Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front
(W.W. Norton)
“A deeply felt, vivacious and wonderfully illustrated biography.” -Clancy Sigal, Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Vibrant, moving, and full of wonderful cartoons, DePastino’s book breathes life into a fascinating American genius.” — Chris Patsilelis, Philadelphia Inquirer
“DePastino’s bio serves not only as an appreciation of Mauldin’s artistry but also as a complex portrait of an iconoclast who started out as the Greatest Generation’s court jester but grew to become its conscience.” — Bob Cannon, Entertainment Weekly
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years(Fantagraphics Books)
“Bill Mauldin was my first artist hero . . . [Willie & Joe: The WWII Years] reminds me why.”—
Steven Heller, The New York Times Book Review
“The collection is a sensory delight, pleasing to touch and beautiful to see. … For the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, for the man who was once America’s most celebrated enlisted man, Willie & Joe is a fitting, and wonderful, tribute.” —David Mitchell, BiblioBuffet
“There’s a sad wisdom on virtually every page here.”— Jeff Salamon, The Austin American-Statesman
“These gritty, existential cartoons—everything Mauldin published during the war that still exists is compiled here—are the real deal and then some.”—Laurel Maury, NP
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