tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281037623847496564.post3293745212990574891..comments2023-10-25T05:32:37.447-04:00Comments on The Comics Section: Beetle Bailey: Originally published in 1969.Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00900524204429831341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281037623847496564.post-6152969397852036412010-08-29T18:32:14.445-04:002010-08-29T18:32:14.445-04:00For additional weirdness, a few years later a writ...For additional weirdness, a few years later a writer named Dick Malmgren copied this exact story -- I mean beat for beat, even the same punchline -- <a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/222273/#601229" rel="nofollow">in a "Betty and Veronica" comic.</a> I wonder if he could have been ghostwriting for Walker? I hope so, because that's better than him ripping off a Mort Walker comic.Jaime J. Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281037623847496564.post-77306736835245852272010-08-29T14:27:48.641-04:002010-08-29T14:27:48.641-04:00Mort Walker, a greasy little man. That's a lo...Mort Walker, a greasy little man. That's a lot of setup to get two fat naked guys in front of a crowd of pert-breasted and wasp-waisted women.<br /><br />And just what did they "learn"? About sweaty dewlaps? Please don't tell me it's about how Sarge and nameless fat guy with the blond perm are hung. Even for a 1969 newspaper funnies page, the pretense that these soldiers don't know what a man looks like would be too coy to tolerate.Perfesser Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121044187510013809noreply@blogger.com