Up Front
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Up Front is a World War II-era cartoon collection by Bill Mauldin that satirically depicts the lives and hardships of American infantry soldiers, especially through his famous characters Willie and Joe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cartoon collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stars and Stripes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bill Mauldin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bill Mauldin’s wartime cartoons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Bill Mauldin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
American infantry soldiers
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | Willie and Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hardships of combat soldiers
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lives of enlisted infantrymen ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
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war cartoon ⓘ |
| illustrator | Bill Mauldin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Joe
NERFINISHED
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Willie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humanizing American infantry soldiers
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iconic characters Willie and Joe ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper cartoons ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Henry Holt and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | European Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
front-line military life
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soldiers’ humor ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | World War II era ⓘ |
| tone |
realistic
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satirical ⓘ |
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