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The Shack was destroyed in a fire in 1988 and Walker returned in 2010 for dedication of a replica of the building in the student center with the dining area now formally called "Mort's". [ 12 ] [ 14 ] A life-sized bronze statue of Beetle Bailey stands in front of the alumni center which is near The Shack's original location.
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Sam and Silo is an American comic strip created by Mort Walker (creator of Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois) and Jerry Dumas, which began on April 18, 1977. [1] The series is a "continuation" or a spin-off of Sam's Strip (1961-1963), as it uses the same characters. Dumas was solely responsible for the strip from 1995 and drew it until his death in ...
Boner's Ark is an American comic strip created by Mort Walker, also the creator of Beetle Bailey. Walker debuted the strip under the pseudonym "Addison" on March 11, 1968. [1] The title is a reference to Noah's Ark of Abrahamic religions. Designed and written by Mort Walker, Boner's Ark first appeared on March 11, 1968. The series ran until May ...
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Ron Goulart praised Dik Browne's artwork for the strip, stating "Browne made Hi and Lois one of the most visually interesting strips on the comics page." [1] In an article for Entertainment Weekly reviewing then-current comic strips, Ken Tucker gave Hi and Lois a B+ rating, and added that it had the "gentlest humor" of all the Mort Walker comic strips.
Walker began preserving cartoon artwork in the 1940s, when he discovered King Features Syndicate using Krazy Kat drawings to sop up water leaks. [3] Walker lived in Greenwich, Connecticut , and in 1974, with a contribution of $50,000 from the Hearst Foundation , he opened his museum nearby at 850 Canal Street in Stamford, Connecticut .
In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the oldest comic strips still being produced by its original creator. [1] Over the years, Mort Walker had been assisted by (among others) Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson, Frank Johnson and Walker's sons, Neal, Brian and Greg Walker, who are continuing the strip after his death.