Lyman Young

Lyman Young ( born October 20, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois; † 12 February 1984 in Port Angeles, Washington) was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, and the older brother of Chic Young. His most famous comic strip Tim Tyler 's Luck appeared under various titles in the German-speaking countries.

Life and work

After training at the Chicago Art Institute Young served during World War II in the Army. He worked after the war, first as a salesman before 1924 Strip The Kelly Kids by C. W. Bald, the latter had created five years earlier, took over. His first independent Strip 1927 was The Kid Sister, an offshoot of The Kelly Kids. His most famous strip Tim Tyler 's Luck, the story of an orphan boy who dreams of becoming a pilot, and his adventure play since the beginning of the 1930s in Africa, made ​​its debut on August 13 in 1928 and was continued by Young to the 1950s. As a Sunday page appeared Tim Tyler 's Luck from 19 July 1931.

In Germany, Tim Tyler 's Luck in the late 1930s first appeared as Tim and Tom in the Mickey Mouse newspaper. From the book, film publishing a brochure entitled Jochen Klaus in 1951 and released in Africa. The magic circle used Publisher 1958 to 1961 the same title in the series Puppet. More German language publishers who issued Tim Tyler 's Luck, were the Aller Verlag, Melzer and Feest.