Willie & Joe: The WWII Years

Bill Mauldin’s iconic World War II cartoons, starring the weary, mud-caked infantrymen Willie and Joe, are collected in this ongoing Fantagraphics series. Edited and introduced by historian Todd DePastino, the two volumes published so far gather Mauldin’s celebrated Stars and Stripes work, capturing the gritty humor and profound humanity of the common soldier. It’s an essential archive of a Pulitzer Prize-winning artist’s most enduring legacy.