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Cruise Comic Project [Feb. 11th, 2012|11:15 pm]
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Next week I leave on an elderly cruise tour with my grandparents. The origins of this unlikely vacation will be revealed in comic form. I'll be making a small watercolored travelogue about the experience, that'll likely be on sale for digital download when I return (in a little over a week). I hope you guys enjoy this little preview, and I'll be back soon with comics and a sunburn!











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[User Picture]From: [info]callanhead
2012-02-12 04:27 am (UTC)

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heh, nice one. good luck!
[User Picture]From: [info]lucylou
2012-02-12 04:39 am (UTC)

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Thank you!
[User Picture]From: [info]tarpo
2012-02-12 04:32 am (UTC)

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I always get so excited when I see your work. I love your art style
[User Picture]From: [info]lucylou
2012-02-12 04:39 am (UTC)

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Thanks! I'm excited to make it.
[User Picture]From: [info]tyellas
2012-02-12 04:36 am (UTC)

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Based on my experiences on a cruise last year:

BRING ALL THE E-BOOKS.
[User Picture]From: [info]lucylou
2012-02-12 04:38 am (UTC)

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Haha, yes, I will be doing that for sure. Also I will have a travelogue to make, so maybe I'll actually keep up with it this time! Says the girl still 50 pages behind on her europe travelogue...
[User Picture]From: [info]say_it_with_pie
2012-02-12 04:57 am (UTC)

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Amazing! What are your destinations?
[User Picture]From: [info]lucylou
2012-02-12 05:18 am (UTC)

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Curacao and Aruba!
[User Picture]From: [info]VERWHO
2012-02-12 05:00 am (UTC)

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Ha...all their kids are identifiable by glasses? It must run in the family!
I bet this will be a really neat comic, and I hope you have a fun, weird trip.
[User Picture]From: [info]lucylou
2012-02-12 05:14 am (UTC)

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We're a reading family. I've been drawing myself with contacts in recently, but I'm just like my four-eyed clan.

[User Picture]From: [info]gfrancie
2012-02-12 07:51 am (UTC)

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Aruba is supposed to be gorgeous. Ask all the old people stories about when they were young. Because if they are anything like my Grandma or Great Aunt, they probably had a pretty wild time. (One time when my Grandma was in her twenties, she and her friend drove from Seattle to like... Vancouver BC and hit every.single.bar. along the way. She also dated a lot of sailors and went to a lot of parties.
[User Picture]From: [info]frieliegh
2012-02-12 09:24 am (UTC)

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yes, this, and *record* the stories! ask your grands about when your parents and their sibs were younger, too. you can get some priceless stories that way, and I wish I'd had the chance to record them while mine were still here.

edit: complete words... good things, they are!

Edited at 2012-02-12 09:25 am (UTC)
[User Picture]From: [info]_ming
2012-02-12 08:08 am (UTC)

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I went on a cruise to Alaska with my grandparents two years ago. Good luck, have fun, don't OD on the desserts!
[User Picture]From: [info]mysterysquid
2012-02-12 08:26 am (UTC)

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It will be an amazing adventure...of some sort.
[User Picture]From: [info]hollycore
2012-02-12 11:13 am (UTC)

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I just read through Fresh Milk (a gift from a friend who lived in France for a few months) and I am hoping against hope that you have enough content from the cruise to make it into a second beautiful book.
[User Picture]From: [info]jacketeer
2012-02-12 08:44 pm (UTC)

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French Milk* :)

Beautiful work, Lucy!
[User Picture]From: [info]hollycore
2012-02-12 08:48 pm (UTC)

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Ah yes! Damn my typing and brain! Either way, it's brilliant.
[User Picture]From: [info]transitline
2012-02-12 12:08 pm (UTC)

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lol i love the comedy gold glasses, they should be real! have fun! >w
[User Picture]From: [info]anosako
2012-02-12 12:20 pm (UTC)

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Have a fabulous time! Can't wait for comic!
[User Picture]From: [info]maelie
2012-02-12 12:38 pm (UTC)

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Have a great time! May it reap an adventurous (but not TOO) adventurous story!
[User Picture]From: [info]elizaroo
2012-02-12 01:28 pm (UTC)

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Wow! What a great idea! Cruises are great - they're a chance to see places you wouldn't see usually while having access to ALL THE FOOD.

