Comments on: Stars of Political Cartooning - Bill Mauldin

By: Daniel Euergetes

Daniel Euergetes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:13:33 +0000

I have a recording I made when I was 13 years old listening to a Connecticut FM radio station in the summer of 1973. If I can remember, this was W104 FM.

A commercial came on during the recording (Betty Blue Reports) and only a very short part of it at that...

I think this was "Lancer's Cafe." The advertisement says, Rt 57 Forestville.

Is this the same Warren Sattler, "Warren Sattler and the Travelers?"

Sincerely

Daniel Euergetes

By: Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » A Month of Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoons - Day 14

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:57:40 +0000

[...] featured Bill Mauldin (1921-2003) in the Month of Political Cartooning Stars, and I’ve already shown you [...]

By: Peter Warnock

Peter Warnock — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:41:27 +0000

The Mauldin cartoon of the officer shooting his "dead" jeep (based on a cavalryman putting down his injured horse) even made it to TV. In an episode of MASH, Col. Potter pulls out his pistol and shoots his jeep, which has just been run over by a tank driven by Frank Burns. I've been a Mauldin fan all my life, the first hardcover book I ever bought was "The Brass Ring" back in the early 70's.

By: Joanie Kleckner

Joanie Kleckner — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:23:31 +0000

Tues. night, I was struck by the number of times ABC showed Obama on a split screen with theLincoln Memorial. I wish Bill Mauldin was still with to draw a companion cartoon to the "Weeping Lincoln"--one with of victory!

By: Dane

Dane — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:49:09 +0000

I don't know what that means, but it sure sounds cool.

Dane, age 12

By: enjoy the silence « maki’s blog

enjoy the silence « maki’s blog — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:47:46 +0000

[...] Stars of Political Cartooning - Bill Mauldin Uma boa amostra do trabalho do cartunista polÃtico Bill Mauldin. [...]

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:49:22 +0000

I've been a 'Maudlin Fan' for over two years now, and I've read most of his WWII strips, but I never heard of the later ones. My favorite is the old officer shooting his broken jeep, in one of his books he said no-one appreciated that particular comic. I thought that was strange since it was such a great comic.

Dane.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:00:53 +0000

"I believe the point Maudlin is trying to make is that liberals tend to nearly always side with whomever is raging against authority at that momentâ€¦ to the point of being absurd."

I don't think he was trying to make a point about a generalized group of people, actually. I think he was making a point about the complications involved in that kind of activism.

Complexity, not name-calling simplicity.

By: Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » The Lightning Round

Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » The Lightning Round — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:04:50 +0000

[...] Brian Cronin looks at the work of editorial cartoonists Bill Mauldin and David [...]

By: Dan K

Dan K — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:08:17 +0000

Great stuff. The literacy test one is particularly cutting and the press quote one is very funny. Thank God they had the sense to promote Eisenhower over Patton's head.

By: John Cage

John Cage — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:09:17 +0000

Huh. Interesting stuff. I read a lot of Peanuts growing up so it's finally nice to know who Snoopy was always quaffing those root beers with.

Have a good day.
John Cage

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:39:30 +0000

Wow, fantastic stuff! I was familiar with Maudlin's WWII strips, but didn't know about his later political cartooning. Now I'm off to Amazon to check out more of his work...

Really, this is a great feature, and one more good reason to come to CSBG every day. Thanks for doing it.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:26:25 +0000

Good stuff. Made me chuckle.

At some point you should do an all-time best New Yorker cartoonists page, showcasing guys like Price, Adams and my absolute favorite cartoonist EVER, George Booth.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:34:05 +0000

Can you clarify?

Sure, people against it would not be telling them "not so fast," they'd be telling them not to do it at all. It is the supporters who were saying stuff like, "I totally agree with you, but things are going too fast, we should slow down a bit." Mauldin, of course, found such a position foolish - but it was a common position amongst many civil rights supporters of the early 60s.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:30:33 +0000

I absolutely love the one where the depressed soldier's superior is giving a positive quote to the press on the kid's behalf.

I should read that collection.

By: bbb

bbb — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:42:01 +0000

FYI...the new Fantagraphics release was going for only $26 on Amazon a couple weeks ago....picked up my copy then....less than 1/2 price and worth 3 x's as much...

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:31:25 +0000

Not just a great cartoonist, but a great American. I lift a mug of root beer in his honor.

By: kirbydotter

kirbydotter — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:24:33 +0000

I own two books about/by Bill Mauldin. UP FRONT (the W.W. Norton & Co. 2000 reissue of the 1945 classic with a new foreword by historian Stephen E. Ambrose) is all about his war years. THE BRASS RING (1971) which is an autobiography. I was not aware of the Fantagraphics 2-books set and will certainly look out for it.

Is it just me or are Bill Mauldin's and Will Eisner's styles very close?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:03:50 +0000

Hmmm I was looking at the cartoon above the one you're refering too.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:01:26 +0000

I believe the point Maudlin is trying to make is that liberals tend to nearly always side with whomever is raging against authority at that moment... to the point of being absurd.