I know A LOT about pirates. For instance, I know that they pillage and plunder and rifle and loot. I also know that they don't give a hoot about kidnapping or ravaging. And how do I know all of this? Certainly not from books. If there are books that mention pirates, I haven't read them. Turns out I'm not much of a reader. If not from books, then how? Well... pirates sang a song about it, of course. These pirates claim to be rascals, scoundrels, and such, but you don't see much to support that. What are the two things you always see pirates doing? Singing and dancing.In Peter Pan, The Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, and the Pirates of the Caribbean ride (which is based on the movie which is based on the ride), most of what we get is a kind of "Broadway at Sea." This fun-loving group of misfit marauders seems to be more interested in choreography than robbery.
What's with the terror in the faces of a ship's crew when they see a pirate ship raise its flag? Afraid of a pirate flag? Just pretend it's a disco ball... it means about the same thing (which, in retrospect, is indeed rather scary).
There is one pirate I know who doesn't sing or dance... he fixes track meets. Man, I love that movie! And that's who the middle pirate is based on.
Do you have the line art for this still? I would really enjoy coloring on it a little.
ReplyDeleteI just emailed it to you, Sam. If you get a chance to re-paint it, let me know. I'd love to see what it looks like after someone who knows how to paint is finished with it. Everyone check out Sam's blog... he's amazing.
ReplyDeleteI really like the different shapes of each character in the same pose. Especially the hook-handed one.
ReplyDeleteAaarrr yesss, the resemblinx be uncanny. (Pirate talk with a little Popeye thrown in.)
ReplyDeletehahahaha freakin awesome Shane! Arrrrrr she be a beauty
ReplyDeleteI swear that middle Pirate's smoking something. He's way too happy, even for a dancing pirate.
ReplyDeleteGreat news! I have a widescreen monitor on my laptop, and this fit the screen great! Thanks for accidentally accomodating my needs!
Fantastic work as usual, Mr. L.
waaahahahahaaaayyy fun! Looks like they played the 99 bottles game five too many times. This is absolutely one of my favs! *hardy-har laugh*
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this, Shane. A pirates life for me, too!
ReplyDeleteHahah awesome!
ReplyDeleteoohhhh.....baaaaby. I'm like'n this style Mr. Lewis. And anything pirate is appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteEach entry is better than the last! Your dialog is GREAT! You should really look into becoming part of Brian Regan's act ~ seriously, you're funny! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, and the drawerings are pretty slick too!
You should ask Brian first, I heard he's kinda private. Just don't barge into his gig.
ReplyDeleteGig-barger.