| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1082.JPG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Mauldin and his most famous creations, honored on a\ |
| 3 | 2010 US postage stamp.]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | William Henry Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was a UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning American cartoonist, best known for his UsefulNotes/WorldWarII cartoons featuring soldiers Willie and Joe (no, not ''[[Creator/HannaBarbera those ones]]'', '''[[ComicStrip/WillieAndJoe these ones]]'''), which were originally published in ''Stars and Stripes'' and subsequently collected in the bestselling 1945 memoir ''Up Front''. After the war he worked as an editorial cartoonist and freelance writer and illustrator. The artist's most famous work outside of Willie and Joe was a 1963 editorial cartoon that portrayed [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln the Lincoln Memorial]] in anguish, with its head in its hands, following the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. Mauldin also dabbled in acting, playing a supporting role in the 1951 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheRedBadgeOfCourage'', and also made an (unsuccessful) run for Congress in 1956. Mauldin was also one of the interviewees for ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_War The Good War]]'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1984 oral history book compiled by Studs Terkel[[note]]and a major inspiration for ''Literature/WorldWarZ''[[/note]]. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Beginning in 1969, ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' cartoonist and [=WWII=] vet Creator/CharlesMSchulz paid tribute to Mauldin each Veterans Day, usually by having Snoopy go over to his house to "quaff a few root beers". For the [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1998/11/11 1998 strip]], he incorporated a bit of Mauldin's own artwork to show Willie and Joe encountering Snoopy on a battlefield. |
| 8 |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Creator / BillMauldin
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load
