Mort Walker
American comic strip cartoonist
Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018), popularly known as Mort Walker, was an American comic artist. Walker was best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. He has signed Addison to some of his strips.
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Died | January 27, 2018 | (aged 94)
Nationality | American |
Notable work | Beetle Bailey Hi and Lois |
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Walker was born on September 3, 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas. He was raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Walker studied at Northeast High School and at the University of Missouri.
Walker died from complications of pneumonia on January 27, 2018 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 94 years old.[1]
References
change- ↑ Bahrampour, Ali (January 27, 2018). "Mort Walker, whose 'Beetle Bailey' was a comic-page staple for decades, dies at 94". Retrieved January 27, 2018.
Other websites
change- Official site
- National Cartoonists Society: Mort Walker Archived 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Mort Walker Papers 1950-1968 at Syracuse University (primary source material)
- Mort Walker Collection Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at University of Missouri (primary source material)