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 …
About the Author
The Belgian-born author Raoul Cauvin enjoys continued success and is currently writing 11 different cartoon series. In 2006 alone, he had six entries on the bestselling new comics list in France, including Cedric – also published in English by Cinebook – and The Bluecoats. Also born in Belgium, Lambil published his first comic, Sandy, in 1959. He has drawn 45 volumes of The Bluecoats since taking over from Salvérius, the series’ original illustrator, who died in 1972.
