lou\'s Diner, where Dagwood goes on lunch hours. Dagwood sometimes suggests new specials for the diner. Lou is covered with tattoos and always has a toothpick in his mouth. Lou is a very bad cook and all his meals are of extremely bad quality, horrible, terrible, tasteless, and way too expensive. Lou does little to improve the quality of his food or to gain the satisfaction of his customers.

Claudia and Dwitzell: The carpoolers with Dagwood and Herb. Claudia is a lawyer. No occupation has been identified for Dwitzell, sometimes called \"Dwitz\".

Mike Morelli the Barber: Dagwood\'s barber. He likes to make fun of Dagwood\'s hairstyle and can usually be seen with his nameplate, \"M. Morelli\" displayed by his barber\'s chair. Mike loves to lure and drag Dagwood into political debates at points where it usually leaves Dagwood frustrated.

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