As everyone gets ready for the long weekend, as always, New York City is abuzz with the excitement of FLEET WEEK! We’re probably going to check out a few ships, and maybe a few sailors, too. Because everyone loves sailors.
Click on more for our Memorial Day 2009 Sailor Salute!
A special call-out for moody, gritty ’70s sailors with their collars turned up!
PS: We were going to post some sailor movies here, but when we googled “movies about sailors” we got some results we were totally not expecting. =(
I assume it is no coincidence that FMB fled the country during Fleet Week.
Ever seen the sequel to “On The Town”? “It’s Always Fair Weather” is an interesting film, a bit darker in tone.
And where’s Sam Glanzman? And what of Miss Lace, of “Mail Call” fame? (I have a copy of the collection, formerly owned by a sailor on the USS Indiana.) Or Don Winslow?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Donwinslowof1.jpg
Yarr! It’s probably worth mentioning during Fleet Week that it’s never too late to check out the book I’ve been working on for SLG, Captain Blood. Seafaring derring-do at its absolute finest! I cobbled together a ComicSpace preview here: http://www.btb.gc.ca/btb.php?lang=eng&cont=867