America’s most celebrated World War II cartoonist was undoubtedly Bill Mauldin whose Willie and Joe cartoons reflected the realistic trials of the typical soldier. Here’s a handful of them.

http://hairygreeneyeball3.blogspot.com/2011/02/willie-and-joe-up-front.html

From 1975, here’s the man who shared yesterday’s birthday with Craig, Doug Moench, on view with a Ka-Zar story drawn by later GI Joe creator Larry Hama and veteran Fred Kida.

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2011/02/ol-grooves-request-line-skull-of-lizard.html

Miss Cairo Jones was a fun but little known newspaper strip from the 1940′s wonderfully drawn by later DC humor artist and superhero inker, Bob Oksner.

http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2011/02/purple-rose-of-oksner-thursday-story.html

Finally today, here’s an enjoyable selection of more than fifty covers from over seventy years featuring Batman. Artists include all the usual suspects.

http://grantbridgestreet.blogspot.com/2011/02/batman.html