![]() Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others. ![]() Norton, 2008), which has been named one of the best books of 2008 by ![]() This presentation is based on DePastino's book, BILL MAULDIN: A LIFE UP FRONT (W.W. We have never viewed war in the same way since. There, readers followed the stories of Willie and Joe, two wise-cracking ‘dogfaces’ whose mud-caked uniforms and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived – and died – in it. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and General George Patton's pledge to throw him in jail for insubordination to deliver his grim depictions of war to Stars and Stripes and hundreds of homefront newspapers. ![]() DePastino’s program is an illustrated talk on the great World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin, an army infantry sergeant who rocketed to fame at ageĢ2 with his wildly popular feature Up Front. ![]() The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes author Todd DePastino on Friday, Octofrom 7:00 to 9:00pm for a special presentation on the life and art of multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin. Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front Booksigning and presentation with author Todd DePastinoĬartoon Art Museum Event: Friday, October 2, 2009, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm ![]()
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