Mort Walker, who created the comic strip Beetle Bailey in 1950, poses with Bailey during ceremonies at the Pentagon on Thursday, June 15, 1990. (Bob Daugherty/AP) When “Beetle Bailey” debuted in 1950, ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...