Today is the birthday of our favorite comic artist and founder of our magazine, Addison Morton Walker (born September 3, 1923). He is best known as Mort Walker, the creator of the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950, and Hi and Lois in 1954.
It is a very special birthday too - this year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Beetle Bailey comic strip. It will turn 60 years old as Mort Walker turns 87. A great time to celebrate - Beetle Bailey is the longest-running comic strip to be drawn by a single cartoonist.
Mort Walker had his first comic published at the age of 11, and sold his first cartoon at 12. At 15 he worked as a comic-strip artist for a daily newspaper and by 18 he became chief editorial designer at Hall Bros. (Hallmark Cards).
"You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper." - Mort Walker
"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart." - Mort Walker
"Seven days without laughter makes one weak." - Mort Walker
"You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper." - Mort Walker
"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart." - Mort Walker
"Seven days without laughter makes one weak." - Mort Walker
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