Bullets & Billets

A single-issue comic from 1917, Bullets & Billets collects the iconic wartime cartoons of British soldier-artist Bruce Bairnsfather, published by Putnam. Originally created for the Bystander magazine, these humorous, trench-weary illustrations—featuring the famous character Old Bill—captured the grimly resilient spirit of the Western Front. Bairnsfather’s work, drawn from his own combat experience, became a defining voice of World War I soldier humor, making this volume an essential historical document of the era.