Belly buttons were a big battle of mine. Down at the syndicate, they would clip them out with a razor blade. I began putting so many of them in, in the margins and everywhere, that they had a little box down there called 'Beetle Bailey''s Belly-Button Box. The editors finally gave up after I did one strip showing a delivery of navel oranges.
タグ: mine, big, down, battle

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When I first started, you couldn't mention divorce or death. You couldn't show smelly socks. You couldn't show a snake. They took a skunk out of my strip one time.
タグ: snake, time, you, death
Professionals don't get writer's block. I can always come up with the punch line.
タグ: punch, come, i-can, always
At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them.
タグ: want, down, time, you
I like a happy ending. That's what I do all the time. I like to make people feel happy.
タグ: feel, happy, people, time
When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.
タグ: soldier, problems, black, stars
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