©2007 by Peter Bernhardt. All rights reserved.

Author's Notes:

Here it is: the sequel to the two-parter series "Keelhauled!" As you can see, my chance to create a deep and thought-provoking story arc devolved into an excuse to do slapstick humor and show off a little more of Tess. But you all wanted that anyway, right? This comic took a good long time to color, due to its complexity (am I kidding? I'm not even sure.) of both color and inking. Seriously, I used a hell of a lot of ink on this comic. I think I might need to get some backup pens from the art store soon.

I would like to let everyone know that the panel where the two sailors (I'll tell you their names when the "Crew" section comes up!) are moving the organ is based on reality. I have an organ that is very similar to the one depicted in this comic, except it has no pipes coming out of it. Instead, it has twin Leslie speakers built in and is powered by vacuum tubes. Whether the pipe-version or the tube-version would be heavier, I don't know, but I do know that the one I have weighs at least 350 lbs. Yes, it is possible for just two people to carry it; when I bought it, my friend Ray and I had no one to help us carry it from the seller's lawn to my van (and it took us the rest of the night to recover). However, it is preferable to have three or even four people carry it, and even then it sucks.

Anyway, today poor Spatz gets rotten sauerkraut dumped on him, beat up by a beautiful woman, his hand crushed by a massive organ, and plunged into ice-cold water. I'm sure we can all relate to him...