BIll Mauldin’s Cartoons Sorted: Two Cartoons Auctioned, Then Ten, Then A Big Donation To The LOC
This article about a forthcoming auction of two and then ten cartoons from Bill Mauldin, including the one depicted above, actually represents a bigger story: it would seem that the sorting of Mauldin's papers and holdings is done, or at least is at a point where the final dispensation of those treasures can be announced. Save for the auctioned pieces the Mauldin materials go to the Library Of Congress, an institution that apparently owns a significant selection of his artwork. I am all for the bulk of every artist's collection being held by our great libraries, particularly those set up to take care of them. I'm also not against some of these comics going public. That's a great Nixon cartoon, above; Mauldin was very straightforward in terms of his editorial cartooning.
