CSotD: … and this note of dissent …
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I shouldn't laugh at today's Lio.
I mean, it's Beetle Bailey's 60th anniversary, after all, and, besides, I interviewed Mort Walker a few years ago and found him to be a charming and interesting guy with a lot of accomplishments under his belt.
On the other hand, back around Beetle's 40th anniversary, I wrote a column the editor headlined "Time to discharge Pvt. Bailey," and even my own paper didn't. I doubt this poke in the eye will prove much more effective in freeing up a little space on the comics page for artists with new gags to draw.
Certain strips seem embedded on the comics page, not to provide fresh laughs, but to assure readers that, whatever else is changing in a strange and dangerous world, some things remain the same through eternity. The economy may fall, bombs may explode and people may rob each other in the street, but Trudy will still bang the car into the garage door, Garfield will still kick Odie off the table and Sarge will still clobber Beetle. Be not afraid, my children.
Anyway, I laughed. And, even if I thought it more polite and prudent, during this special moment, to sing along with the anniversary chorus, this unexpected dissent really has to be the Comic Strip of the Day.
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