Tag Archive for travel
Shoulder Angel in Tauranga
Flat White
This is yet another stop on my cafe-tour of Australia/New Zealand: Enigma, in the windy city of Wellington. A lot of these ports are repeats from my first ship contract in 2008, and I’m happy to report that Enigma, Modak’s Espresso (Dunedin), eighty-eight (Mt. Maunganui) and the strawberry alarmclock (Aukland) are all still here. Our […]
Doing the Math
I drew this in Tasmania, our first port. It was mostly an excuse to mess with gray tones; I used two brush pens filled with different ratios of ink and water. (You know who does this really well? Ben Dewey and his Tragedy Series–Check it out!)
Sydney Opera House
This is how I got totally burned my first day in Australia. Since then, I’ve been indoors: at sea the first day, and then at training all morning, and now in the Seaman’s Center in Tasmania. People are playing pool, Skyping home or downloading movies for later. The fire/safety training happens every contract. Of course, […]
I Made it to Sydney!
After 30+ hours in transit, I made it to Sydney. I arrived the day before my contract started, so I met up with an Australian friend from my first contract. He gave me the best possible reception: a beachfront breakfast in nearby Brighton! Next I took the train into Sydney, and spent the whole day […]
Last properly-scanned comic for awhile…. :)
This happened right before I left for Pittsburgh-Florida-Pittsburgh-New York-San Juan. Now I’m at an outdoor cafe in Antigua with two old ship-friends and two new ones! Signing onto your first ship is terrifying, but the seventh time has been really good so far! Every time I turn a corner, there’s a familiar face from another […]
Happy New Year!
Happy holidays, guys, and if you’re in New York, I hope you’re not too badly snowed in! I’ve been in Florida for a week, and it’s been an amazing holiday for family, books and movies. My favorite reads so far are The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Best present ever. Graphic novel-esque. Can’t describe. Just read […]