There is an extensive cast of characters who interact with Beetle, including Lt. Fuzz, General Halftrack, Zero, Duke, the general's secretary, Miss Buxley, and, of course, Sarge and his dog Otto.
King Features was actually considering dropping Beetle after his first year, but that was until Beetle accidentally entered an Army recruiting office, and, the rest is history. Back then, the Korean War was underway.
Not everyone, however, is a big fan. Mort walker has come under attack by women's rights groups because of Miss Buxley.
Joe Schiesel, 72, says that every organization has deadbeats. And every deadbeat has someone on their case trying to change them.
Mort Walker was born in El Dorado, Kansas, and earned $1 for his first cartoon at age 11 and decided that this was much better than the 10 cents an hour he made delivering to a local drugstore.
Still Not Finished. --DaCoot
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Beetle Bailey Turns 60-- Part 1
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
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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