Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front
Two Presentations by Author Todd DePastino
at the Charles M. Schulz Museum
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 1 p.m. and
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Free with the price of admission
September 11, 2009—Santa Rosa, CA.
 Author Todd DePastino will give two illustrated talks about the life and art of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, first on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 1 p.m. and again on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 3 p.m. DePastino will also speak with visitors and sign books after each presentation. Both Mauldlin presentations are free with the price of Museum admission.
Bill Mauldin served in the army during World War II and captured his experiences in the popular cartoon Up Front featuring Willie and Joe, two wise-cracking ‘dogfaces’ whose mud-caked uniforms and pidgin of army slang bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived—and died—in it. DePastino’s presentation is based on his book, Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, which was named one of the best books of 2008 by the Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and others.
About Todd DePastino
DePastino is also the editor of Willie & Joe: The WWII Years. He teaches at Waynesburg University, and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two daughters.
About the Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center
The Charles M. Schulz Museum opened in August 2002 to fulfill its mission of preserving, displaying, and interpreting the art of Charles M. Schulz. The Museum carries out this mission through changing exhibitions and programming that build an understanding of cartoonists and cartoon art; illustrate the scope of Schulz’s multi-faceted career; communicate the stories, inspirations and influences of Charles Schulz; and celebrates the life of Charles Schulz and the Peanuts characters.
[Note: If you would like any of the images in this release at a higher resolution to print in a publication, contact Gina Huntsinger at gina@schulzmuseum.org.]
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