Coming from Fantagraphics in April of 2015: Cartoons for Victory by Warren Bernard. Foreward by Bob Dole
With its eye-catching cover reminiscent of the great Peter Arno collections of the 1940s and 1950s, this collection promises to be a must-have addition to any cartoon library (full disclosure: Mr. Bernard has contributed scans of rare book covers to Ink Spill‘s New Yorker Cartoonist Library).
From the publisher’s notes:
Superman, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and others helped fight World War II via comic books and strips, single-panel and editorial cartoons, and even ads. Cartoons for Victory showcases wartime work by cartoonists such as Charles Addams (The Addams Family), Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie), Harvey Kurtzman (Mad magazine), Will Eisner, and many others. Most of the cartoons and comics in this book have not been seen since their first publication. Editor Bernard gathered them over years of unstinting research through private collections and the obscure holdings of public sources. This is the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of World War II–era cartoons, reflecting the indefatigable spirit of the time.