Mort Walker
Autographed Original Painting
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Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strip 'Beetle Bailey.' Walker went to New York to pursue a career in cartooning. He began doing Spider, a one-panel series for The Saturday Evening Post, about a lazy, laid-back college student. When he decided he could make more money doing a multi-panel comic strip, 'Spider' morphed into 'Beetle Bailey,' eventually distributed by King Features Syndicate to 1,800 newspapers in more than 50 countries for a combined readership of 200 million daily.
Mort Walker
"Beetle Bailey and Sarge Snorkel"
Circa 1970
Ink, opaque watercolors, and background dye-spattering over graphite on illustration board
Signed on face, lower right
Complete in vintage upholstered matte and frame
Finished Dimensions: 32 x 26.5 inches
Fine Condition
A tireless experimenter in the borderlands between cartooning and painterly technique, Walker developed this immense composition as a fusion of comic art, the Pop Art movement, and Abstract Expressionism. Sarge Snorkel is up to his usual drill of chewing out PFC Beetle Bailey -- but this time, Sarge's cussing comes out in wild bursts of color. Beetle is at once chagrined and oblivious.
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American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.
American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.
American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.
American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.
American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.
American Grammy Award winning writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.