Cartoons and cartoonists to feature on US postage stamps
The US Postal Service is to honour cartoonist Bill Mauldin with a postage stamp, due to be released in March 2010. Mauldin, who served with the 44th Infantry Division during World War II drew cartoons about ordinary soldiers for Stars and Stripes, the US Army’s newspaper. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 and died in 2003 aged 81.
Also released this year is a series of stamps featuring characters from US comic strips, including Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield and Beetle Bailey. The set, titled Sunday Funnies is due to go on sale in July.
Bloghorn asks: What cartoonists or comic characters would you like to see on British postage stamps?
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[...] Bloghorn reports that the US Postal Service has a number of comics and cartoon themed postage stamps on the way this year, with Pulitzer-winning and World War Two veteran cartoonist Bill Mauldin being honoured with his own stamp come March, while in July there’s a whole set of stamps, Sunday Funnies, which will feature characters from various US strips, including Beetle Bailey, Archie, Dennis the Meance (the American one, of course, not the Beano’s long-loved character), Garfield and the immortal Calvin & Hobbes. And I can’t resist sharing the Calvin & Hobbes one on here to brighten up Monday morning, this should get us all smiling!: [...]
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