Hope you have a great time and I look forward to hearing how it went :)
[User Picture]From: [info]rosindust
2012-02-12 01:56 pm (UTC)

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Have you read the David Foster Wallace story on taking a cruise?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I%27ll_Never_Do_Again
[User Picture]From: [info]bsting
2012-02-12 02:10 pm (UTC)

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Have a great time! I'm pretty sure it'll make for an interesting travel log! You're an introspective girl, you tend to think about things a lot. In the middle of an ocean with not much distraction, I'm pretty sure it'll give you loads of time to think about stuff and invest in your grandparents.

I don't know how talkative they are, but you could ask them about their history. Make a book somewhat biographies of their lives. As thanks to them for taking you along.
[User Picture]From: [info]nervousystem
2012-02-12 02:29 pm (UTC)

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Boats are so cool!

Have a great time, Lucy!
[User Picture]From: [info]andricongirl
2012-02-12 02:52 pm (UTC)

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great, hope you have a fun holiday
[User Picture]From: [info]ms_violet
2012-02-12 04:50 pm (UTC)

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I love this.
[User Picture]From: [info]chrisamaphone
2012-02-12 06:11 pm (UTC)

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awesome. i'm looking forward to the results!
[User Picture]From: [info]evilcarp
2012-02-12 06:30 pm (UTC)

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I used to work for a cruise line. Which line are you sailing with?

Generally, the folks on cruise ships are really helpful for older passengers, and will go above and beyond to make sure they don't have any problems.

I went on several cruises for work. I appreciate being able to sit quietly on the deck of a ship and read or draw or paint. I know a lot of people my age get really bored really fast. When you're in port, the ship will have tours and things you can go on. They are more expensive to book through the ship itself. If you go explore the ports without the ship, you'll find people selling the same tours for less. However, if you do tours that are not connected to the ship, and something goes poorly, you've got no recourse. If you book ship tours, they'll usually help you out if something goes wrong, or the tour guide is a dick or something like that.

When I went with my mom, who has some health issues, she couldn't spend the whole day doing stuff in port. So we usually booked an activity (like horse-back riding, swimming with dolphins) and did that in the morning. Then she would go back to the ship to rest, and I spent the rest of the day wandering around the ports on my own. You can learn a lot more about the places that way than by sticking with the rest of the cruise passengers. Just make sure you leave yourself time to get back to the ship. They will leave without you!
[User Picture]From: [info]boxbrown
2012-02-12 10:03 pm (UTC)

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oh my god. that's fascinating
[User Picture]From: [info]chroma_zone
2012-02-13 01:03 am (UTC)

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Whoa, good luck! I'll be looking forward to your return and reading your comic! I'm sure you all will have an awesome time!

This is inspiring me to take some time off with my family as well...
[User Picture]From: [info]victorion
2012-02-13 01:19 am (UTC)

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I am so jealous of you Lucy!! This is an incredible opportunity. My grandfather died suddenly and unexpectedly last week at 82. I wish I could have had a trip like this with my grandparents (although they did take me to Disney World when I turned 10!). I'm sure you will have some trying times too but WOW what an opportunity. Cherish every moment and take lots of pictures!!! Listen to them a lot and ask lots of questions about how they feel and their memories. I can't believe I'll never get another story out of my grandfather or bring him happiness by remembering his happiest times as he told me about them.
[User Picture]From: [info]crypticpress
2012-02-13 04:12 pm (UTC)

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This sounds like the beginning of a romantic comedy. Maybe sound other young'un will be making the trip with their grandparents!
[User Picture]From: [info]naseemo
2012-02-14 11:58 pm (UTC)

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I like this idea. Make it so, Universe.
[User Picture]From: [info]leeanndunton
2012-02-13 06:55 pm (UTC)

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Ooooh I can't wait to read about this. And yes, good luck. You'll probably appreciate this trip later on in life, I'm sure. :)
[User Picture]From: [info]adam_0oo
2012-02-13 11:01 pm (UTC)

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Yay origin stories!
From: (Anonymous)
2012-02-14 12:13 am (UTC)

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Jean's mother here. Love the art work; love the text; look forward to further updates or finished product. And hope that everyone has a fabulous time.
[User Picture]From: [info]Amanda Arruda
2012-02-17 02:05 pm (UTC)

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HAHA, your cat will miss you. (:
[User Picture]From: [info]mandyarruda
2012-02-28 02:14 pm (UTC)

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I love your drawings. LOVE!
[User Picture]From: [info]spazmodic
2012-03-08 08:04 pm (UTC)

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Sounds awesome! Have a great time!

Edited at 2012-03-08 08:04 pm (UTC)