![]() ![]() As in more recent strips the battle between slacker Bailey and his thuggish nemesis Sgt. Much of the series’ basic cast had already been established by 1965 (two notable exceptions: the always-good-for-a-horny-guy joke Miss Buxley and the seemingly unflappable black Lieutenant Flap), with at least one character, oldster soldier Pop, on his way out. It helps that the volume collects daily and Sunday strips from its peak teen years - when some of the jokes are a wee bit fresher and the Walker/Jerry Dumas big foot art contains enough hints of its period to provide a pleasing retro glow. ![]() I’ve swung between both points over the years, but I have to admit to getting a kick out of Titan Books’ year worth of strips, Beetle Bailey: 1965. Depending on your PoV, the sixty-year success of Mort Walker’s “Beetle Bailey” either displays the vital comic life of its clearly drawn characters or demonstrates how you can sustain a career in comics telling the same jokes over and over.
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