Willie and Joe : The WWII Years

English

ISBN: 1606994395

EAN: 9781606994399

Category: Humor / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Release Date: 08/02/2011

Synopsis: During WWII, the closest most Americans ever came to it was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S. Army. Here, for the first time, Fantagraphics Books brings together Mauldins complete works from 1940 through the end of the war. 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 Americas citizen-soldiers from peace through war to victory. Bill Mauldin knew war because he was in it. With their heavy brush lines, detailed battlescapes, and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect, Mauldins cartoons and captions recreated on paper the fully realized world of the American combat soldier. Their dark, often insubordinate humor sparked controversy among army brass and incensed General George S. Patton, Jr. This tome is edited by Todd DePastino, Mauldins official biographer: Willie & Joe contains an introduction and running commentary by DePastino, providing context for the drawings, pertinent biographical details of Mauldins life, and occasional background on specific cartoons (such as the ones that made Patton howl).

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Willie and Joe : The WWII Years

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 2.2 inches

Width: 8.1 inches

Length: 10.1 inches

Weight: 81.06 oz

Pages: 704