European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He was a flapper and he was a Playboy but like most other americans after 50 years Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead have Long since settled  they have a couple of kids and a dog and they fight Over the bathroom. Their antics in the comic strip Blondie which first appeared on sept. 8, 1930,now Are read in 1,800 newspapers around the world. Blondle was non Ere in sight on monday the Day of the strip t 50th Utah Curry but Dagwood of Send be Day by getting Cigar butt planted in Hiscar by us irascible Boss or. Dithers. The strip syndicated by King features is written by Dean Young who inherited it from his father. Chic creator of the strip and its writer until his death in 1973.the strip which centers on Dagwood a Home and of fice life was far different when it first  was a flapper her Maiden name was blon die Boop Doop said Young 42. She dated several Fellows one of whom was Dagwood. Dagwood drifted in and out for a White but then he came to  was a Playboy son of Railroad tycoon j. Boiling Bumstead. Right away Bumstead s parents egged Blondie As a Gold Digger and threatened to disinherit their son if he married  staged a hunger strike. After 28 Days 7 hours 8 minutes and 22 seconds on feb. 13, 1933, the wedding took place and j. Boiling Bumstead wrote Dag Wood out of his will. The depression came and Dagwood went to work a office manager for . Dithers co. Dagwood and Dion die had their first child Alexander in 1934. Cookie their daughter was born in 1941, and Dagwood got a world War 11 draft  Alexander now is 46 years old chronologically be is just a teenager in the strip. So is Bis sister. Cookie. Alexander and cookie will always remain teen agers promises Dean Young. The familiar Bumstead lifestyle evolved Over the  would oversleep and run to Bis bus Bowling Over or. Beasley the mailman on the Way. He s berated by his Boss outwitted by his wife and door to door salesmen and interrupted while taking Baths. His greatest Joy is in his towering sandwiches which have come to be called Dagwood. The random House dictionary define in creation As a Uri cant Khz la which alar Quality of arid beats Chee dressings Aad cow ii neuf i Haw been used fat a  the Dagwood Sandwich so drips. It bends betwee the hands like an accordian. It makes the Kitchen table groan and Daisy cover her eyes with her paws. It is of course More than delicious. The Sandwich remains a Challenge to human ingenuity Only the Carefree dare eat it it s a two Napkin Job. Dean like his father keeps the strip  Bumstead Don t change although the actual and the cartoon worlds around them do. They have never owned a car and live in some undisclosed suburb. They Are concerned with making ends meet and Rais ing a family. Young sloughs off social and political implications inthe comic strip. It s fun he says. I show Dagwood and Blondie As a very Loving very caring very affection ate couple. I like to show that love. I believe it appeals to people to see a couple that in t bickering or  Are two people going through life who love each other. It s a warm wholesome Friendly and affectionate feeling. It makes you Happy to see that. It makes  the key to the continued Success of Boodle at int ended Dean who started trothing wih his father 11 years before Chic Young died. Dean says his father was my Mentor my teacher. He taught me Dean adds with a twinkle lighting his eyes everything about the cartoon business. How to snap rubber band How to Chew a Pencil How to make an understated but Beautiful paperclip Chain he laughs  was a difficult time after his father s death. Dean bore full responsibility for writing the strip. Jim Raymond who helped Chic y ung draw the strip still draws it. Jim s the Best cartoonist in the world. He s much better artists than i am says Dean. But Dean tried too hard to adhere to his father s sense of humor he said. Immediately after Chic died in 1973,300 papers dropped Blondie. The next year another 200 cancelled it. Those were tense times Dean recalls. Behind him Lay the great successes a world wide comic strip read by tens of millions of people a series of 28 movies starring Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton Aradio and then television series and a Cornucopia of Blondie Dolu bubblegum Toap hair tonic and various other items. It All weighed on the heir to Blondie a Fortune As much As j. Boiling s Stock portfolio weighed Down Young Dagwood. I decided that i had to write in comic strip meow Way dts Tan. I started do lag stuff that i Tho est was Tarn Stead of Troia to write what Ito Akht my father word Ham thou Jet was Fanny. It to a oat � was ton. To paper started mar be wealthy parents. Page the stars and stripes