Comments on: Beetle Bailey turns 60 this Saturday

By: Pete McDonnell

Pete McDonnell — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:32:31 +0000

In Mort Walker’s book “Backstage at the Strips”, Walker reproduced a B.C. strip that had B.C. looking at Wiley’s dictionary: the word “mortgage” is floating in panel one. Panel two’s definition: “A device used for measuring one’s tolerance of people named Mort”. A tribute to B.B. from B.C.!

By: Joe Engesser

Joe Engesser — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:20:04 +0000

Beetle goes great with ‘a cup of joe’ on a Sunday morning…just like many other classic strips! Thanks for sharing your genius, Mort…keep us laughing and congratulations from another pleased fan.

By: Robert Gidley

Robert Gidley — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:07:39 +0000

@Gar:
“I’m pretty sure that there’s a big box of unpublished ‘edgy’ Beetle Bailey strips in Mr Walker’s attic somewhere”

Or published in the Comics Journal by Shaenon Garrity:

http://www.tcj.com/blog/the-strangest-pictures-i-have-seen-4/

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:51:28 +0000

Bob, Mort emailed me back with advice a few years ago, a very nice (and wise) gentleman!!

By: BOB QUICK

BOB QUICK — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:46:56 +0000

Mr. Walker wrote me way back in 1958 with advice on cartooning. I have to wonder how many others over the years he has helped along the way. Congratulations to a master.

By: Gar Molloy

Gar Molloy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:40 +0000

I’m pretty sure that there’s a big box of unpublished ‘edgy’ Beetle Bailey strips in Mr Walker’s attic somewhere. Really sick, dirty, hilarious stuff. You don’t spend 60 years with a group of characters without sending them off on adventures you don’t want to show the publishers.

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:29:41 +0000

“all things should stay as they are. Why would anything need to evolve, stay current, or push the medium and themselves?”

Nice strawman – it’s almost a non-sequitor as it has no relation to what I said. I’ll try again.

Beetle Bailey certainly did evolve, just not how you wanted it to. Which is probably why it has lasted as long as it has.

Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury is nothing BUT topical – I see no need to mix the two. I love Beetle Bailey just the way it is…

By: M.D.Simmons

M.D.Simmons — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:46:14 +0000

Happy birthday… Beetle. “Wow the big 60″ I just wanted to say… thank you to mort. He is truly one of my cartooning heroes!!!

By: Jim Kohl

Jim Kohl — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:28:16 +0000

Good point… all things should stay as they are. Why would anything need to evolve, stay current, or push the medium and themselves?
We should all do something once… and then repeat it for a designated amount of time until it’s impressive… you know… like caricaturing.

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:11:43 +0000

Yeah. Plus, if cats acted more like dogs, that would make them much more impressive over time… Right?