Todd DePastino: BILL MAULDIN: A Life Up Front and WILLIE & JOE: The WWII Years: Mr. Media Interview

If you were a dog soldier in World War II, there were probably days when the only thing you had to look forward to was the latest issue of Stars & Stripes and the single-panel cartoons of Bill Mauldin.

Mauldin’s adventures of "Willie & Joe" became legendary for the laughs they brought to America’s soldiers – and the contempt they generated in high ranking officers.

Mauldin was the first artist to make a reputation for himself in the military, always signing his name to his work. Soldiers pledged allegiance to the American flag, baseball, apple pie – and the cartoons of Bill Mauldin.

Todd DePastino brings us a triple-dose of Mauldin to the artists’ legion of fans this year, first with his biography, Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front from W.W. Norton, and second with Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, a collection of the beloved artist’s cartoons, published in a two-volume deluxe set by Fantagraphics.

You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with TODD DePASTINO by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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Patrick Sullivan Interview (MeetingsNet On the Air)

Patrick Sullivan is a busy guy. As president of PRA Destination Management New York, he has worked in the meeting and incentive industry as both meeting planner and suppler partner. In his more than 20 years in the industry as a corporate meeting planner, incentive house account executive and owner of P-R-A New York.

Sullivan has organized events for clients around the world ranging from pharmaceutical company product managers to CEOs of major broadcasting networks for both meetings and incentive programs.

He is also the incoming president of SITE - the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives.

Sullivan, we believe, brings an interesting perspective from wearing different industry hats.

He just returned from a SITE meeting in Spain, where he participated in a panel on incentive trends, so we’ll talk about how these trends might impact incentive programs/travel, and put it in the context of our current economic downslide.

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