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This illustrated biography by Todd DePastino pays tribute to one of cartooning's most compelling figures, and the cover photograph sets the tone perfectly — a young Bill Mauldin, steel helmet on his head and sketchbook in hand, sits amid the rubble of a war-torn landscape with a quiet, almost defiant smile. That image of an artist at work in the middle of devastation captures exactly the spirit the subtitle, *A Life Up Front*, promises. Published in 2008 by W. W. Norton, this biography with illustrations offers readers a rich, grounded look at the man behind the pencil.