The Bluecoats - Volume 2 - The Navy Blues
The Bluecoats - Volume 2 - The Navy Blues

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1849189587

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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 1 - Robertsonville Prison
The Bluecoats - Volume 1 - Robertsonville Prison

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1849189579

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“The Bluecoats” is a humorous comic-book series starring Sergeant Chesterfield and Corporal Blutch, soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War. Our two heroes are captured by the Confederates and taken to Robertsonville prison camp, from which Blutch and the Sergeant try to escape five times. The camp commandant despairs, and Chesterfield and Blutch make a final attempt... Robertsonville Prison was inspired by the Andersonville prison camp situated in Georgia, which operated from mid-1863 to mid-1864.

The Bluecoats - Volume 7 - The Blues in the Mud
The Bluecoats - Volume 7 - The Blues in the Mud

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2014-03-28T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1849187797

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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 3 - The Skyriders
The Bluecoats - Volume 3 - The Skyriders

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1849189595

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In this volume, Blutch and Chesterfield go up in an observation balloon in order to spy on the Confederate troops. But the plot thickens when our heroes crash land on their superiors. The generals send them behind enemy lines to try and free Stark who has been captured on a previous sortie. A tricky mission, not only for our heroes, but also for the other side. “The American Civil War has never been so amusing. Raoul Cauvin and Willy Lambil have a knack for turning the miseries of war into a slapstick routine.” Penny Kenny (Comicsbulletin.com)

The Bluecoats - Volume 4 - The Greenhorn
The Bluecoats - Volume 4 - The Greenhorn

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1849189935

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Blutch and Chesterfield get away from the 22nd Cavalry and go spend some R&R at... Fort Bow, their old posting on the frontier. That’s where Chesterfield’s flame Amelia lives—the daughter of Colonel Appleton. But when the cavalrymen arrive, they find the young lady dancing with a dashing young lieutenant. When a young Native American boy gets mixed up in it by mistake, it doesn’t take long for the situation to spiral out of control. “The American Civil War has never been so amusing. Raoul Cauvin and Willy Lambil have a knack for turning the miseries of war into a slapstick routine.” Penny Kenny (Comicsbulletin.com)

The Bluecoats - Volume 12 - The David
The Bluecoats - Volume 12 - The David

Author: Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2019-04-22T00:00:00+02:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1849187665

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Even as the sea blockade by the Union Navy slowly strangles the South, the picket ships begin to mysteriously blow up one after another. Lincoln, worried that the war could stretch on too long if the Rebels are resupplied, orders that the Confederates’ secret weapon be identified. That means sending spies to Charleston, though, in the heart of the enemy’s territory. And who will be the two unlucky fools the brass entrusts with such a dangerous mission ... ?

The Bluecoats - Volume 14 - The Dirty Five
The Bluecoats - Volume 14 - The Dirty Five

Author: Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2021-03-18T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1800449704

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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 5 - Rumberley
The Bluecoats - Volume 5 - Rumberley

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2013-03-25T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1849186480

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After an even bloodier battle than usual, the Union army is out of men. But so are the Rebels, and General Alexander decides to retreat and come back with reinforcements quickly before the enemy can do the same. To move faster, he leaves his wounded—including Stark and Chesterfield—behind in the nearby town of Rumberley, in the care of its inhabitants and Corporal Blutch. But Rumberley’s a Rebel village...

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

Author: Raoul Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2017-02-17T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1849186928

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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...

The Bluecoats - Volume 15 - Bull Run
The Bluecoats - Volume 15 - Bull Run

Author: Cauvin

Publisher: Cinebook

Published: 2022-04-22T00:00:00+02:00

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1800449186

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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 ...