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  Mort Info
Walker has been recognized not only for the wide and enduring popularity of his work but also for his stylistic innovations and his leadership in the comics field.
Walker also recognized the historic contributions of his predecessors and contemporaries and in 1974, he founded the Museum of Cartoon Art, the first museum dedicated to the preservation and elevation of the art of comics.
Walker still oversees the 9-to-5 work of the staff at his Connecticut laugh factory studio, which was unofficially dubbed "King Features East" because the work generated there once rivaled the combined output of the entire King Features Syndicate comics department.
www.mortwalker.com /mwinfo.html   (1154 words)

  
  MAIN-WORK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mort Walker was born in 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas.
Walker also recognized the historic contributions of his predecessors and contemporaries and in 1974, he founded the Museum of Cartoon Art, the first museum dedicated to the preservation and elevation of the art of comics.
Walker still oversees the 9-to-5 work of the staff at his Connecticut laugh factory studio, which was unofficially dubbed "King Features East" because the work generated there once rivaled the combined output of the entire King Features Syndicate comics department.
www.doodleforhunger.com /MAIN/mortwalker.html   (418 words)

  
 Mort Walker
Mort Walker was born on 3 September 1923 in El Dorado, Kan. At the age of 11 he had his first comic published and by 12 he sold his first cartoon.
After more than 50 years in the business, Mort Walker still supervises the daily work at his studio, which also employs 6 of his children.
In 1974 he founded the Museum of Cartoon Art[?] and in 1989 he was inducted into the Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Mort_Walker.html   (206 words)

  
 Mort Walker
In May 2000, Walker was honored by the United States Army at the Pentagon with The Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, the highest award the Secretary of the Army can bestow on a civilian.
The University of Missouri, Walker's alma mater, mounted a Beetle Bailey 50th anniversary exhibition in the grand concourse of the Elmer Ellis Library from Sept.
Walker was inducted into the Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame in 1989.
www.beetlebailey.com /mort_walker.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Comic creator: Mort Walker
Mort Walker's career took off when he was eleven years old, when he sold his first cartoon to a regional newspaper.
Walker had to transfer his character from the school campus to an army base and change the character's name.
Mort Walker is the writer of such comics as 'Hi and Lois' (with Dik Browne), 'Mrs.
www.lambiek.net /artists/w/walker.htm   (242 words)

  
 Mort Walker on the MU Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mort Walker came to MU in 1943 after completing a year at Kansas City Junior College.
Walker was also on the staff that produced the college yearbook, The Savitar.
Walker was awarded the Citation of Merit from the College of Arts and Science in 1967.
muarchives.missouri.edu /beetle-three.html   (289 words)

  
 DefenseLink News Article: Mort Walker Still Tickles Military Funny Bones at 80
Walker's relationship with the military dates back to 1943, when he was drafted into the Army during World War II.
Walker has updated his cast of characters over the years to reflect the changing face of the military.
But overall, Walker said, he's made very few changes to update the strip to reflect today's military because being funny is his top priority -- definitely more important than being accurate or current.
www.defenselink.mil /news/newsarticle.aspx?id=28543   (763 words)

  
 Mort Walker Art Craft,Preschool Activities,Mort Walker, Kids Funtime,Coloring,,by Randy Glasbergen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Without question, Mort Walker of Beetle Bailey fame is one of the most popular and most successful cartoonists who ever lifted a pen.
Mort is the original creator of Hi and Lois and Boner's Ark and the founder and chairman of the International Museum of Cartoon Art in Boca Raton, Florida.
Prior to his mega-success in newspapers, Mort Walker was the editor of his college newspaper, an influential staff artist at Hallmark Cards, and the top-selling magazine cartoonist in America.
www.4to40.com /activities/artcraft/index.asp?article=activities_artcraft_mortwalker   (440 words)

  
 Pop Thought -- Joe Hilliard
Mort, Brian, and Bill were incredibly supportive in helping me track down interviews, articles, and good copies of Mort's work for reproduction.
Mort is the most productive man on the planet, and I had to edit out a huge amount of material to adhere to the needs of the Press.
Mort Walker Conversations and the rest of the "Conversations with Comic Artists" series are available from the publisher, University of Mississippi Press at www.upress.state.ms.us.
www.popthought.com /display_column.asp?DAID=790   (2182 words)

  
 Mort Cooper | BaseballLibrary.com
Cooper, whose brother Walker was his catcher during the early 1940s, went 22-7 with 10 shutouts and a 1.77 ERA and was the NL MVP for the 1942 World Champion Cardinals.
Mort and Walker teamed again in 1947, when the fading pitcher appeared in eight games with the Giants.
Mort goes on to beat the New York Yankees 4-3, resurrecting memories of 1942 when the Yankees lost 4 straight after winning the opener.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Cooper_Mort.stm   (1230 words)

