From the September 5th Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus. Associated Press.
You'd think that by the age of 60, Beetle bailey would be able to retire from the US Army and get away from his nemesis, Sarge, but his creator, Mort Walker, says he will continue on for as long as Mort is able.
Beetle Bailey, that slouching, lazy private, first appeared in 12 newspapers yesterday, back 60 years ago, September 4, 1950. Today, he is high up in comic strip hierarchy appearing seven days a week in 1800 newspapers.
Said Mort Walker, "He's still pretty much lazy. I haven't changed him a tremendous amount because I think that's his character that I want to keep. He represents the little man in all of us."
Walker continued, "Beetle is the embodiment of everybody's resistance to authority, all the rules and regulations which you have to follow. He deals with it in his own way."
More Beetle to Come. --Cooter
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