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Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel Plus Gettysburg Art
February 1st, 2010 by Aldouspi

Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel Plus Gettysburg Art

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Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech—his 271 indelible words—been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary so… More >>

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  • Gypsi Phillips Bates writes:
    February 1st, 20104:44 amat

    Gettysburg: the graphic novel gives a very brief account of the battles that took place, and then dedicates the rest of the book to the building of the National Cemetery and the speeches by Edward Everett and President Lincoln at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery.

    Presented in graphic novel style, this book could have been a wonderful illustration of these most decisive days of the United States’ Civil War. Instead, it appeared as a odd piece of “feel-good” propaganda, giving the idea of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as setting in motion a whole chain of civil rights movements. Apparently the author did not research the Emancipation Proclamation very much; Lincoln freed the slaves in the Southern states (states he had no jurisdiction over at that time) and did nothing for the slaves in the Northern states that were still in the Union. It’s interesting to note that at the time of the war, there were more “Free Blacks” (as they were called) in the Southern states than they were in the Northern states.

    And, with such a focus on slavery, a child that reads this novel is going to come away with the untruth (that is still being taught in our schools) that slavery was the cause of this war. States Rights were the issue, not slavery. But, Butzer is very specific in letting the reader know that the “repulsive institution of American slavery” is the direct cause of the war.

    In addition, Gettysburg: the graphic novel is grossly biased in favor of the Union side, to the point still referring to the Confederacy as “Rebels”! Is this a contemporary account? Or an educated historical rendering? Or, perhaps neither. Butzer also misrepresents, hopefully accidentally, General Lee’s orders to forage for food by illustrating it with looting. Anyone who has studied General Lee and his armies knows that he did not allow looting and that provisions were paid for, granted it was in Confederate money, but that is still not the looting that was illustrated.

    Gettysburg: the graphic novel is also, unfortunately for a book supposedly drawing on “primary sources”, cursed with historical inaccuracies. For example, the gatehouse to Evergreen Cemetery is shown as being built as part of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. That gatehouse was built in the 1850’s and was standing when the battles were taking place. Perhaps he meant to show that it was being fixed from the damage? So it’s just an error by negligence and not an outright falsehood then?

    Sadly, the bibliography was not included in the ARC, because I would like to have seen the sources Mr. Butzer used that listed Lincoln’s African-American Valet, William Johnson, as his “friend” (as well as on several other points). I think this was another case of the author attempting to color the reader’s view of Lincoln.

    Overall, this was a poorly written book and while it not might fool a reader who has previously studied up on the subject, it should not be given the chance to fool readers who don’t have prior knowledge. Giving this to our children to read is placing prejudice and inaccuracy in their hands in the guise of truth and I adamantly advise against it.

    Rating: 1 / 5

  • TeensReadToo.com writes:
    February 1st, 20105:23 amat

    GETTYSBURG: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is almost exactly what it proposes itself to be: a graphic-novel account of the Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath, culminating with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

    It’s obvious that Butzer has done his research on this one, as you can see if you flip to his bibliography at the back, but I kept wishing that this research could have been presented in a manner that would be easier to understand. Even with a decent knowledge of the Civil War’s political and historical climate, the first several pages of Butzer’s account were difficult to follow, long on images and short on explanatory text. The author/illustrator appears to have foreseen this complaint, and has included in the back of the book a panel-by-panel discussion of the historical background for each page of the comic, but I kept wanting that information to be made available to me on the same page as the images.

    The narration picks up after the battle has ended and the Union must care for its sick and wounded; from here on, Butzer’s arresting visual narrative is bolstered by quoting from the journals and letters of people who were actually present, including a local nurse and the photographer sent to document the battlefield carnage.

    I will say this for Butzer: the images themselves are beautiful. Rendered in black, white, and a gray-blue reminiscent of both Union and Confederate uniforms, these drawings capture the atmosphere of Gettysburg before and after the battles with the same harsh clarity as famous photographer Timothy O’Sullivan, some of whose original prints from Gettysburg are reproduced by Butzer as drawings.

    By the time the graphic novel presents the Gettsyburg Address itself, Butzer is in fine form, juxtaposing images of the crowd gathered to consecrate the new national cemetery and moments in American history, past and future, that seem to be encapsulated within Lincoln’s speech. The final image of Lincoln as he walks away through the now-empty graveyard is evocative and sparse, sending chills up my spine.

