Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When “Beetle Bailey” debuted in 1950, it was a college strip about a lanky underachiever who wanted to do as little as possible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. September 4th marks the 70th anniversary of comic strip Beetle Bailey's debut in the funny pages. Mort Walker created Beetle as a ...

Mort Walker, whose "Beetle Bailey" comic strip followed the exploits of a lazy G.I. and his inept cohorts at the dysfunctional Camp Swampy, and whose dedication to his art form led him to found the ...

Cartoonist Mort Walker died last week at the age of 94, and Beetle Bailey, his most famous creation, has in all likelihood run in newspapers for longer than you’ve been alive. If you think of it at ...