I'm fond of Mauldin, and the sections on the training camp experience and the demobilization period were interesting. The book is in a larger format and thus some of the art has more impact. Worth browsing through. ( )

This work of reality war cartooning was compiled 30 years after WWII. The characters were developed by Mauldin during his Army service 1940-1945. During training, Joe was a smart-assed Choctaw with a hooked nose and Willie was his red-neck straight man. Overseas, during the stresses of shot, shell, and K-rations, they did sort of switch roles.

This book groups the collection of reprints more or less by subject--discomfort, rank, weather, food, etc, in training and overseas. ( )

Willie and Joe are the right couple of guys to revisit WWII with. On pg 320 Willie about sums it up when he says about a corporal standing nearby : "He's right Joe. When we ain't fightin' we should act like sojers. " ( )

A fine and expansive (complete? - not sure) collection of Bill Mauldin'e "Willie and Joe" soldier strips done from within, and for, the fighting Army during World War II. They hold up very well today, have a fine sense of dark humor that conveys what must have been the prevailing sentiment of the soldiers, and are pretty darn funny to boot. Should be read in conjunction with Ernie Pyle's war dispatches. ( )