Morton Walker

Morton Walker, popularly known as Mort Walker, was an American comic artist best known for creating the iconic newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. He was a prolific cartoonist who created up to nine syndicated strips during his lifetime, with Beetle Bailey remaining one of the most widely syndicated comic strips in the world. Walker died on January 27, 2018, at the age of 94, from complications of pneumonia at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.