338thRCT Posted March 24, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2012 This copy of Bill Mauldins Star Spangled Banter was on the shelves of the local Junior College library back in the early 1970's. I checked it out and had a copy made of the whole thing. I really contemplated telling them I had lost it and then paid the couple of bucks for it....honesty,honesty!It has a collection of pre-war and combat cartoons. I always had a partiality for the pre-war 45th Division ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sabrejet Posted March 24, 2012 Share #5 Posted March 24, 2012 What a gifted artist Bill Mauldin was...such an eye for detail and character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitana Posted April 26, 2012 Share #6 Posted April 26, 2012 There are a few different versions of "Banter", but this particular one (an original) can be had on ebay for not very much. Ahh, the internet... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...=true&rt=nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 27, 2012 Share #7 Posted April 27, 2012 You never really see Bill's work on the pre Pearl Harbor Days, where these done in that time, in 1941, or done afterwards to reflect the life and times of the pre war federalize National Guardsman ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted April 27, 2012 Share #8 Posted April 27, 2012 You never really see Bill's work on the pre Pearl Harbor Days, where these done in that time, in 1941, or done afterwards to reflect the life and times of the pre war federalize National Guardsman ? Good Question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted April 27, 2012 Share #9 Posted April 27, 2012 If you get his book "news of the 45th" He has a lot of pre-war cartoons. Bill started cartooning for the 45th Division newspaper during the training camp days before pearl harbor. It's interesting to see how the characters that we know from his wartime cartoons got their start. He has the same eye for detail and the same sardonic humor but applied to the uncertain times in the camps after the guard was federalized. Worth looking for a copy which I'm told are somewhat scarce. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 27, 2012 Share #10 Posted April 27, 2012 If you get his book "news of the 45th" He has a lot of pre-war cartoons. Bill started cartooning for the 45th Division newspaper during the training camp days before pearl harbor. It's interesting to see how the characters that we know from his wartime cartoons got their start. He has the same eye for detail and the same sardonic humor but applied to the uncertain times in the camps after the guard was federalized. Worth looking for a copy which I'm told are somewhat scarce.Tom Bowers Thank's for the info, my only knowelge on his early period before the war started was that he would draw for a few cents, little charactors on the backs or maybe the fronts of fields Jackets some of his platoon and later Company mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted April 27, 2012 Share #11 Posted April 27, 2012 Thank's for the info, my only knowelge on his early period before the war started was that he would draw for a few cents, little charactors on the backs or maybe the fronts of fields Jackets some of his platoon and later Company mates. There's a pretty good biography out now about Bill's life and career. He was actually a very talented cartoonist before the National Guard was federalized. He enjoyed his time in the national Guard prior to the war and I think this love of soldiers and soldiering transferred to his training camp and later WWII work. Fascinating guy. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2012 Share #12 Posted June 20, 2012 Does anyone have or can find a image to post here of Bill Mauldin's last ? drawing of Willie and Joe, now as old men at the 1981 Funeral of General Omar Bradley ? I tried looking but had no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted June 20, 2012 Share #13 Posted June 20, 2012 There were three books by the same title. the first was a collection of 'toons from the 41 war games. Good luck finding one, they go for hundreds of dollars. The one you copied was a 1944 book with the same title, but not the same content. They also did a pamphlet version of the latter book that was handed out to troops. Those are harder to find. the 1944 book is pretty easy to get. I have what some would call a very comprehensive Mauldin collection and have written/leactured on the man on several occasions. I'll be assisting some people on a TV documentary on Mauldin that should be filmed sometime later this year. I also appeared on a few years ago.Todd Depastino's biography on Mauldin is an excellent book, and he's edited two compilations of his WW2 and postwar work that are must-haves for any Mauldin fan. Here are the links to these: Bill Mauldin: a life up front Willie and Joe: the war years (I suggest the hardbound 2-book set edition) Willie and Joe: Back home I wrote an article on Mauldin collecting for Army motors in 2003. I have the PDF file of it, if you want a copy, PM me with your e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 21, 2012 Share #14 Posted June 21, 2012 How about a image of Willie and Joe at Brads funeral in 1981 ? is there a image out there that some has ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted June 21, 2012 Though not military related, here's Bill Mauldins autobiography, Sort of a Saga, written in 1949. He details his childhood in New mexico and Arizona. A wonderful tale with many great drawings of his family and his adventures. Noy quite as encompassing as The Brass Ring, but mainly relates to his pree-teen days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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