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.

Mort Walker

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Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart. by Mort Walker

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

laughter heart happiness

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did. by Mort Walker

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.

research knows writing

Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind up is the sum total of all your past moves...but first you have to make some kind of move.

life past moving

You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper.

kansas-city cities trying

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got... by Mort Walker

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

stripes demise stars

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners... by Mort Walker

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

success motivational sports

Seven days without laughter makes one weak. by Mort Walker

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

happiness inspirational funny

I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars.

car running believe

At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them.

cartoon tables want

When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine.

editors hurt war

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.

two-sides army war

When I draw, I rule the world. by Mort Walker

When I draw, I rule the world.

draws world

You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.

taught passion nice

Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name o... by Mort Walker

Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.

names people

When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.

black stars soldier

I've always said that what cartoonists do is create friends for r... by Mort Walker

I've always said that what cartoonists do is create friends for readers.

create always friends said

Old cartoonists never retire, they just erase away. by Mort Walker

Old cartoonists never retire, they just erase away.

old never just erase

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.

mine down big battle

I like a happy ending. That's what I do all the time. I like to m... by Mort Walker

I like a happy ending. That's what I do all the time. I like to make people feel happy.

feel happy time people

Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.

think always authority people