The Bluecoats - Volume 15 - Bull Run

Author: Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1800449186
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
A new recruit makes the mistake of asking Blutch to tell him about the infamous battle of Bull Run ... in public! The hostility of the other Union soldiers is immediate, yet Blutch eventually explains the reason for it. That battle, the first major one of the war, which had seemed to the North like such an inevitable victory that masses of civilians had gone to watch it as spectators, ended in a complete rout. And Blutch and Chesterfield were there ...

The Bluecoats - Volume 6 - Bronco Benny

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849186669
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
General Alexander’s Union army is out of horses, and it is now facing none other than Robert E. Lee himself. To rebuild the Northern Cavalry before the coming battle, Blutch and Chesterfield are sent to buy new mounts, with the help of legendary horse trainer Ben “Bronco Benny” Wilcox. But, first, they'll have to cross Rebel lines, face angry Indians, and deal with Benny’s fascination with a very special horse named “Traveller”...

The Bluecoats - Volume 9 - El Padre

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849187215
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
Sent to scout the enemy, Blutch and Chesterfield are chased by a Confederate patrol and forced to cross the Rio Grande to safety. But that safety is relative: stuck between Apache bandits and Mexican outlaws, our two Bluecoats have no choice but to disguise themselves as civilians – Blutch as a peasant, Chesterfield as a monk. But the nearby village is eagerly awaiting its new ‘padre’, and the villagers aren’t fooled by the deception...

The Bluecoats - Volume 11 - Cossack Circus

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849189919
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Stark’s constant, reckless charging has once again depleted the 22nd Cavalry. Faced with an understandable dearth of volunteers, the Army’s brass drafts – without telling them – some freshly arrived immigrants. And Blutch and Chesterfield are tasked with instructing them in the art of riding down the enemy. But there’s a problem: the new recruits only speak Russian! And while those Cossacks are already fantastic riders, they have no desire to die for the glory of the Union...

The Bluecoats - Volume 8 - Auld Lang Blue

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849188505
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
Two companies are competing to build the intercontinental railway. When one sends saboteurs to intercept the powder needed to pierce tunnels through the mountains, the other calls upon Lucky Luke to protect a last chance convoy. The problem is, it’s not powder that gets loaded onto the train this time – it’s nitroglycerin! And as if that wasn’t enough, the saboteurs are still around ... and the Daltons are convinced the train is full of gold!

The Bluecoats - Volume 2 - The Navy Blues

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849189587
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
This humorous series on the American Civil War centres around two cavalrymen in the Unionist Army: Cornelius Chesterfield, a zealous and devoted sergeant and Corporal Blutch, a reluctant soldier, highly critical of authority and who always tries to eschew yet another senseless battle. This highly comical duo does what it can to escape the often obtuse military mindset, absurd orders and the madness of war. In this volume, the Sergeant obeys the Captain for the first time and ends up in the Marines...

The Bluecoats - Volume 14 - The Dirty Five

Author: Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1800449704
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
After a series of bloody battles, the 22nd Cavalry is once again depleted. Sent on a recruiting drive, Chesterfield meets only failure – between the reputation of their unit and Blutch’s constant sabotage efforts, finding volunteers is almost impossible. Until fate brings them to a penitentiary where some very unsavoury characters are about to hang. Offered a choice, the criminals will pick the uniform over the noose, but can they be controlled?

The Bluecoats - Volume 13 - Something borrowed, something blue

Author: Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849186073
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
War rages on, and the wounded pile up – including Blutch, courtesy of Confederate artillery. The Union Army doctors are swamped. In order to address his shortage of healers, General Alexander brings in a quartet of female nurses. But while he did also recruit a foul- tempered ‘matron’ of sorts to discourage anyone more interested in flirting than doing their duty, he may not have planned for the possibility of one of the nurses falling for a certain small, unruly, bald corporal ...

The Bluecoats - Volume 7 - The Blues in the Mud

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849187797
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
While out on patrol, Blutch and Chesterfield encounter an unusual soldier: a woman wearing a Union uniform, who has come to join the army to look for her brother and uphold the family’s honour. Blutch is unconvinced, but the sergeant, won over by the combination of bravery and a pretty face, agrees to help her. That, however, means taking her along for Captain Stark’s demented charges – a prospect that could drive anyone to shirk their duty or desert...

The Bluecoats - Volume 10 - The Blues in black and white

Author: Raoul Cauvin
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849186928
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
After another long day of charging, Blutch and Chesterfield make the acquaintance of Matthew Brady, a professional photographer dispatched by President Lincoln to document the ongoing historic struggle. Photography, still a new invention, together with Brady’s talent for capturing the moment, are met with great enthusiasm by both the rank and file and the top brass. Inevitably, it’s not long before Blutch and Chesterfield are ordered to act as the artist’s protective detail – much to the sergeant’s disgust...