Sam Henderson

Sam Hendersonin äkkiväärät sarjakuvat ovat välillä absurdismia vailla päätä ja häntää, välillä ne ovat filosofisia, välillä profeetallisia ja välillä jopa hengellisiä tai kaikkia edellä mainittuja yhtä aikaa. Mutta kaikissa näissä kategorioissa ne ovat joka tapauksessa huvittavia. Sam Henderson (syntynyt 18. lokakuuta 1969) on amerikkalainen sarjakuvantekijä, kirjoittaja ja amerikkalaisen komedian historian asiantuntija. Hendersonin tunnetuin sarjakuva on "The Magic Whistle”, jota hän alkoi julkaista omakustanteena 1993. Hendersonin sarjakuvia on julkaistu mm. Nickelodeonissa ja New York Observerissä.

The newest conglomeration of comics by John Linton Roberson, and friends. This 48-page giant Summer issue includes, in glorious, rich black & white: *LULU, the second chapter of John Linton Roberson's ongoing, acclaimed adaptation of the classic scandalous plays of Frank Wedekind. *Cartoons by "Magic Whistle" creator and American humor treasure Sam Henderson. *Excerpts from master illustrator Ashley Holt's BEDBUGS.*JESUS MEETS FRED, a catharsis in prose by John Linton Roberson.

‘Sputnik trawler’ is a nickname given to two classes of series-built side trawlers. In the mid to late 1950s and early 1960s, these new and revolutionary boats were intended to replace ageing steam trawlers. The little workhorses had to combat the inevitable prejudice against something ground-breaking and also the torrid economic state of the trawling industry in the 1960s. Inevitably, there were casualties. However, removed from their intended role as mini-side trawlers based at the main trawling ports, the sputniks began to turn in some fine performances for skippers belonging to the inshore ports. Sputniks became successful seine netters, pelagic trawlers and scallop dredgers, their performance often enhanced in later years by extensive rebuilding, which left fifteen-year-old vessels looking like brand new boats. Against the odds of the 1960s trawling depression, some of the sputniks even did well as side trawlers and spawned the larger ‘Spinningdale’ trawlers. The Spinningdales proved an exceptional success as side trawlers and their design was every bit as capable of being adapted to other forms of fishing as the sputniks. Some of the Spinningdales were built as outstandingly successful seiner/trawlers for inshore fishing, where they were later joined by many sister vessels following the demise of the trawling industry. This book is a memorial to the sputniks and Spinningdales, with brief histories and photographs, and some fine fishermen’s anecdotes about the multitude of things these boats did during some of the best years the fishing industry will ever know.

Built by Nobles of Girvan gives a wonderfully comprehensive account of one of Scotland’s finest boat-building companies –Alexander Noble & Sons Ltd of Girvan – from its founding in 1946 to the present-day. The phrase ‘Built by Nobles of Girvan’ is synonymous with the construction of finely crafted wooden fishing vessels – in particular some wonderfully elegant and successful ring netters – yet to think of the yard as a builder of ringers only is to deny it its versatility. While the ringers take pride of place in this book it also covers the other types of fishing vessels built in Girvan, including forty-footers, seiners and trawlers as well as the yard’s diversification into construction, using steel, of both fishing and non-fishing boats. This book is the master list of Nobles’ fishing boats. It records the main dimensions of each boat, the major changes which took place during her lifetime and her ultimate fate. The history of the yard is covered in an insightful introduction which includes some fine fishermen’s tales of big catches and happy days spent fishing, as well as detailing the other activities that took place there such as that of maintenance and repair work. Featuring over 180 photographs, many previously unpublished and from the Nobles archives, each fishing vessel is illustrated by at least one image, allowing readers the incredible opportunity to revisit the grand sight of a varnished Nobles boat in her heyday.

The boatbuilding industry has always had its ups and downs, reflecting the changing fortunes of the fishing industry. This work offers an account of the Campbeltown Shipyard, that diversified its boatbuilding activities in order to survive but competition from foreign yards moved into a new dimension from the mid-nineties onwards.