SEATTLE—Exhibiting an air of practiced nonchalance as he mentioned his high-profile acquaintance, the Hinge date of area woman Melissa Jacobs was overheard Thursday dropping the name of the man who created Beetle Bailey. “You know, what you just said reminds me of something my old buddy Mort—that’s Inkpot Award winner Mort Walker, maybe you’ve heard of him—used to tell me,” said Lee Medford, who reportedly pulled out his phone to show Jacobs a selfie he had taken with the cartoonist before Walker’s death in 2018. “Yeah, he was a regular at my family’s holiday parties back in the 2000s. Real down-to-earth guy. You could almost forget he wrote and illustrated one of the most beloved comic-strip depictions of American military life. He was always giving me the inside scoop on how he came up with Camp Swampy’s cast of blundering goofballs. Say, maybe we could ditch this joint for somewhere a little more private so I can tell you who his inspiration was for Sgt. Snorkel.” At press time, sources confirmed Jacobs had invited Medford back to her place after he mentioned Mort Walker had given him a signed original strip from the Beetle Bailey spinoff Hi And Lois.
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