Who is Dagwood Bumstead's boss in Blondie?

Answer 1

Julius C. Dithers
Founder of the J. C. Dithers’ Construction Company and Dagwood’s irascible boss. A tyrannical dictator who is constantly abusing his employees, verbally and physically. He has ice water in his veins and is certain that the most important quantum in life is “the God Almighty dollar bill!” He is lord and master of all he surveys, with one notable exception...his wife! Deep down inside of him, he claims to have a heart that beats and bleeds for all humanity.

Blondie is a popular comic strip created by Murat Bernard "Chic" Young and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when the control of the strip passed to his son Dean Young. Dean Young has collaborated with a number of artists on the strip, including Jim Raymond, Mike Gersher, Stan Drake, Denis Lebrun, and most recently John Marshall. Through these changes, Blondie has remained popular, appearing in more than 2300 newspapers in 55 countries and translated into 35 languages, as of 2005.

In 2005, Blondie celebrated its 75th anniversary with a three-month-long story line, featuring various surprises including cameo appearances of characters from other comic strips such as B.C., Beetle Bailey, The Family Circus, For Better or For Worse, Garfield, Hägar the Horrible, Shoe and The Wizard of Id, among others. In addition, Blondie and/or Dagwood were featured in Dennis the Menace, Hi and Lois, B.C., The Family Circus, Baby Blues, Hägar the Horrible, and Curtis. (EDIT: I remember this celebration!)

Creator(s) Chic Young
Current artist Dean Young & John Marshall
Status Running
Syndicate(s) King Features Syndicate
Genre(s) Humor
First strip September 8, 1930

Originally, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop, a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and buildup, Miss Boopadoop married her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead, the son of a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately for the Bumsteads, Dagwood was disowned by his upper-crust family for marrying beneath his class. Ever since, he has been slaving away at the office of the J. C. Dithers Construction Company under the direction of tyrannical boss Julius Caesar Dithers, who frequently attempts to fire Dagwood from his workplace. Dagwood either botches or does not finish his work, sleeps on the job, comes into work late, or pesters Dithers for a raise or promotion.

Blondie and Dagwood live in suburbia, next door to Herb and Tootsie Woodley. The Bumstead family has grown, with the addition of a son named Alexander (originally "Baby Dumpling"), a daughter named Cookie (born in the late 1930s/early 1940s, but permanently frozen in their late teen years as of 2006), and a dog named Daisy. Alexander and Cookie have grown up into teenagers who uncannily resemble their parents. Other regular characters include Mr. Beasley (the mailman), Elmo Tuttle (a pesky neighborhood kid), Cora Dithers (domineering wife of Julius Dithers), and Lou (owner of the diner where Dagwood frequently eats on his lunch break from working at the J.C. Dithers Company).

A running gag in the strip is the impossibly tall sandwich Dagwood often fixes for a snack, which came to be known as a Dagwood sandwich. Others feature Dagwood's propensity to fall asleep on the couch during the day, to collide comically with Mr. Beasley on his way out the front door, or to be interrupted by other characters while he is relaxing in the bathtub.

Answer 2

Blondie Dagwood Bumstead

Answer 3

Mr. Dither's just employs Dagwood but Blondie is the BOSS. I say that being married... I know the Truth.

Answer 4

Mr Dithers or maybe Blondie

Answer 5

Mr. Dithers

Answer 6

Mr. Dithers

Answer 7

DANG! I used to read those comics! I FORGOT!!!!! OHNO!!!!!!

Answer 8

mr.dithers