The comic strip Blondie has been published by King Features Syndicate in
newspapers around the country since Monday, September 8, 1930. The strip
features Blondie Bumstead and her sandwich-loving husband Dagwood. Chic
Young (below) drew Blondie until his death in 1973, and the duties were then
passed on to his son Dean Young, who continues to write the strip today. The
strip has remained popular, appearing in more than 2,000 newspapers in 47
countries and translated into 35 languages.

Chic Young

Dean Young

The comic strip Li’l Abner featured a clan of hillbillies in the town of Dogpatch,
Kentucky. The strip was written and drawn by Al Capp (below) and ran for 43
years, from  August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed
by United Features Syndicate to many newspa[ers throught the United States,
Canada and Europe and was read by millions of people.

Al Capp (1909-1979)

Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto) began singing at an
early age. He later fought in the final stages of World War ll as a U.S. Army
infantryman in Europe. Upon returning to civilian life Bennett developed his
singing skills and soon signed with Columbia Records where he had his first
number one song  with “Because of You” in 1951. In 1962, Bennett recorded
his famous signature song, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”. Bennett is also
a serious and accomplished painter, creating works under the name Benedetto.

Tony Bennett holds one of the fifteen Grammy Awards he has won.

                  July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher who
is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in
European art history and the most important in Dutch history, a period
historians call the Dutch Golden Age.