Up Front

Bill Mauldin's Up Front collects the gritty, sardonic cartoons he drew for the U.S. Army's Stars and Stripes during World War II. Published by Henry Holt and Co. in 1945, this single-issue volume brings together Mauldin's signature infantrymen, Willie and Joe, capturing the weary humor and brutal reality of the common soldier. It stands as a landmark of wartime journalism and a defining work of cartooning, offering an unvarnished, humanizing look at the war from the trenches.