Custer’s NIGHTMARE is just beginning, folks!
So, here we are six weeks into the new volume and FINALLY things are starting to connect back a bit to the cliffhanger at the end of Volume One. The Giga-Reich has officially re-entered the narrative (or entered the narrative for the first time if you are looking at it from timeline perspective). Semantics aside, the bottom line is that it’s all starting to come together. Word of warning though, Daredevilers, we are talking the scenic route home…
Be here NEXT WEEK for CUSTER versus the GIGA-REICH: Round One! Trust me, you do not want to miss this one.
Anyways, till next week!
-Matt-
Like, wow, man; dig those crazy threads! I suppose if you’ve got time travel, you might as well use it to your advantage. Unfortunately for Those Wacky Nazis, they’ve chosen to do so in a typically clumsy and over-the-top fashion. How is the Captain going to get out of this one? I can’t wait to find out! (No, seriously, I can’t wait, so I’m building a time machine so I can see the end before everyone else.)
So…time travel, huh? Sure about that are you, Crazyman?
We shall see (and, maybe you will sooner rather than later if you do succeed in building that time machine.)…
Wer zum Teufel ist das Arschloch? is astonishingly correct and proper German. (But of course, it is anything else than proper!)
In contrast, Verschieben Sie an die Wand! is a hilarious mistranslation. Verschieben only corresponds to the transitive use of move, so you would have to say Bewegen Sie sich an die Wand!
This would be technically correct, but does not sound right, though.
A German writer would omit the verb and use An die Wand!,
or maybe Alle an die Wand! (Alle means everybody).
On the other hand, the Giga-Reich is not only a different timeline, but an entirely alternate universe …
Oh… that´s the reason (ehem!)…probably…
I knew that our “Google-translated” German was not going to get past you, Timothy.
Unfortunately, we don’t know any native German speakers, except for you, that is….
Hmmm….that gives me an idea…Would you be willing to help us out with German translations going forward?
The next couple pages are already in the can, but going forward you could be a big help to us, and save us some embarrassment.
What do you say?
Yes, I’d like to help you.
I can probably save you some embarrassment. Of course, there will always be experts who are gonna nitpick about historical accuracy issues or ignored literary conventions or whatever, but since DDD really is its own universe, we can just let them blow off steam.
You have my email; just send me the stuff you want me to check!
Awesome! Thanks, Timothy.
It may be a bit before we’ll need some more German translated, but I’ll alert you when we do.
Fantastic!!!!
Ok, it’s not a mere plot twist but the 3d equivalent to a hybrid between a interstate cloverleaf bypass and a super violent roller coaster.
The roller coaster is just going to get more bumpy from here, TKG.
As Samuel Jackson would say, “Hold onto your butts!”
To quote Indiana Jones:
“Nazis. I hate these guys. ”
Nobody can utterly ruin a party quite like Storm Troopers.
Yup, we call’em GIGA-REICH TROOPERS, but they are no doubt our personal riff on Storm Troopers.
And, the Indy reference is definitely apropos. This volume of DDD is much more influenced by Star Wars and Indiana Jones, whereas the first volume was more influence by Star Trek.
Known as the Harrison Ford Effect, people experiencing prophetic visions would often comingle the villains from Indiana Jones movies with villains from Star Wars. They would often come to, saying, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
Not as much as the Blues Brothers!
Elwood: “Illinois Nazis.”
Jake: “I hate Illinois Nazis.”
That guy has a pretty huge “outie” belly button. Did that suit’s designer leave behind other designs that would eventually be used to create Nipple Suit Batman?
Odd after thought…the doctor is using something to sterilize the wound that probably burns a lot, and is wearing gloves. Both practices were rare at best during the Civil War Era. Hell Germ theory wasn’t really accepted until the 1890′s. Is this a very early glimpse of Doc Carver here (panel 2) if indeed he’s old enough to have been a doctor during the war? He’d certainly be smart enough to be on the run from giga-nazis.
Interesting. I thought the wound was being cauterized, perhaps with a hot iron poker, but good points.