There are worse things to wish for than to wish all our Army bases were as peaceful and uneventful as this one, where the worst crisis was Lt Fuzz measuring Sarge's desk to make sure it wasn't bigger than his own, where a bulldog in a uniform could get a beer with no problem, where Beetle was still deep asleep as the inspecting officer came in the door..



And here is a little biography of himself and his work that Mort Walker produced in 1957. I was fond of BEETLE BAILEY and HI AND LOIS. Neither strip had flashes of inspired genius that made you clip them out and save them inside a favorite book, but they were always enjoyable and good-natured; and I liked the way Walker understood the conventions of comics, the way three lines and a puff of smoke meant one thing behind a person and another when placed overhead, that he liked experimenting with them. I wouldn't mind a big softcover reprint of early BEETLE BAILEY from before my time...