I feel guilty that I hadn’t known Mort Walker, 94, was still with us.
The WWII vet who entertained many with his tales of the hapless Beetle Bailey was a champion and supporter of
other artists, having founded the Museum of Cartoon Art in Connecticut.
Read more at Military.com
ht/ js
RIP.
(Hand salute)
Memories of my youth and Sunday morning funnies. RIP
This makes me want to loaf off the rest of the day.
-RIP Sis
I know I put an r at the end…
When I used to read newspapers the comics were always something I enjoyed. Beetle Bailey was one of my favorites. RIP, Sir and thank you for supporting others in that field.
I was in the Air Force in the 80’s when the “Stars and Stripes”
quit running the strip because of Political Correctness
Godspeed Mort.
Lt. Fuzz….Anybody know one that wasn’t?….
R.I.P.
@ Willy – Lt. Fuzz lives. He now goes by the name of Lindsay Graham.
One of the old guard.
Farewell Mr. Walker
Always loved Beetle Bailey. I have a relative who worked construction on the museum and Mort himself gave him a signed personalized Beetle original.
During one submarine patrol it seemed like the cooks served some kind of potpie every third day. About 20x to often.
During off crew I found and kept a BB comic stripe featuring Cookie.
He had cooked something that didn’t look edible. Then said, “If the food looks inedible put a crust over it I always say.” I kept it and taped it to the wall outside the radio shack, where the waiting line formed, during the next patrol the first time they served potpie again. Everyone agreed that was the purpose of the crust.
Lol, never had a pot pie on a boat, that would scare me!
But I tell you, fried hamsters, foreskins n gravy, and nairobi trail markers were great👍
Pizza night has morphed to wing and pizza, but still strong.
Ah. Well as best I can recall on that next patrol potpie was only served once, and never again on patrols after that. I like to think that somehow the BB comic stripe posting sent the message. No thanks.
[ Mr Mort understood the military mind set]
As I age, all that has been familiar in life steadily falls away. RIP