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Les Tuniques Bleues #13.
Les Bleus dans la gadoue
The bulk is Cornelius Chesterfield, a zealous sergeant and disciplined army of the northern United States. Little is Blutch, malignant grumpy and disillusioned who dreams only to desert. Caught in the throes of the Civil War, these two do what they can to escape the troubles that their leaders are worth bounded, aberrant levels and fate decidedly contrary ... Through stories full of laughter and action Lambil Cauvin and we offer a scathing critique of the absurdities of war and militarism obtuse.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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April 2, 2025
Premier personnage féminin dans les Tuniques Bleues (je ne compte pas les apparitions précédentes d'Amelia Appletown, qui ne joue pas vraiment de rôle dans les récits) ! ça se fête !
On voit ici le profond désintérêt de Blutch pour les femmes, qu'il traite sur un pied d'égalité, et la bêtise de Chersterfield face à une femme, qui le fait osciller entre naïveté et misogynie, et se ridiculiser tout du long.
C'est sympa de voir un personnage de jeune fille maligne (même si ce n'est pas très compliqué d'être plus malin que le sergent).
On voit ici le profond désintérêt de Blutch pour les femmes, qu'il traite sur un pied d'égalité, et la bêtise de Chersterfield face à une femme, qui le fait osciller entre naïveté et misogynie, et se ridiculiser tout du long.
C'est sympa de voir un personnage de jeune fille maligne (même si ce n'est pas très compliqué d'être plus malin que le sergent).
September 19, 2022
This is a humorous comic/graphic novel about two guys in the Union army and it reminds me in a way of the old Laurel and Hardy type of thing. Ones a sergeant and the other is a guy that simply wants to get away.
The story involves a blond woman that could be a spy, a lot of fighting in the mud, the guy in charge losing his voice, being sentenced to death for desertion and a host of really funny things that happen along the way.
I enjoyed it quite a bit.
The story involves a blond woman that could be a spy, a lot of fighting in the mud, the guy in charge losing his voice, being sentenced to death for desertion and a host of really funny things that happen along the way.
I enjoyed it quite a bit.
February 12, 2014
Corporal Blutch and Sergeant Chesterfield of the Union Army are out on patrol when they stumble upon a woman bathing in the river. Being gentlemen, they avert their eyes and wait for her to dress, but once she’s done they’re surprised to find her in a Union Army uniform. She explains that her family has not heard from her soldier brother John for some time and that they fear he may have deserted, so she’s there to look for him while she serves in his place to protect the family honour. Sarge is overwhelmed with admiration for the tale and promises to cover for her so she can carry out her noble deed, and protect her disguise as a man while she’s at it.
Immediately they’re thrown into a cavalry charge and following some dodgy advice from Blutch on avoiding the dangers such an action offers, she joins him as he falls from his horse pretending to be struck as the first shots are fired. Could this aversion to duty be the first hint that her tale may not hold water and is she in fact up to something else entirely.
The title of the story comes from a cavalry charge into a sodden, muddy field, where the earth is so churned and difficult to traverse that every soldier is soon caked and nobody knows who anyone else is.
There’s plenty of humour in The Bluecoats, but because it’s set on the battlefield there’s little opportunity to escape the nature of their existence, so the gags are a little darker than, say, Asterix, where pounding Romans is another step removed from reality what with the addition of Getafix’s magic potion. There’s no such contrivance in The Bluecoats, so the underlying reason for their day-to-day lives is rather harder edged, and the creators have the good sense to go with it in as much as a comic of this kind can, so it blossoms as something completely different to something you’d read by, for example, Goscinny. The illustrations are what really do it for me, and you can’t help wonder how the tone would shift if they weren’t so cartoony in style - the more realistic drawings of someone like Vance would make for a very different tale!
Comics are a great way to introduce anyone to diverse topics from genetics to mythology, and The Bluecoats is a fantastic first step for anyone interested in learning more about American history, regardless of your age.
Immediately they’re thrown into a cavalry charge and following some dodgy advice from Blutch on avoiding the dangers such an action offers, she joins him as he falls from his horse pretending to be struck as the first shots are fired. Could this aversion to duty be the first hint that her tale may not hold water and is she in fact up to something else entirely.
The title of the story comes from a cavalry charge into a sodden, muddy field, where the earth is so churned and difficult to traverse that every soldier is soon caked and nobody knows who anyone else is.
There’s plenty of humour in The Bluecoats, but because it’s set on the battlefield there’s little opportunity to escape the nature of their existence, so the gags are a little darker than, say, Asterix, where pounding Romans is another step removed from reality what with the addition of Getafix’s magic potion. There’s no such contrivance in The Bluecoats, so the underlying reason for their day-to-day lives is rather harder edged, and the creators have the good sense to go with it in as much as a comic of this kind can, so it blossoms as something completely different to something you’d read by, for example, Goscinny. The illustrations are what really do it for me, and you can’t help wonder how the tone would shift if they weren’t so cartoony in style - the more realistic drawings of someone like Vance would make for a very different tale!
Comics are a great way to introduce anyone to diverse topics from genetics to mythology, and The Bluecoats is a fantastic first step for anyone interested in learning more about American history, regardless of your age.
July 29, 2011
Un ton en dessous des précédents, cela reste un albume agréable, notamment grâce quelques planches très réussies (les scènes de combat dans la boue sont assez chouettes dans leur genre)
L'histoire en elle-même est moins forte, même s'il y a un petit côté espionnage sympathique.
L'histoire en elle-même est moins forte, même s'il y a un petit côté espionnage sympathique.
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