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Word: backslapping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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Steam heat is, in fact, the ideal climate for Mauldin's style of searing creativity. In an art that often uses a shovel instead of a rapier, a backslap instead of a boot, Mauldin, 39, wields the hottest editorial brush in the U.S. Full of caustic and rebellious passions, he boils over onto his drawing board with the scalding effect of a well-aimed spit of lava. "You've got to be a misanthrope in this business," says Mauldin. "A real son of a bitch. I'm touchy. I've got raw nerve ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hit It If It's Big | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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