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On November 15, 2015 the CBS news show, which comes on Sunday mornings at 8:00 CST,
aired a segment saluting the 100th Anniversary of the "Funnies" in newspapers. One of the cartoonists interviewed was Northeast
High School Alumnus, Mort Walker who is still going strong at 92. He has been drawing the "Beetle Baily" comic strip
for 65 years. which is the longest continuous cartoon strip shown in newspapers.
The following pictures were taken off the TV screen:
| BEETLE BAILY IS BORN |
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| MORT IN HIS WWII DAYS |
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| MORT WITH HIS DRAWING PAD |
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MORT co-created the comic strip "Hi and Lois" in 1954.
| MORT AND HIS SONS BRIAN & GREG |
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| BRIAN WALKER |
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| GREG WALKER |
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The following are scans from a website which showed an interview of Mort Walker by the "Sunday Style Magazine"
insert of the "Connecticut News". To see the article on the Internet, go to:
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