Some Very Comical Beginnings

The serious origins of your favorite characters from the funny pages. BLONDIE At its outset in 1930, Blondie was just one of many comics about flappers, those ladies of the Jazz Age who danced all night in bold, calf-exposing dresses. Chic Young’s strip centered on Blondie Boopadoop (cribbing heavily from the catchphrase of fellow fictional […]

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