Miltoons
Comicsography
In the years since The Comic Art of War was sent to press (in Autumn 2014), military cartooning has flourished on social media and paid-access, subscription, and crowdfunding sites, and digital access to library and museum archives has greatly expanded. Thus, the once somewhat-comprehensive appendix in the book quickly became outdated. This page serves as an addendum to the "guide to artists" and cartoons available in the text.
The original appendix from the book is recreated with new and updated entries, starred (✧). Active URLS and available full-texts are hyperlinked.
The comicsography has also been expanded to include comics and animations done in consort with military personnel and veterans, through interviews, life writings, or embedded journalism. Some mainstream war comics created by military veterans have also been added. Non-military/war comics by veteran creators are not included in the comicsography, but a running list of veteran creators of other comics art is provided at the end.
The distinction made between comics and illustrations is sometimes ambiguous, but efforts are made to focus on graphic narratives, even if they are single-panel stories - whether humorous or serious. The goal, as it was with The Comic Art of War, is to preserve and promote these voices and their stories.
This page is perpetually in-development. If you have suggestions or corrections, please contact me.
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Created: 21 November 2020
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Last updated: 6 November 2023

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✧Creator(s): Edith Allport
Country: USA
Era(s): World War II
Service: Cpl.
Source(s): in Yank, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012348325&view=1up&seq=96&skin=2021,
✧Creator(s): Bert Alper
Country: USA
Era(s): Japanese Occupation
Service: Cpl, Sixth Air Force
Source(s): in The Caribbean Breeze, https://aafcollection.info/items/documents/view.php?file=000133-01-00.pdf,
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https://aafcollection.info/items/documents/view.php?file=000134-01-00.pdf,
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https://aafcollection.info/items/documents/view.php?file=000132-01-00.pdf,

✧Creator(s): Charles Alston
Country: USA
Era(s): World War II
Service: Pvt., Office of War Information (OWI)
Source(s): in Erin Blakemore, "This African American Artist's Cartoons Helped Win World War II," Smithsonian Magazine, February 27, 2017, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/african-american-artists-cartoons-helped-win-world-war-ii-180962279/, & Jessie Kratz, "The Drawings of Charles Alston," National Archives: Pieces of History,Febryary 22, 2017, https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2017/02/22/the-drawings-of-charles-alston/#more-23443.
✧Creator(s): American Legion with Scott Deschaine, June Brigman, and Roy Richardson
Country: USA
Era(s): Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Service: n.a.
Source(s): Our Country's Veterans (Indianapolis, IN: The American Legion, 2004)
✧Creator(s): Cody Anderson and Tim "Knockers" K
Country: USA
Era(s): Terror War
Service: Army
Source(s): "Pogue Life," https://www.facebook.com/PogueLife; http://codeyanderson.blogspot.com.au/.

✧Creator(s): Andrea ("Andy")
Country: USA
Era(s): post-terror war
Service: Air Force
Source(s): Living the DreamDoodles (Mixam, Jan-Dec. 2021); "DreamDoodles," https://www.instagram.com/dreamdoodles.2, https://doodlecomics.myshopify.com/; in David Roza, "We Salute Dream Doodles, the Airman Whose Comics Show the Hilarity of Air Force Life," Task & Purpose, 6 April 2021, https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-comic-dream-doodles-minot/.

✧Creator(s): anonymous
Country: USA
Era(s): Terror War
Service: Navy, Petty Officer
Source(s): "Duty Blues," https://www.facebook.com/DutyBluesComic/photos

✧Creator(s): anonymous
Country: USA
Era(s): post-terror war
Service: Marines
Source(s): "RomeoBravoFoxtrot," https://www.instagram.com/romeobravofoxtrot/.

Creator(s): anonymous
Country: USA
Era(s): post-terror war
Service: Marines
Source(s): "Rubachikn," https://www.instagram.com/rubachikn/.
✧Creator(s): anonymous
Country: USA
Era(s): post-terror war
Service: Marines
Source(s): "The Sun Draws," https://www.instagram.com/the_sun_draws/.
✧Creator(s): Anonymous
Country: USA
Era(s): Terror War (Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Service: Army - officer
Source(s): "Doctrine Man," https://www.facebook.com/DoctrineMan/; The Further Adventures of Doctrine Man, Volume I (Lexington, KY: Doctrine Man, 2013); The Further Adventures of Doctrine Man, Volume II (Bernardino, CA: Doctrine Man, 2013); Fifty Shades of Multicam (Lexington, KY: Doctrine Man, 2014); Up in Smoke: An Illustrated Memoir of War (Lexington, KY: Doctrine Man, 2015); Coloring with Clausewitz: An Adult Coloring Book (Lexington, KY: Doctrine Man, 2017).
✧Creator(s): Brian Anthony {writer]
Country: USA
Era(s):
Service: Army
Source(s): "Terps," in Soldier Stories (Portland, OR: Image Comics, 2022).
✧Creator(s): Antiarmor Board
Country: USA
Era(s): Cold War
Service: US Army Infantry School
Source(s): How to Stop a Tank, also online at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3224990-U-S-Army-TC-23-3-To-Catch-a-Tank.html. And, see Joseph Trevithick, "This U.S. Army Comic Book Has Cavemen, Dinosaurs and Tips on Blowing Up Tanks," War is Boring, May 13, 2015, https://medium.com/war-is-boring/this-u-s-army-comic-book-has-cavemen-dinosaurs-and-tips-on-how-to-blow-up-tanks-d0afbe1c14bb.
✧Creator(s): Association of the United States Army
Country: USA
Era(s): not applicable
Service: Army
Source(s): Medal of Honor Graphic Novels:
Volume 1, Issue 1: Alvin York; Vol 1, Issue 2: Roy Benavidez; Vol 1, Issue 3: Audie Murphy; Vol 1, Issue 4: Sal Giunta;
Volume 2, Issue 1: Daniel Inouye; Vol 2, Issue 2: Henry Johnson; Vol 2, Issue 3: Mary Walker; Vol 2, Issue 4: Tibor Rubin;
Volume 3, Issue 1: Jacob Parrott, Vol 3, Issue 2: Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., Vol 3, Issue 3: Wild Bill Donovan, Vol 3, Issue 4: Roger Donlon;
Volume 4, Issue 1: Vernon Baker, Vol 4, Issue 2: Ralph Puckett, Vol 4, Issue 3: Tom Custer, Vol 4, Issue 4: Gary Gordon & Randy Shugart;
Volume 5, Issue 1: Edward Carter Jr., Vol 5, Issue 2: Samuel Woodfill, Vol 5, Issue 3: Bruce Crandall,
Creator(s): Al Avison
Country: USA
Era(s): Korean War
Service: unknown
Source(s): Military Courtesy (Harvey Comics, 1951).
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Creator(s): Jeff Bacon
Country: USA
Era(s): Cold War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, interwar years
Service: Navy
Source(s): http://www.broadside.net; 20 Years of Broadside (Garden City, ID: Deep Water Publishing, 2006); The Best of Broadside (Newport News: Deep Water Publishing, 2006); *Your One Stop Transition Planner: A Practical 24-Month Countdown for ALL Military Readers (independently published, 2020); "The Broadside Blog," [includes Greenside cartoons] http://broadside.navytimes.com/.
✧Creator(s): Bruce Bairnsfather
Country: England
Era(s): World War I
Service: Army, Capt.
Source(s): Carry On Sergeant! (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927); Fragments from France (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1917); Tonie Holt and Valmai Holt, eds., The Best of Fragments from France (South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, 1998); Old Bill Looks at Europe (New York: The Laugh Club, 1935).