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, where his father was pastor of Seattle's Chinese Baptist mission. In China, Fung Chak was renowned as a translator of hymns and patriotic songs, Paul studied traditional Chinese art, which included painting cherry blossoms on delicate fans. But he became familiar with cartooning because his sister in Portland, Oregon mailed him Sunday comics sections. Returning to Seattle, Fung received further art training by studying the Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning's mail order correspondence course while he was attending Franklin High School, where he drew cartoons for the school paper. In addition to drawing, he also sang and played several musical instruments.

Sports cartoons

When his father died while he was in high school, Paul set out to find work. He drew cartoons which were displayed in the lobby of a Seattle vaudeville house, and he performed chalk talks at Seattle's Orpheum Theatre. In 1916, he began doing news and sports cartoons for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In 1919, he was profiled in Everybody's Magazine.

Paul Fung, Jr.

Paul Fung, Jr. (b. March 9, 1923 – Seattle, Washington) is an American cartoonist who drew the Blondie comic book for 40 years.

Comic strip

He was Chic Young'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 is the son of Paul Fung (1897–1944), an assistant to Cliff Sterrett and Billy DeBeck. The elder Fung took over Dumb Dora when Chic Young left that strip.

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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