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 ...
A new comics collection provides a history lesson on women's rights. "Blondie: From Honeymoon to Diapers & Dogs -- Complete Daily Comics, 1933-1935" (IDW, $50) is the second and last of IDW's ...
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.
ST. LOUIS — When Murat Bernard Young graduated from McKinley High School in 1918, chances are he never foresaw the fuss being made over one of his creations in today’s paper. In 1930, “Chic” Young ...
It’s 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 ...
Comic-strip characters have been copied into popular toys since the earliest "Yellow Kid" comics of the 1890s. "Blondie," the comic strip by Chic Young started in 1930, originally featured a pretty ...
CLEARWATER BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead are celebrating their 75th anniversary and are inviting all their friends to a summer-long party on the comics pages. "Blondie" writer ...
Those who love comics will know instantly which comic features impossibly big sandwiches, a man running into a mailman on his way out of a house or the same man constantly interrupted during a nap.
Readers of the “Blondie” comic strip published daily in The Topeka Capital-Journal can hear its characters live Sunday afternoon when the WTCT Players, Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy’s radio theater ...