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I couldn’t make these guests up! Pg. 1/2
Sorry about the image quality here. My faithful scanner is busted and won’t do color, so I took digital photos. I’m posting this from LeHavre, France, in the cozy/funky “Black Cafe.” This cartoon is a couple weeks old, but I haven’t had the time or the bandwidth to post anything! We’re almost done with a […]
The Onboard Art Gallery
Yes, we have one. The art gallery tends to employ really cool people, so I’ve spent lots of time there, on various ships. And yes, I enjoy making fun of it a little.
Did you hear…?
I was in the guest disco, drinking with a few band members and the singer we’d just played for. The cruise director walked around, spreading the news. I cartooned it right afterwards. Just another surreal moment in a long night, but that’s another story…
A pristine afternoon in Antigua
If the 20-minute discrepancy seems like no big deal, let me clarify that we were half an hour out of town, on a bus line we didn’t know, and all-aboard was 4:15. Mila claims to have mysterious psychic time-telling powers, but who can keep track of time on a beach like this one?! So we […]
I think it’s the weather
This is our last week in the Caribbean. Most cruise ships have already begun crossing the Atlantic or the Panama Canal in preparation for summers in Alaska, the Mediterranean or the Baltic. There’s a reason for that: For the first time in months, the musicians’ outdoor sets are getting rained out, biking and volleyball plans […]
More Postcards
Being bandmaster has left me with way less time to paint lately. There’s always some little errand to do with scheduling the bands, or getting newbies on the payroll, or apologizing to a guest because the private piano in their deluxe stateroom is out of tune… On the other hand, it’s really cool to be […]
Just a little vent
This cartoon is in the just-for-myself sketchbook, but enough people commented on it that I decided to post it here. This is the entertainment office, where the cruise director, assistant cruise director, bandmaster, musicians and cruise staff are constantly in and out. I like the people, but the pace of being bandmaster has been an […]