The late cartoonist BILL MAULDIN is remembered for his bold social and political commentary for nearly half a century and for his depiction of life in the trenches during World War II. Stationed in Europe during WWII, Mauldin drew cartoons for the Stars and Strips featuring two infantrymen named Willie and Joe. Willie and Joe captured the experiences and emotions of an entire generation of soldiers—so much so that Willie appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 1944. In 1945, Mauldin won his first Pulitzer Prize, “for distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the series entitled ‘Up Front with Mauldin.’”
Mauldin became staff cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1959. In the same year, he won his second Pulitzer for a cartoon entitled I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime? In 1962, Mauldin moved to the Chicago Sun-Times, where he worked until his retirement in 1991. One of Mauldin’s most famous cartoons, depicting the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial holding his head in his hands, appeared in the paper after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
In his lifetime, Mauldin wrote and illustrated over twelve books, including Up Front (1945), Bill Mauldin’s Army (1951, republished in 1983), and The Brass Ring (1971). Mauldin passed away at the age of 81 in 2003.
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image copyright 1983 by Bill Mauldin
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All You Allies Hang On Back There
image copyright 1966 by Bill Mauldin
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Another Five Points to Starboard!
Steady As She Goes!
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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Contemporary Embassy Design
image copyright 1979 by Bill Mauldin
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(Daley on Donkey)
image copyright 1969 by Bill Mauldin
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Don't Rush Me, Tovarich
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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Fat Cat
image copyright 1970 by Bill Mauldin
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Good Man. He'll Drive Prices Back Up
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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Greatest Invention Since the Rolling Pin
image copyright 1973 by Bill Mauldin
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Hard is for Steering; Soft is for Traction
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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He Makes Dumb Mistakes
But He's For Free
image copyright 1988 by Bill Mauldin
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How Can They Call it a 'Little War'?
image copyright 1966 by Bill Mauldin
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I Hate to Think We're Kin to a
Bunch of Bible Thumpers
image copyright 1981 by Bill Mauldin
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If We Legalize Wiretapping,
It Will End Illegal Wiretapping
image copyright 1963 by Bill Mauldin
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I'll Get Back to Running Your Affairs
When I'm Not So Busy
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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It Got Too Social and Too Secure
image copyright 1983 by Bill Mauldin
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Lady, We Don't Make the News,
We Only Peddle It
image copyright 1970 by Bill Mauldin
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Let's Face It, John—Mine Is A
Lot Bigger Than Yours
image copyright 1991 by Bill Mauldin
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Mama, What Was That
Clicking Sound?
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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Maybe They've Had Enough
And Are Being Inscrutable About It
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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My Mama Didn't Raise Her Boy to be a Narc
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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S. Africa
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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Such Incredible Rudeness! I Was
Treated Like an American in Paris
image copyright 1970 by Bill Mauldin
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The Odd Thing About Assassins, Dr. King,
Is That They Think They've Killed You
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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What's The Fuss? Big Brother Has
Been Controlling Your Life...
image copyright 1984
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Women and Children First
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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You Mean People Actually Bought
You Cats Free Drinks…
image copyright 1968 by Bill Mauldin
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Your Function is to Redistribute the Nation's
Wealth on a Contingency Basis
image copyright 1986 by Bill Mauldin
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