Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles

A handsome coffee-table career retrospective of one of the most respected, dedicated, and prolific cartoonists in the history of comics,Beetle Bailey's Mort Walker.

Publisher Marketing: Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles is a testament to the talented individuals who worked on the comic strip. Fantagraphics and all involved in this book's creation have done a great service for the history of comic strips and for readers, no matter whether a longtime fan or those just discovering the strip.-- "Cinema Sentries" Review Quotes : The American comic strip has long been a hallmark of the newspaper industry. The first, appearing back in 1895 when fierce newspaper rivalries ruled the day. Even with the golden age now over, some characters are as popular as ever. Among them, Beetle Bailey, now celebrating 75 years. An all-in-operation drawing on a future firmly planted in the 21st century.-- "CBS News Saturday Morning" Review Quotes : Beetle means a lot to soldiers and veterans, who easily relate to Walker's exaggeratedly accurate portrayal of army camp life. It means a lot to the rest of the world, too, though, simply because it is so often genuinely hilarious.-- "Forces of Geek" Publisher Marketing : "Old cartoonists never die. They just erase away..." This was one of Mort Walker's favorite sayings, and until his final days, he lived by his motto, engaging millions of readers through his beloved comics. Walker had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. He produced Beetle Bailey for 67 years, 3 months and 12 days - that's 24,576 strips. He penciled his last week of daily strips on December 16, 2017.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 276 | Publication Date: 2025-09-16