Saturday was the 60th anniversary of Beetle Bailey, created by Mort Walker. The comic strip was introduced before Peanuts, and unlike Charlie Brown the premise and setting changed. For most of its run Beetle Bailey has been on an Army base, but it started out with Beetle in college.
There was a series of Beetle Bailey cartoons produced in the 60’s by Al Brodax. Brodax’s next project was to produce another batch of cartoon Beetles, but they were Beatles.
Snoopy is still on the job, pitching for MetLife…
… but why is he reading The New York Times, a newspaper that has never had a comics page?
This past Sunday’s Family Circus is a nice throwback to the days of classic comic strips, because it’s packed with lots of little fun background details. Click to picture to see a large scan.
The real reason why Mickey wanted to go to Paris…
The Daily Cartoonist reports that ABC-TV has signed a five-year contract to continue airing the Peanuts holiday specials. Which is good, because ten years after moving from CBS, I still need more time to get used to them being on ABC!
The 60th anniversary of Peanuts is only two months away. Here are some related items of note:
