"Beetle Bailey" is certainly one of these creations.

His creation, Beetle Bailey, will be the loafer in residence there, presumably for all time.

Beetle Bailey, of course, will be his usual indolent self, lounging on a bench, doing what he does best, nothing.

The statue of Beetle Bailey will show him sitting in one of the booths.

Basically, he says, Beetle Bailey is really a family comic strip.

In the beginning, Beetle Bailey was a college sophomore and the strip appeared in 12 newspapers.

This soldier, whose exploits are recorded regularly in 1,800 newspapers, is Beetle Bailey.

I flipped to the comics, but even Beetle Bailey was too taxing.

Beetle Bailey is unusual in having one of the largest and most varied permanent casts of any comic strip.

Beetle Bailey also successfully appeared in comic books, from 1953-1980.