    Still, if you are looking for an interesting place to start learning about Gettysburg or the Civil War, you might want to start with something that will give you all the facts up front, instead of relegating them to ten pages of notes in the back. Based purely on the art content, I’d give this book 5 stars, but the difficulty following the story, especially of the battle itself, detracts from the artistic experience and makes it hard to determine how effective this graphic novel is as anything other than a series of evocative images.

    Reviewed by: Candace Cunard
    Rating: 4 / 5

  • GraphicNovelReporter.com writes:
    February 1st, 20106:01 amat

    About halfway through Gettysburg, a photographer arrives to record the aftermath of the battle. “Such a picture conveys a useful moral,” he muses, as he focuses on a body lying on the battlefield. “It shows the blank horror and reality of war, in opposition to its pageantry.”

    The same could be said of Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel. War is often spoken of in terms of great masses of soldiers advancing, retreating, or flanking the enemy. C. M. Butzer brings the battle down to the atomic level, showing individual soldiers fighting in the woods, charging with bayonets drawn, and staring up, dumbstruck, as a cannonball hurtles down upon them from the sky. And he does not flinch from the horrors of war; after the battle, he shows bodies scattered on the battlefield and a soldier nonchalantly carrying an armload of amputated arms and legs.

    In just 80 pages, Butzer sets the scene, depicts the battle and its aftermath, and shows the movement to create a national cemetery on the site, as well as Lincoln writing his speech and the ceremony at Gettysburg.

    This is a lot of material, and the first half of the book is too compressed. The initial skirmish at Gettysburg is over with in three pages, and the action is hard to follow. The generals speak in sound bites and then disappear. We catch a brief glimpse of a field hospital, a short exchange with the governor of Pennsylvania, a snatch of conversation among the cemetery planners. Butzer compensates for this with copious notes in the back of the book, in which he fully explains each scene and adds more historical details. This makes interesting reading, but it would have been even better if it had been integrated more fully into the narrative.

    While this part of the book is hard to read, it also succeeds in doing something only a graphic novel could do: It puts the reader inside the story. It’s one thing to read an account of a battle, but quite another to look down the dusty streets of Gettysburg and see the Confederate troops advancing while the local African Americans move out to safer territory.

    Once Lincoln appears, about halfway through the book, the action slows. We see Lincoln riding the train to Gettysburg and meditating in silence in his hotel room. Then we get to see a rare sight: The delivery of the Gettysburg Address in its original context, at the battlefield, and preceded by a long, fiery speech by the famous orator Edward Everett. When Lincoln takes the stage, the stillness is palpable. As Lincoln delivers the speech, Butzer backs away from literal reality, illustrating the words with depictions of the full pageantry of American civil rights history, from the Revolution and the founding fathers to union marches, suffragists, and a gay liberation parade.

    Butzer’s figures sometimes look stiff and awkward, but he is very good at setting the scene and conveying emotion. And that’s the real value of Gettysburg: it does more than just present the facts, it puts the reader in the heart of the story, providing a rare look at history from the inside out.

    — Brigid Alverson
    Rating: 4 / 5

  • AdamEye writes:
    February 1st, 20106:47 amat

    As someone who picked up this book, not because of a curiosity about Lincoln, but because of an appreciation for the graphic novel as a medium, I was pleasantly surprised: C.M. Butzer’s skill as a storyteller is readily apparent and lends itself wonderfully to the task of relating an important slice of history to young readers. Throughout, Butzer’s compositional choices speak to a creator who is well versed in the tradition of the medium and, that this book was produced for a young audience belies the sophistication it is imbued with. My only complaint is similar to reviewer B. Russo’s: I would like to see Mr. Butzer bring his formidable talents to bear and stretch his legs on a lengthier project.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  • B. Russo writes:
    February 1st, 20109:03 amat

    As both a civil war buff and comic book junky, I often wondered why a product like this had never been created (I suppose it takes the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birthday to motivate the publishing community).

    I found the book gave an interesting perspective on the battle itself, which surprised me given the amount of media previously dedicated to the event (the Gettysburg motion picture and several made for TV renditions). The difference was the author’s ability to let the reader inside the minds of the characters, similar to a novel, while the artwork allowed one to sit back and enjoy the action.

    My only criticism is that i would have liked to have seen this expanded into a several part series, instead of just one publication.
    Rating: 4 / 5


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