Mort Walkers Beetle Bailey | Hardcover 75 Years Of SmilesSynopsis: \"Old cartoonists never die. They just erase away\" This was one of Mort Walker's favorite sayings, and until his final days, he lived by his motto, engaging millions of readers through his beloved comics. Walker had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. He produced Beetle Bailey for 67 years, 3 months and 12 days that's 24,576 strips. He penciled his last week of daily strips on December 16,