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Camera-ready comic art drawing for Beetle Bailey

American History Museum

Comic art by Mort Walker, Beetle Baily (Copyright King Features Syndicate)
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Object Details

graphic artist

Walker, Mort

publisher

King Features Syndicate

Description (Brief)

This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the Beetle Bailey comic strip shows Beetle asking what the Chaplain thinks about sneaking naps after being told “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”
Addison Morton "Mort" Walker (1923- ) was first published at age eleven, and soon afterward was drawing a weekly cartoon for the Kansas City Journal. After U.S. Army service in World War II, Walker began drawing a cartoon named Spider for the Saturday Evening Post. King Features Syndicate later contracted with him for the related comic strip devoted to the character Beetle Bailey. Walker also wrote for Hi and Lois, considered to be a spin-off of Beetle Bailey. More recently Walker has drawn the strip with the help of his sons.
Beetle Bailey (1950- ), a private in the U.S. Army, is regularly looking for a way to avoid doing work. He is memorable because his eyes are always covered by a hat or helmet. The strip location originally took place on a college campus but after a year Walker reimagined the location of the strip as a U.S. Army base called "Camp Swampy," where the characters seem to be stationed in never-ending basic training.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY

date made

1966-09-24

ID Number

GA.22533

catalog number

22533

accession number

277502

Object Name

drawing

Object Type

Drawings

Other Terms

drawing; Pen and Ink

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 15.8 cm x 48.7 cm; 6 1/4 in x 19 3/16 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-8969-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_797256

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