Mort Walker, "Beetle Bailey" creator, dies at 94

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mort-walker-whose-%E2%80%98beetle-bailey%E2%80%99-was-a-comic-page-staple-for-decades-dies-at-94/ar-BBIjqpt?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Walker created the "Beetle Bailey" strip in 1950, featuring the military goof-off who spends his Army time trying to outwit (or outrun) his hot-tempered drill sergeant, Sgt. Snorkel. Walker also created the strips "Hi And Lois", "Boner's Ark", and "Sam's Strip". He also founded a museum devoted to the art of cartooning.

RIP to a great American creative genius.

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1. Hear hear

[regnaD kciN]

2. The interesting thing about Beetle Bailey...

...is that it wasn't originally a military strip. In its first year(s?) it was set at a college, with Beetle and Plato students and frat brothers. After a time, Walker decided, based on his own experiences in the Army, that it was a more fertile ground for his type of humor, and re-launched the strip with the two of them recast as new recruits.

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3. One thing I never knew

Is that Beetle is Lois Flagston's brother from Hi and Lois.

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4. (never had opportunity to read Hi and Lois.....)

so can't say I know anything about it. That's an interesting factoid, though--thanks for posting it!