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William Henry Mauldin (/ ˈ m ɔː l d ən /; October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers ...
Our Boarding House is an American single-panel cartoon and comic strip created by Gene Ahern on October 3, 1921 and syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association.Set in a boarding house run by the sensible Mrs. Hoople, it drew humor from the interactions of her grandiose, tall-tale-telling husband, the self-styled Major Hoople, with the rooming-house denizens and his various friends and cronies.
In most cartoons, they were shown in the rain, mud, and other dire conditions, while they contemplated the whole situation. [3] In the early cartoons, depicting stateside military life in barracks and training camps, Willie was a hook-nosed, smart-mouthed Chocktaw Indian, while Joe was his red-necked straight man. But over time, the two became ...
Private Snafu. Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military ...
Cartoonists Remember 9/11. Cartoonists Remember 9/11 is a series of comic strips run on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. [1] It included cartoonists from King Features Syndicate, Creators Syndicate, Tribune Media Services, Universal Press Syndicate, and Washington Post Writers Group.
I don’t think I blinked until at least 11am, enthralled with 80s “classics” like The Smurfs, The Snorks, The Care Bear s, Inspector Gadget, . . . the list goes on. As time went on and ...
Ernie Bushmiller. Ernest Paul Bushmiller Jr. (August 23, 1905 – August 15, 1982) was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip character Nancy in 1933, now in print for 90 years. [1] His work is noted for its simple graphic style. In 1976, he received the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on ...
Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character by cartoonist David Low, first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook 's London Evening Standard in April 1934. [1] Blimp is pompous, irascible, jingoistic, and stereotypically British, identifiable by his walrus moustache and the interjection "Gad, Sir!" Low claimed that he developed the character after ...