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Beetle Bailey Cartoonist Mort Walker Supports the Troops

Beetle BaileyDuring Veterans Day Week 2010, Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker honors the military with a Sunday comic strip tribute and online charity donations, highlighted by a special auction to help raise money to support U.S. troops via the USO and seven other military charities.

In partnership with CharityChoice Gift Cards (www.ccgiftcards.org), the Beetle Bailey Military Charity Auction at www.BeetleBailey.com offers bidders the chance to win two one-of-a-kind portfolios ofBeetle Bailey art prints autographed to the winner and donated by Mort Walker, as well as signed copies of his new book, “Beetle Bailey: The Daily & Sunday Strips 1965.” The auction, which kicked off on Friday, Nov. 5, ends this Sunday, Nov. 14 at 6:00 PM EST.

The special Veterans Day comic strip — part of Walker’s monthly 60th Anniversary series commemorating unforgettable moments in American military history and patriotic observances with a hilarious Beetle spin — ran on Sunday, Nov. 7. Beetle Bailey is syndicated by King Features to more than 1,800 newspapers worldwide.

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