I have my own list of comics I follow, that nobody needs to know. But some I remember from my youth (60 + years ago now) that simply don’t seem to be around any more—not that I’d necessarily follow them, but just curious. For some reason, Beetle Bailey has recently stuck in my mind. I know that the reasons for strips ending are many and varied. Sometimes it’s the death of writers and/or artists. Sometimes ideas just run out. And I assume that sometimes public taste just changes. As I sit here, I was wondering if Beetle may have been a casualty of Viet Nam, when for many being in the Army wasn’t even remotely humorous. When I was reading it, it was always at the top of the comic section of the old Philadelphia Bulletin, at least the Sunday version. As I recall, the writers were Mort Walker and Dik Browne. .
I have my own list of comics I follow, that nobody needs to know. But some I remember from my youth (60 + years ago now) that simply don’t seem to be around any more—not that I’d necessarily follow them, but just curious. For some reason, Beetle Bailey has recently stuck in my mind. I know that the reasons for strips ending are many and varied. Sometimes it’s the death of writers and/or artists. Sometimes ideas just run out. And I assume that sometimes public taste just changes. As I sit here, I was wondering if Beetle may have been a casualty of Viet Nam, when for many being in the Army wasn’t even remotely humorous. When I was reading it, it was always at the top of the comic section of the old Philadelphia Bulletin, at least the Sunday version. As I recall, the writers were Mort Walker and Dik Browne. .