Mauldin, MAWL dihn, Bill (1921-2003), was an American editorial cartoonist. He became famous during World War II (1939-1945) for his drawings of U.S. Army life in The Stars and Stripes, the armed forces newspaper. The main characters in these cartoons, two American GI's named Willie and Joe, often showed the resentment of enlisted soldiers toward officers. Mauldin won the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning in 1945 and 1959.