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I’m putting…tremendous personal pressure on myself with these whaleboat scenes…I so desperately want to capture the spirit of the thing. We’ll see if I succeed.
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Panel 1 [Barzillai shouts over his shoulder with a snarling expression]
BARZILLAI:
Clew up main and brace aback, Mr. Mathews! Starboard watch, line the boats!
Panel 2 [Barzillai steps up to Ezra, the flurry of activity behind them as men start to prep the whale boats]
BARZILLAI:
Join me in the water, Mr. Carter. I want to see what you’re made of.
EZRA:
Aye.
Panel 3 [Ezra turns, shouting across the deck with a decisive expression.]
EZRA:
Waist and forward boat crews! Shoes off, stand ready to lower!
Panel 4[Close up shot of some men pulling off their shoes by the bulwarks]
Panel 5 [Josué grins, slinging an arm across the shoulders of a bewildered Lawrence, pulling him over to the boats]
JOSUÉ:
Come on, Manner, time for a baptism!
BARZILLAI:
Clew up main and brace aback, Mr. Mathews! Starboard watch, line the boats!
Panel 2 [Barzillai steps up to Ezra, the flurry of activity behind them as men start to prep the whale boats]
BARZILLAI:
Join me in the water, Mr. Carter. I want to see what you’re made of.
EZRA:
Aye.
Panel 3 [Ezra turns, shouting across the deck with a decisive expression.]
EZRA:
Waist and forward boat crews! Shoes off, stand ready to lower!
Panel 4[Close up shot of some men pulling off their shoes by the bulwarks]
Panel 5 [Josué grins, slinging an arm across the shoulders of a bewildered Lawrence, pulling him over to the boats]
JOSUÉ:
Come on, Manner, time for a baptism!
Probably better than any other comic.
Especially since I don’t remember ever seeing another 18th century whaling comic 😉
Hahah thank you for your faith in me!