Frank M. Young never thought much of the Beetle Bailey comic strip, but that's mainly because he read it in the 1990s and after, by which time it had morphed into "predictable" and uninspired humor. A ...

Mort Walker, who created the comic strip Beetle Bailey in 1950, poses with Bailey during ceremonies at the Pentagon on Thursday, June 15, 1990. (Bob Daugherty/AP) When “Beetle Bailey” debuted in 1950, ...