The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.
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Seven days without laughter makes one weak.Mort Walker
I took Beetle home thinking that after the Korean War was over, I would have to take him out of the Army. I thought, well, what am I going to do with him?
Mort Walker
I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.
Mort Walker
I got my experience drawing for school newspapers. I was drawing editorial cartoons and comic strips as far back as I can remember.
Mort Walker
When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine.
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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
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