A More Perfect Union CP12

Cinema Purgatorio #12 A More Perfect Union cover by Gabriel Andrade

Below are annotations for “The Second Day. July 2, 1862” 8 pages in Cinema Purgatorio #12.

Writer: Max Brooks, Artist: Gabriel Andrade

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Note: Some of this is obvious, but you never know who’s reading and what their exposure is. If there’s anything we missed or got wrong, let us know in comments.

General: TBA

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• Brooks and Andrade do a clever reveal. Prior to this panel, the gender of the soldiers wasn’t clear, then this panel reveals that the reader is seeing an all-female unit.

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  Kady Brownell – via Wikipedia

  The woman on the right (according to Brooks’ notes) is U.S. Civil War soldier Kady Brownell.

Page 4

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• Mary Hayes, as Brooks notes, references Mary Ludwig Hays – known as Molly Pitcher – a woman who fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War.
• Brownell is shouting at the other soldier, the way many people vainly shout to be heard by people who speak other languages.

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Page 5

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• “Bitter, hauptmann, aber ich verstehe nicht” is German for “Please, captain, but I do not understand” (assuming that “Bitter” should be “Bitte.”)
• “Lop ear” is a flattened ear deformity – not entirely clear in this context, but it appears to mean some kind of slang for someone who can’t hear/understand.

panel 2

• “Sauerkraut” is derogatory slang for German.
• “Ja ja. Hauptmann.” is German for “yes, yes, captain.”

panel 3

• “Nässe den schwamm oder du wirst eine explosion aufbrechen” is “wet the sponge or you’ll cause an explosion.”

panel 4

•  “Es tut mir leid hauptmann, ich wusste es nicht, tut mir so leid” is “I’m sorry captain, I didn’t know, I’m so sorry.”

Pages 6-8 – no specific annotations

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