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During WW II, the closest most Americans ever came to combat was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S. Army. This collection of over 600 cartoons, most never before reprinted, is more than the record of a great artist: it is an essential chronicle of America’s citizen-soldiers from peace through war to victory. Bill Mauldin knew war because he was in it. He had created his characters, Willie and Joe, at age 18, before Pearl Harbor, while training with the 45th Infantry Division and cartooning part-time for the camp newspaper. His brilliant send-ups of officers were pure infantry, and the men loved it. Mauldin’s cartoons and captions recreated on paper the fully realized world of the American combat soldier.
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Willie & Joe, Todd DePastino, Mauldin Bill
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2008
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- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- Willie & Joe
- Sottotitolo
- The WWII Years
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Todd DePastino, Mauldin Bill
- Editore
- Fantagraphics Books
- Pubblicato
- 2008
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 650
- ISBN10
- 1560978384
- ISBN13
- 9781560978381
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 4,45 su 5
- Descrizione
- During WW II, the closest most Americans ever came to combat was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S. Army. This collection of over 600 cartoons, most never before reprinted, is more than the record of a great artist: it is an essential chronicle of America’s citizen-soldiers from peace through war to victory. Bill Mauldin knew war because he was in it. He had created his characters, Willie and Joe, at age 18, before Pearl Harbor, while training with the 45th Infantry Division and cartooning part-time for the camp newspaper. His brilliant send-ups of officers were pure infantry, and the men loved it. Mauldin’s cartoons and captions recreated on paper the fully realized world of the American combat soldier.