OT 'Beetle Bailey' cartoonist Mort Walker dies at 94

Robert Freise

https://www.yahoo.com/news/beetle-bailey-cartoonist-mort-walker-dies-94-224526457.html

 

Some of us may remember his comics

kyoto kid

..aww gees.  Loved that cartoon. Even had the Beetle Bailey comic books.

nonesuch00

I have a book of some of his collected Beetle Bailey comics, but there are so many it doesn't include them all.

LeatherGryphon

He should have followed the examples of Beetle and the Sargent, and never aged. 

Followed him faithfully as a kid.  Still glance at him when I find a comics page.  In almost every newspaper.

pwiecek

What Beetle Bailey teaches us:

Senior officers are senile woman chasers.

Junior officers are self important incompetents or  stereotypical ethnic minorities

Senior NCO's are bullies

Junior NCO's are suck-ups

Enlisted men are lazy, over-sexed or stupid.

Female DOD employees' only value is as eye candy

There was not one character in the entire run of the strip that casts a good light on the members of the armed forces

 

Coming Up Next:

A rant on how disrespectful using "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is to service members AND their wives.

LeatherGryphon

pwiecek said:

What Beetle Bailey teaches us:

Senior officers are senile woman chasers.

Junior officers are self important incompetents or  stereotypical ethnic minorities

Senior NCO's are bullies

Junior NCO's are suck-ups

Enlisted men are lazy, over-sexed or stupid.

Female DOD employees' only value is as eye candy

There was not one character in the entire run of the strip that casts a good light on the members of the armed forces

 

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But, but, it's what would sell.    Hmmm, where have I heard that argument before?

timnaas

Oh my......

I do remember the comic strip as well.

also....if memory serves me correctly! There was a  Saturday Morning Cartoon of it in the late '60/early '70's. I think I do remember watching it as a kid then,

 

nonesuch00

pwiecek said:

What Beetle Bailey teaches us:

Senior officers are senile woman chasers.

Junior officers are self important incompetents or  stereotypical ethnic minorities

Senior NCO's are bullies

Junior NCO's are suck-ups

Enlisted men are lazy, over-sexed or stupid.

Female DOD employees' only value is as eye candy

There was not one character in the entire run of the strip that casts a good light on the members of the armed forces

 

Coming Up Next:

A rant on how disrespectful using "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" is to service members AND their wives.

Well I've been there, done that, and he was pretty spot on actually about quite a few folk in the military. It's a comic not law or those with pretenses about defining law themselves but can't. One shouldn't imitate comics or mass media in real life. They're meant to humously warn you of uncouth behaviour and not all of it strictly illegal either. If he tried to make a comic of my behaviour in the military he'd bore you to tears mostly. With Beetle Bailey it got to be pretty boring quickly anyway, loutish behaviour or not, altthough occasionally is would be good. Bill Watterson was very smart to stop at 10 years. I'm guessing though he was quite well financially set after 10 years of big success.

Still, I like Hi & Louis better.

Novica

I read that comic, but my favorite was Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Primarily for the Ma character. The term heebie - jeebies originated from that strip. 

lexbaird

pwiecek said:

What Beetle Bailey teaches us:

This just in: Jokes employ sterotypes of human foibles for humorous effect. Up next in the popular series, "Who's Offended Today": an in depth look at how "Doonsberry" unrealistically portrays political opposition, how "Asterix and Oblix" misrepresent history, how "Dilbert" unfairly misrepresents upper management, and how the character, "Charley Brown" makes light of childhood trauma.