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Beetle Bailey Finds New Barracks

Creator Mort Walker's Cartoon Museum is Ohio-bound

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2008 1:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – One of the world's biggest collections of cartoon art has found a new home at Ohio State University, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker amassed more than 200,000 pieces of cartoon art during his 7 decades in the business... Read full story »

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