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A series of military-themed comics by Bill Mauldin. Originally written for the 45th Infantry Division's paper, the comic was eventually picked up by Stars and Stripes after the division was sent to Europe to fight in World War II. Mauldin was eventually moved to full-time staff at the magazine, and was given a Jeep to tour the front and make comics about his experiences.

After the end of the war, the comics were collected in the best-selling Up Front, and Mauldin was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. He turned to political cartoons, but was forced by popular demand to return to the Willie and Joe characters, placing them back home trying to readjust to civilian life. From then on, the characters were occasionally revisited during the Korean and Vietnam war, with the final comic coming in 1998 at the request of Charles Schultz, published in Peanuts for Veteran's Day.

Tropes used in Willie and Joe include:

Biting the Hand Humor: Military regulations were often parodies, particularly the insistence on spit-shine uniform cleanliness for soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Mooks: The comics focus squarely on the "dogfaces" of the army.

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+A series of military-themed comics by Bill Mauldin.  Originally written for the 45th Infantry Division's paper, the comic was eventually picked up by ''Stars and Stripes'' after the division was sent to Europe to fight in [[World War II]]. Mauldin was eventually moved to full-time staff at the magazine, and was given a Jeep to tour the front and make comics about his experiences.
-Bill Mauldin
-Originally written for the 45th Infantry Division's paper, the comic was eventually picked up by ''Stars and Stripes'' after the division was sent to Europe to fight in [[World War II]]. Mauldin was eventually moved to full-time staff at the magazine, and was given a Jeep to tour the front and make comics about his experiences.
 After the end of the war, the comics were collected in the best-selling ''Up Front,'' and Mauldin was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. He turned to political cartoons, but was forced by popular demand to return to the Willie and Joe characters, placing them back home trying to readjust to civilian life. From then on, the characters were occasionally revisited during the Korean and Vietnam war, with the final comic coming in 1998 at the request of Charles Schultz, published in [[Peanuts]] for Veteran's Day.
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-=== ''Willie and Joe'' contains examples of: ===
 * [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Military regulations were often parodies, particularly the insistence on spit-shine uniform cleanliness for soldiers fighting in the trenches.
-* Mooks: The comics focus squarely on the "dogfaces" of the army.
+* [[Mooks]]: The comics focus squarely on the "dogfaces" of the army.
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 [[Category:Willie and Joe]]
-[[Category:Comic Strip]]
+[[Category:Newspaper Comics]]
+[[Category:Newspaper Comics of the 1940s]]