(Reuters) - Mort Walker, the artist and creator of the decades-long running comic strip "Beetle Bailey" about the antics of a work-shirking Army private, died at his home Saturday, his family said. He ...

When "Beetle Bailey" debuted in 1950, it was a college strip about a lanky underachiever who wanted to do as little as possible. Six months later, creator Mort Walker had Beetle enlist in the Army ...

“Old cartoonists never die. They just erase away…” It was one of Mort Walker’s favorite sayings, and until his final days, Walker lived by the word of his motto, engaging millions through his beloved ...

A: Though Greg Walker currently receives credit for the comic strip it was actually created by his father, Mort Walker. Mort Walker currently works as head of King Features. Several artists help draw ...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Beetle Bailey is slouching toward retirement age, but the lazy Army private won't be getting rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on newspaper comics pages. The indolent wise ...

Fans of the long-running comic strip “Beetle Bailey” got a bit of a surprise June 16, when its creator, Mort Walker, chose to set aside his usual military-inspired humor to tackle a more serious ...

COLUMBIA — In 1995, Beetle Bailey didn't make the cut for the Comic Strip Classics. The U.S. Postal Service wanted to create a series of commemorative postage stamps to celebrate the centennial of ...

Around 300 people watched as a Duluth police officer wrestled down a deer that had wandered into the area of Third Avenue West and First Street. The officer tripped the animal and sat on its head ...

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Mort Walker, the creator of “Beetle Bailey,” a comic strip about an Army private who malingered his way through seven decades at Camp Swampy to the consternation of his commanding officers and the ...

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