Paul Fung Jr. (March 9, 1923 – April 8, 2016) 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 comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...
who drew the ''
Blondie'' comic book for 40 years. He was the son of
Paul Fung
Paul Fung (1897–1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Dumb Dora''.
Early life
Fung's father was a Baptist minister, the Reverend Fung Chak, a graduate of Stanford University. Paul was born in Seattle,[Dumb Dora
''Dumb Dora'' is a comic strip published from 1924 to 1936 distributed by King Features Syndicate. The term "dumb Dora" was a 1920s American slang term for a foolish woman; the strip helped popularize the term.
Publication history
''Dumb Dora'' ...]
'' for several years.
Career
He was
Chic Young
Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie''. His 1919 ''William McKinley High School Yearbook'' cites his nickname as Chicken, source of hi ...
's assistant on the ''
Blondie'' newspaper strip from 1949 until 1965.
Fung Jr. also contributed to the ''Blondie'' comic book with his ''Flash Foley, News Photographer'' stories.
He was the son of
Paul Fung
Paul Fung (1897–1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Dumb Dora''.
Early life
Fung's father was a Baptist minister, the Reverend Fung Chak, a graduate of Stanford University. Paul was born in Seattle,[Dumb Dora
''Dumb Dora'' is a comic strip published from 1924 to 1936 distributed by King Features Syndicate. The term "dumb Dora" was a 1920s American slang term for a foolish woman; the strip helped popularize the term.
Publication history
''Dumb Dora'' ...]
'' for several years and had worked with
Cliff Sterrett
Clifford Sterrett (; December 12, 1883 – December 28, 1964) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Polly and Her Pals''.
Biography
Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterr ...
and
Billy DeBeck
William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890 – November 11, 1942) was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip ''Barney Google'', later retitled ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith''. The strip was especially pop ...
. The elder Fung took over ''Dumb Dora'' when Chic Young left that strip.
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Syracuse University, 20 Mar 2009, Retrieved 11/29/2010
Paul Fung Jr was featured on shows like The American Trail back in the 1980's where in an interview for the Journal Press he talked about working at night, due to his "...little Craziness - I never see anything straight". He also talked about the changing cartoonist industry due to the advent of television.
Awards
In 1964, Fung Jr. 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 Comic Book Award for his work, and 16 years later, he won their Best Humorist Award.
References
External links
NCS AwardsNCS: Paul FungNCS
1923 births
2016 deaths
Artists from Seattle
American comics artists
American comic strip cartoonists
American artists of Chinese descent
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