Phrase by 'Mort Walker'

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I think it's legitimate to do satire. If you're going to write a book of satire on Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, you're not going to get their permission, because you're going to make fun of them!

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  You , Book , Think , Fun


The frustration of being ordered around by somebody to do something - everyone can relate to that. I think Beetle represents that - the common man caught in that morass of rules and regulations. I don't even think of it as an army strip... it's a world anyone can understand.

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  World , Think , Man , Army


I don't know how I'd be retired. I wake up every day with another idea.

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  Know , Day , Every Day , Wake Up


None of the established museums were treating cartoons seriously. It was considered a lesser art or no art at all, just a way to sell newspapers. Even the syndicates who were dedicated to the cartoons were throwing them out, figuring they had no value after they were printed.

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  Value , Art , Way , Seriously


About the only way you can find out about the common man, his slang, what he looked like, what he thought, is through the comic strips. It's a powerful way for young people to learn history.

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  You , People , Man , History


Belly buttons were a big battle of mine. Down at the syndicate, they would clip them out with a razor blade. I began putting so many of them in, in the margins and everywhere, that they had a little box down there called 'Beetle Bailey''s Belly-Button Box. The editors finally gave up after I did one strip showing a delivery of navel oranges.

Author: Mort Walker - American Artist
  Mine , Down , Big , Battle


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