A wise and worldly editor once offered two simple rules. Rule 1: Don’t mess with the comics. Rule 2: If you ignore Rule 1, take a long, out-of-town vacation. As you will see, I have broken the first ...

The Cartoon Art Museum marks the 75th anniversary of Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey with a Sunday afternoon Toon Talk with Mort's son, cartoonist and historian Brian Walker, on February 15, 2026 from ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA — The U.S. Postal Service is honoring a classic cartoon character with mid-Missouri roots at a ceremony Friday at MU. A stamp depicting sad-sack soldier Beetle Bailey and his longtime foil, ...

Are we supposed to find the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip funny when Beetle is a pile of bones on the ground and Sarge is stomping on him [Comics, Aug. 4]? Is humor supposed to be found week after week ...

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 ...

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 ...

Part of what makes these comic strips so appealing is readers' ability to relate to and care for characters who have become beloved over the years.