When “Beetle Bailey” debuted in 1950, it was a college strip about a lanky underachiever who wanted to do as little as possible. Six months later, creator Mort Walker had Beetle enlist in the Army ...

Fans of the long-running comic strip “Beetle Bailey” got a bit of a surprise June 16, when its creator, Mort Walker, chose to set aside his usual military-inspired humor to tackle a more serious ...

Introduced just a month before Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang, the title character of Mort Walker's legendary syndicated ...

An Army information technology officer is signing up with the Camp Swampy crew to become a permanent part of the Beetle Bailey comic strip. An Army information technology officer is signing up with ...

NEOSHO, Mo (Missourinet) – A popular comic strip has its roots in southwest Missouri’s Neosho. Cindy Brown with Crowder College says the creator of Beetle Bailey, Mort Walker, has a connection to ...

Sgt. Snorkle and Beetle each are given ten day furloughs as a reward for their performance in the war games. The army is playing war games and Beetle is picked to run messages between the regiments.

BALTIMORE -- Comic creator Mort Walker knew he was on to something when he brought a computer technician into Beetle Bailey's world and asked fans for their input. He got 84,324 replies -- mostly ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Don't tell Sgt. Snorkel, but perennially put-upon private Beetle Bailey's Army green fatigues are influencing a new collection of limited-edition designer duds. Arguably the ...

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, ...