Walker, Mort

Born Addison Morton Walker in Eldorado, Kansas in 1923; reared in Kansas City; graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia; and served with the U.S. Army in Italy as a 1st Lieutenant in World War II. At age twelve he sold his first cartoon, at fifteen was drawing a comic strip, The Lime Juicers, for the Kansas City Journal. At twenty-six he married Jean Walker and created Beetle Bailey which he sold to King Features Syndicate. His honors include the Reuben Award, 1953; "Silver Lady" outstanding cartoonist of the year, 1955; president of the National Cartoonist Society for 1959-60; National Cartoonists Society best comic strip, 1966, 1969. In addition to Beetle Bailey (1950 to date), Walker produced (some collaboratively): Hi and Lois, 1954 to date; Mrs. Fitz' Flats, 1957-72; Sam's Strip, 1961-63; Boner's Ark 1968-2000; Sam and Silo, 1977 to date; The Evermores, 1983-86; Betty Boop and Felix, 1984-88 and Gamin and Patches, 1987-88. Walker founded the Museum of Cartoon Art in Port Chester, New York in 1974, later the International Museum of Cartoon Art. In 1985 he married Catherine Carty Prentice. He has 7 children and lives in Stamford, Connecticut.

From the description of The Mort Walker collection : papers, 1946-[ongoing]. 1946- (University of Missouri -- Columbia). WorldCat record id: 44671268

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