Mort Walker, the dean of syndicated comic-strip creators, in his studio in Stamford, Conn., in 2010. Several years later, “Beetle Bailey” became one of the last comic strips personally approved by famed media magnate William Randolph Hearst. “Beetle Bailey” is syndicated by King Features to this day, nearly 70 years later. “Beetle Bailey” comic strips rest on Walker’s desk. In recent years, “Beetle Bailey” was syndicated to 1,800 newspapers in more than 50 countries.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2018 23:39 UTC