  
 University of Missouri Special Collections
Addison Morton Walker was born in Eldorado, Kansas in 1923, reared in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Walker married Jean Walker and in 1985 Catherine Carty Prentice.
Walker's Visit to the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1992: Includes a copy of a Beetle Bailey strip prepared in1989 about Beetle and The Shack; Scholars-in-Residence brochures, programs and mementos; newspaper articles; and information from an exhibit during the visit.
mulibraries.missouri.edu /specialcollections/walker.htm   (1628 words)

  
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The award citation recognized Walker's view of the Army as entertaining several generations of soldiers and his efforts to help make the building of a World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., a reality.
Walker is also the creator of the "Hi and Lois" comic strip.
Mort Walker and SFC Mark Baker are honored herein.
www.geocities.com /koratmahknut/armycartoons.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Mort Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Addison Morton Walker (born September 3, 1923), more popularly known as Mort Walker, is an American comic artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.
He received the Reuben Award of 1953 for Beetle Bailey, the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award for 1966 and 1969, the Gold T-Square Award in 1999, the Elzie Segar Award for 1977 and 1999, and numerous other awards for his work and dedication to the art.
For example, Walker coined the term "squeans" to describe the starbusts and little circles that appear around a cartoon's head to indicate intoxication.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mort_Walker   (388 words)

  
 Mort Walker: Conversations
Walker is one of the most widely read cartoonists in American history, and a legend in his own time.
Mort Walker: Conversations collects interviews and articles that span from 1938 to 2004.
In these conversations Walker shows how he has managed to keep his art and stories fresh for over seventy years of production.
www.upress.state.ms.us /catalog/fall2004/mort_walker.html   (258 words)

  
 The HUMOR Project
Mort Walker is the world's most prolific cartoonist and is read by more than 200 million people in the United States every day and countless more abroad.
Mort has won just about every award a cartoonist can win-- including the Reuben for "best cartoonist of the year" and he has been elected to The Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame.
Mort Walker: It was really interesting to know that finally, after all these years and after all the fun I've made of them, they finally invited me down there.
www.humorproject.com /doses/interview.php?number=23   (4526 words)

  
 HA | Web Extras
Mort Walker's picture often appears on his Knasen comics in Sweden.
Mort Walker sends the Beetle jokes that are too racy for American audiences (and some he knows has no chance of being printed in the U.S.) to Sweden for an occasional "censored" issue.
After Walker had to stop writing and drawing the comic book, he still kept his hand in by doing some covers, including the art for Beetle #9.
www.cagle.com /hogan/webextras/issue12beetle/home.html   (300 words)

  
 The Comics Reporter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mort Walker looks to be following through on an idea that Editor & Publisher notes">Editor & Publisher notes he's been bandying about in public for years by renaming his International Museum for Cartoon Art the National Cartoon Museum and securing space in the Empire State Building, with plans to open in 2006.
Like most pieces featuring Walker -- who probably doesn't get enough credit for this kind of interest in the form -- there are some fine out-of-left-field details that make the article a bouncy read: a cartoonists' meeting in Jamaica, Marvel pledging $1 million in the throes of financial turmoil, and so on.
If Walker's museum becomes fully housed in the building that hosted Martin Goodman's comic book company once upon a time, it should give some teeth to the conventional wisdom that New York City is the only place on the East Coast for such a museum.
www.comicsreporter.com /index.php/mort_walkers_cartoon_museum_to_nyc   (366 words)

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 00042015   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
That is, unless you're comic genius Mort Walker, beloved creator of the cartoon strips Hi and Lois and Beetle Bailey.
Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook provides a comprehensive look at the life and work of this suave cartoonist for his legions of fans and aficionados of the comic world alike.
In this extensive work painstakingly compiled by Walker over the course of two years, he collects his earliest artwork, reveals who his characters are based on, follows the development of his creations, and relates a fascinating perspective about the evolution of the cartooning world.
www.loc.gov /catdir/description/simon051/00042015.html   (214 words)

  
 The Comic Strip Doctor - Beetle Bailey
Himself a WWII veteran, and a noted contributor to and administrator of numerous veterans' aid organizations, Walker's got no shortage of inspiration, yet he continues to toe the line of pabulum, keeping Beetle as detached from the realities of the military experience as B.C. is from the fossil record.
The Walkers have figured out yet another way to point at the singular trait of one of their characters.
These characters are archetypes, with very easily-mined depths, yet Walker is content to endlessly remind us of the color of their gift-wrap instead of opening their packages.
www.wondermark.com /tcsd/stripdoc_8.html   (1246 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Early Edition: Mort Walker Discusses 50 Years of 'Beetle Bailey' - May 25, 2000
WALKER: Well, it really is a sort of a vindication of what I thought I was doing all along.
WALKER: Well, I just did my latest book: "50 Years of Beetle Bailey." I had to read through 18,000 strips in order to do the selection and I had too many favorites.
Mort Walker we thank you so much for your time this morning and your expertise as we see you put together as we see you put together a little Sgt. Snorkel there for us.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0005/25/ee.08.html   (964 words)

