Ehehehe I’m suspecting that one if these is the carefree big brother and the other is the uptight younger brother and it’s going to be this delightful awkward lets-shoot-eachother-then-feel-bad-about-it-later family reunions. I love those
Awesome. The “fighting back east”. Can’t mistake the blue sleeves and red cuffs of the Imperials – so the folks in the woods must be Republicans?
Also I must say I’m really appreciating the art already in Golden Son. Everything feels so real, and there’s so much detail that the deeper I look the more I see – like the different ranks on the Imperials’ collars. I also love that the Republicans (if that’s who they are) don’t have a uniform per se… but it’s still clear from their dress that they’re part of a side. I imagine walking into a town they’d be picked out as surely as if it *were* a uniform.
I’ve never ever really understood the “Line up neatly in rows in plain view to get shot like idjuts” era of warfare. I just kept wondering if there wasn’t one guy with better than room temperature IQ who was going “this is really, really dumb – I’m hiding behind a tree or rock.”
Emanon – the need for infantry to line up in long lines was because the equipment and training of the time favored “massed fire” followed by a bayonet charge over today’s marksmanship. Before and in the early parts of the Civil War most troops were issued muskets, which resembled rifles but did not have ‘rifling’, the grooves cut into the barrel that puts the spin on a bullet that allows it to travel in a straight line. Rifling requires a tight fitting bullet and a high degree of engineering; in addition the soldier shooting the rifle required much more extensive training. Muskets were smooth bored, and made to fire quickly. To facilitate this musket balls were generally smaller than the barrel. This allowed the musket to be loaded faster and reduced the danger of the barrel being fouled by the black powder used as the accelerant. (Watch a Civil War reenactment. All that smoke clogs the rifle barrel too.) Civil War marksmanship focused on how quickly recruits could fire; maintaining proper marching order and close combat were considered muck more important.
i spy, he spies, we all spy something VERY suspicious here, it would seem. 🙂
A) Mr. Norris is a cheeky little twit.
B) That’s a really old lieutenant.
C) Do I see a hint of family resemblance between the two leaders?
Ehehehe I’m suspecting that one if these is the carefree big brother and the other is the uptight younger brother and it’s going to be this delightful awkward lets-shoot-eachother-then-feel-bad-about-it-later family reunions. I love those
Hmm, the lieutenant bares a striking resemblance to Richard Boone (Paladin). Damn Erin, you do love your westerns.
Awesome. The “fighting back east”. Can’t mistake the blue sleeves and red cuffs of the Imperials – so the folks in the woods must be Republicans?
Also I must say I’m really appreciating the art already in Golden Son. Everything feels so real, and there’s so much detail that the deeper I look the more I see – like the different ranks on the Imperials’ collars. I also love that the Republicans (if that’s who they are) don’t have a uniform per se… but it’s still clear from their dress that they’re part of a side. I imagine walking into a town they’d be picked out as surely as if it *were* a uniform.
I’ve never ever really understood the “Line up neatly in rows in plain view to get shot like idjuts” era of warfare. I just kept wondering if there wasn’t one guy with better than room temperature IQ who was going “this is really, really dumb – I’m hiding behind a tree or rock.”
Carry on!
Emanon – the need for infantry to line up in long lines was because the equipment and training of the time favored “massed fire” followed by a bayonet charge over today’s marksmanship. Before and in the early parts of the Civil War most troops were issued muskets, which resembled rifles but did not have ‘rifling’, the grooves cut into the barrel that puts the spin on a bullet that allows it to travel in a straight line. Rifling requires a tight fitting bullet and a high degree of engineering; in addition the soldier shooting the rifle required much more extensive training. Muskets were smooth bored, and made to fire quickly. To facilitate this musket balls were generally smaller than the barrel. This allowed the musket to be loaded faster and reduced the danger of the barrel being fouled by the black powder used as the accelerant. (Watch a Civil War reenactment. All that smoke clogs the rifle barrel too.) Civil War marksmanship focused on how quickly recruits could fire; maintaining proper marching order and close combat were considered muck more important.
Panel 5 caption: “Oooh, I hate that guy”
the gag with the hand (hi!) 😀