A lot of the changes in the way he acts nowadays have to do with his relationships to women.

If readers admire a character's personality and the way he or she is, they have affection and love for the character. I want Blondie to be a complete woman, and I want readers to respect her not only for her ability to maintain a home, but also for her own mind and her own person. I don't want Blondie just to be stuck at home with gags involving her to be limited to that setting alone. These days I often do ideas that will appeal to more feminist-type women. 'I like to deal mainly with domestic situations, and I primarily stick with eating, sleeping, raising children and making money. He also explained how he could be in Vermont or Florida and collaborate with Stan Drake at his studio in Westport, Connecticut: In 1986, Young talked about his gag situations, his approach to the characters of Blondie and Dagwood and satisfying his readers. Since 2005, Blondie is drawn by John Marshall, who worked with his assistant Frank Cummings until the latter's death in 2014. Since then, Dean Young has collaborated on Blondie with several artists: Jim Raymond (1973–81), Mike Gersher (1981–84), Stan Drake (1984–97) and Denis Lebrun (1997–2005). Produced with the cooperation of the Chic Young family, the book includes an informative and entertaining introduction by Brian Walker that places Blondie in its historical context.Įdited & Designed by Dean Mullaney.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, who died in 1973. Dithers, his neighbor Herb, the dog Daisy.and in 1934, the first of the Bumstead children, Baby Dumpling (who is later given the name Alexander).įor millions of readers who've loved the Bumsteads over the years, this essential collection tells the complete tale of the couple's early married bliss. All of the iconic elements and many of the regular characters in the strip are introduced in these pages: Dagwood's boss Mr. In the first three years of the strip, Chic Young experimented with different themes and approaches, but it's in the fourth through sixth years reprinted in this volume that he establishes the elements that would make Blondie the most popular comic strip in the world. Dagwood's parents have disinherited him and the optimistic bumbler must go to work! But all is not fun and games when the newlyweds arrive home.

The story begins with Blondie and Dagwood on their honeymoon and features one hilarious gag after another.

This second volume picks up where Blondie: The Courtship and Wedding left off.

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