Lyman W. Young (October 20, 1893 – February 12, 1984) was an American
cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...
who created the strip ''
Tim Tyler's Luck
''Tim Tyler's Luck'' is an adventure comic strip created by Lyman Young, elder brother of '' Blondie'' creator Chic Young. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the strip ran from August 13, 1928, until August 24, 1996.
Characters and story
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''. His younger brother,
Chic Young
Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip '' Blondie''. His 1919 ''William McKinley High School Yearbook'' cites his nickname as Chicken, source of his familiar pen name an ...
, was the creator of ''
Blondie''.
Like his brother, Lyman Young was encouraged to do artwork by his mother, who was a painter. After Young studied at the
Chicago Art Institute
The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...
and served in
World War I
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, he worked as a salesman. He began his career as a cartoonist in 1924 by stepping in to draw
C. W. Kahles
Charles William Kahles (pronounced Kah'-less) (January 12, 1878 – January 21, 1931) was a prolific cartoonist responsible for numerous comic strips, notably '' Hairbreadth Harry''. He is credited as the pioneer of daily comic strip continuity w ...
' comic strip ''The Kelly Kids''. In 1927, he created his own strip, ''The Kid Sister'', a spin-off of ''The Kelly Kids''.
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''Tim Tyler's Luck''
Young launched ''Tim Tyler's Luck'' in 1928, and in 1935, he added a topper strip '. Young employed several artists, some of whom became famous and successful with their own strips. The illustrators included Alex Raymond
Alexander Gillespie Raymond Jr. (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist who was best known for creating the ''Flash Gordon'' comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1934. The strip was subsequently adapted into many ...
, Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth (born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg, December 25, 1911 – January 28, 1996) was an American artist and educator, best known for his work on the ''Tarzan'' newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books for artists.
Early life
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, Clark Haas, Nat Edson and Tom Massey. Tony DiPreta
Anthony Louis "Tony" DiPreta (July 9, 1921 – June 2, 2010) was an American comic book and comic strip artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comic books. He was the longtime successor artist of the comic strip ''Joe Palooka'' (1959–84 ...
began his career doing lettering on the strip.
Young lived in Greenwich, Connecticut
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. During the 1950s, when his son Bob took over the daily strip, Young retired to Florida, where he lived near his brother, and then relocated to California. He was 90 when he died in 1984.[Lambiek]
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Awards
He received the National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...
's Silver T-Square Award in 1977.
References
1893 births
1984 deaths
American comic strip cartoonists
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