This was so fantastic. The illustrations alone are worth picking up and reading the book. But I also feel like it sends a positive message. Sometimes, you just gotta live. Let experience speak for itself. It could be that in order to find what you need, you have to go explore. No need to make anything up.

The ending was great too. It all ends where it began. With our anonymously published poet asleep in a chair at the Angry Kitten. ( )

It’s dangerous to sit at the end of pier at night and fall asleep. You’re likely to be shanghaied! Well, not now, but that’s what happens to this gentle giant who only wants to write maritime poetry. Now forced to be a sailor, he has many fine, and some not so fine, adventures on the high seas. He’s not quite as gentle as he was, but he certainly has more to write about now. It’s a stirring tale of man who conquered the sea and achieved his dream. The cartoon panels are quite detailed, and offer much in the telling of the story. This graphic novel is one you will want to read and enjoy again and again. ( )

Swept up by a press gang, a passed-out poet awakens upon the sea in this short but effective ode to creativity and the sailing life. Despite being 146 pages, with only one (often wordless) panel per page, this graphic novel only takes about as long to read as a 22-page comic book. The art is cartoonish but works well for the story. ( )

This book changed my opinions about graphic novels. I have always had a hard time focusing while reading graphic novels, but I throughly enjoyed this short, sweet book. This book tells the story of a big lug that has the heart of a poet. He then sets out to sea and soon realizes that it does not meet his expectations. This short graphic novel teaches an important lesson while keeping the attention of the reader. I particularly enjoyed the theme of this book because I am a lover of all things nautical. I intend to have this book in my classroom library and share it with my students. ( )

Great little book. Picked it up as an in-between and it was great. Cool illustrations, not much dialogue but great story and sweet ending. ( )