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Paul Fung Jr. (March 9, 1923 – April 8, 2016) was an American cartoonist 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''. Fung's father was a Baptist minister, the Reverend Fung Chak, a graduate of Stanford University. Paul was born in Seattle,
, a cartoonist who drew the comic strip ''
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. He has two children, Paul (Randy) Fung III and Lori Fung. Both still reside in Greenwich.


Comic strip

He was
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 ...
's assistant on the '' Blondie'' newspaper strip from 1949 until 1965.


Comic book

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''. Fung's father was a Baptist minister, the Reverend Fung Chak, a graduate of Stanford University. Paul was born in Seattle,
, a cartoonist who drew the comic strip ''
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 and Billy DeBeck. The elder Fung took over ''Dumb Dora'' when Chic Young left that strip.Paul Fung Cartoons 1930–1932
Syracuse University, 20 Mar 2009, Retrieved 11/29/2010


Awards

In 1964, Fung Jr. received the National Cartoonists Society's Comic Book Award for his work, and 16 years later, he won their Best Humorist Award.


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1923 births 2016 deaths Artists from Seattle American comics artists American comic strip cartoonists American people of Chinese descent {{US-cartoonist-stub