The comic strip Blondie was created by cartoonist Chic Young and distributed by 
King Features Syndicate. The success of the strip led to a long-running Blondie
film series (1938–1950) and the popular Blondie radio program (1939–1950).

Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when creative control passed
to his son Dean Young, who continues to write the strip. Young has collaborated
with a number of artists on Blondie, including Mike Gersher, and Stan Drake. The
strip has been translated in 35 languages and appears in more than 2,000 papers
in 47 countries.

                  
                             Chic Young (Murat Bernard Young)

          
                                                   Dean Young

A very young Jim Davis

James Robert "Jim" Davis

Davis is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Garfield which
has been published since June 19, 1978. It holds the Guinness
World Record for being the most widely syndicated comic strip. 

 
Tim Maguire
 

Mel Brooks ( Melvin James Kaminsky) is 87 today

First Garfield strip

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978. It
chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield who named after Davis’s 
grandfather, his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Jon’s dog, Odie. As of 2013, it was 
syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness
World Record for being the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip.
 

Li’l Abner is a comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United
States, Canada and Europe, written and drawn by Al Capp. The strip ran for 
43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977.