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 guy, whose popularity ...

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 ...

Mort Walker, the artist and author of the Beetle Bailey comic strip, stands in his studio in Stamford, Conn., in this Aug. 16, 2010, photo. Walker died Jan. 27, 2018. He was 94. (Craig Ruttle/AP) LOS ...

Mort Walker, whose "Beetle Bailey" comic strip followed the exploits of a lazy G.I. and his inept cohorts at the dysfunctional Camp Swampy, and whose dedication to his art form led him to found the ...

Depending on your PoV, the sixty-year success of Mort Walker’s “Beetle Bailey” either displays the vital comic life of its clearly drawn characters or demonstrates how you can sustain a career in ...

Writers and cartoonists Greg and Brian Walker, whose father launched the comic strip "Beetle Bailey" talk about trying to modernize the famed character. “Beetle Bailey,” the comic strip centered ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES — Comic strip artist Mort Walker ...

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, Mort Walker, the artist and author of the Beetle Bailey comic strip, stands in his studio in Stamford, Conn. On Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, a family member said ...

Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy private "Beetle Bailey," died Saturday. He was 94.

Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy private “Beetle Bailey,” died Saturday. He was 94.

LOS ANGELES — Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy private "Beetle Bailey," died Saturday ...

Mort Walker, whose “Beetle Bailey” comic strip followed the exploits of a lazy G.I. and his inept cohorts at the dysfunctional Camp Swampy, and whose dedication to his art form led him to found the ...