Willie & Joe: Back Home
Bill Mauldin, edited by Todd DePastino (Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2011)
Mauldin's drawings are synchronized humor and sadness. This compilation is just wonderful. Through art, Mauldin tells the story of returning GIs after WWII. His work scrutinizes the propaganda put forth by Hollywood during the war years and brings to light the struggles of returning soldiers through the simple characters of Willie and Joe. The validy of Mauldin's work stems from the fact that he himself saw the war first hand as a soldier who was there and suffered terribly upon his return home. This is a well edited compilation that maintains a current social relevence and one that I enjoy regularly.
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