“Beetle Bailey” comic strip artist Mort Walker died Saturday at age 94, his family said. According to his oldest son, Greg, who partnered with his father on that venerable cartoon take on the ...

Mort Walker, the renowned comic strip artist best known for his cartoon depicting the high jinks ... making him the longest-running artist in the medium's history, according to a statement from ...

His father's advanced age was the cause of death, he said. Walker began publishing cartoons at age 11 and was involved with more than a half-dozen comic strips in his career, including "Hi and ...