William Bing Coughlin (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2008 Reprint of World War Two cartoons showing the antics of Private Herbie Canadian and the irony of modern warfare, as they appeared in the Canadian army daily paper, "The Maple Leaf". The equivalent of Bill Mauldin's Willy & Joe cartoons in Stars and Stripes.

[NONE] 1945, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 63pp. 8vo. A portfolio of cartoons about the Italian campaign drawn for The Maple Leaf, the Canadian Army newspaper. Light markings and wear to the wrappers, as may be anticipated. Internally, there are some light smudges, but remains generally clean and bright. Another Maple Leaf Album.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. SUBTITLED : ` A Collection of WWII Canadian Military Cartoons 1944 -1946'. 185 pages reproducing work Bing did at the front and originally published in the Maple Leaf - the daily newspaper of the Canadian army. All work in b/w. (Herbies became a WWII way to refere to all Canadian soldiers.) Cond : Paper wrapper is olive (army) brown. Lettering is orange. Front cover graphic shows a soldier resting on aa armoured vehicle track reading bing's - `This Army' . Bright, tight, square and clean with very light chips at edges. Spine fine. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Quote form the introduction (p.v) : " Bing returned to Ottawa in 1940, and in 1941 he enlisted as a trooper in the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (known as the Plugs or Piddly-Gees) at Ottawa. While a member of the ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. the Author (illustrator).…