  
 What's Up? Bugs Is Moving to the Empire State Building - New York Times
Mort Walker wants more visitors at the cartoon museum he founded.
Walker, who began drawing Beetle Bailey in 1950 and now collaborates on it with his sons Greg and Brian, was first struck with the idea of organizing a museum when he attended a cartoonists' convention in Jamaica in 1970.
Walker, his wife, Catherine, who is co-chairwoman of the museum, and board members decided they had one imperative: to relocate to New York, heart of the cartoon world.
www.nytimes.com /2005/08/13/nyregion/13cartoon.html?ex=1281585600&en=aa16474df28b4a1c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (864 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mort Walker: Conversations (Conversations With Comic Artists Series): Books: Mort Walker,Jason Whiton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Walker is one of the most widely read cartoonists in American history, and a legend in his own time.
Walker calls this "see-ability" and "readability." Publishing professionally as a child prodigy at the age of eleven, and going on to hold numerous positions as an editor, designer, and creator of nine syndicated strips, it is ironic that Walker's most recognized character is known as the laziest fellow in the funny pages.
It would kill me to be told to quit." Walker's continued enthusiasm reveals that the boy with the sailor cap continues to beam from the drawing board, and that to "follow one's bliss" remains as valid and vital at age fourteen as it does at age eighty.
www.amazon.com /Mort-Walker-Conversations-Comic-Artists/dp/1578067006   (1525 words)

  
 Daily Celebrations ~ Mort Walker, Some Kind of Move ~ September 3 ~ Life is a celebration of passionate colors!
Daily Celebrations ~ Mort Walker, Some Kind of Move ~ September 3 ~ Life is a celebration of passionate colors!
By age 18, Walker was named the chief editorial designer of Hallmark Cards.
About the popularity and humor of his work, he explained, "The best kind of gag is one that is not only warm and human...but there is a little bit of wisdom in it, so that not only do they laugh once, but they'll laugh tomorrow."
www.dailycelebrations.com /090305.htm   (315 words)

  
 Military News - Veteran News: Mort Walker Still Tickles Military Funny Bones at 80
Walker's relationship with the military dates back to 1943, when he was drafted into the Army during World War II.
Walker has updated his cast of characters over the years to reflect the changing face of the military.
But overall, Walker said, he's made very few changes to update the strip to reflect today's military because being funny is his top priority -- definitely more important than being accurate or current.
www.militaryconnections.com /story.cfm?textnewsid=524   (1096 words)

  
 Jason Whiton- Mort Walker Conversations
By the time he was fifteen, Walker was a comic strip artist for a daily metropolitan newspaper.
Mort Walker Conversations collects interviews and articles that span from 1938 to 2004.
Walker's love of storytelling shines here, as he recounts anecdotes concerning fellow cartoonists such as Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts), Al Capp (Li'l Abner), and Walt Kelly (Pogo).
www.jasonwhiton.com /walkerconversations.htm   (172 words)

  
 Comics: The People's Art. Interview with Beetle Bailey creator, Mort Walker
Mort Walker is a prolific cartoonist who has created some of the funny pages’ best known and most-loved comic strips, including Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, Boner’s Ark, Sam’s Strip, and Sam and Silo.
Author's update: In 2000 Mort Walker was honored by both the United States Army and his alma mater, the University of Missouri.
Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook: Celebrating a Life of Love and Laughter, was published in 2001.
www.alivingdog.com /Animation-Mort_Walker.html   (4650 words)

  
 eBay - mort walker, Comics, Animation Art, Characters items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
(313) Beetle Bailey daillies by Mort Walker 1-12,1996
(312) Beetle Bailey daillies by Mort Walker 1-12,1995
Backstage at the Strips Mort Walker 1975 BEETLE BAILEY
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=mort+walker&newu=1&krd=1   (435 words)

  
 The Trades - Interview: Mort Walker: Fifty Years of Beetle Bailey
In 1938, while comic books were just entering the Golden Age, Mort Walker staked his claim on the newspaper comic strip pages.
I was privileged to speak with Mort about Beetle’s comic and real-life misadventures, as well as a few other interesting tidbits you may not know about.
Mort has a rich, deep voice that rivals that of Thurl Ravenscroft (Tony the Tiger, for those who might not know).
www.the-trades.com /article.php?id=1641   (1894 words)

  
 French Culture | people : Mort Walker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mort Walker, it is estimated that 200 million people read your strips every day, currently running in 52 countries.
You have given birth to the largest number of characters, most of them kept alive by your collaborators from the King Features Syndicate.
Mort Walker with Laurent Burin des Roziers, Deputy Cultural Counselor
www.frenchculture.org /people/honorees/walker.html   (575 words)

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