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 ...

Mort Walker, the creator of “Beetle Bailey,” a comic strip about an Army private who malingered his way through seven decades at Camp Swampy to the consternation of his commanding officers and the ...

Are we supposed to find the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip funny when Beetle is a pile of bones on the ground and Sarge is stomping on him [Comics, Aug. 4]? Is humor supposed to be found week after week ...

Around 300 people watched as a Duluth police officer wrestled down a deer that had wandered into the area of Third Avenue West and First Street. The officer tripped the animal and sat on its head ...

On Jan. 26, I wrote a letter to the editor regarding the aggressive behavior and bullying of Beetle Bailey by his sergeant. They were getting worse and happening for frequently. My letter was never ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA — In 1995, Beetle Bailey didn't make the cut for the Comic Strip Classics. The U.S. Postal Service wanted to create a series of commemorative postage stamps to celebrate the centennial of ...