Navy

These Cartoons Were Done Between 1983 To 1986 And Were
Published As Black And White Comics In The Flyer, The Shipboard
Newspaper For The U.S.S. Kitty Hawk CV-63.

There Were Others, But These Are The Best Examples.

 

 

 The Kitty Hawk Had A Collision With A Russian Submarine

One Night While We Were In The Sea Of Japan.

   One Of The Ship’s Chaplains I Spoke To Got

Me To Do A Cartoon For The Paper. If It Wasn’t

For Him Pushing Me, I Never Would Have Submitted Anything.

So Thanks Chaplain Prescott.

With So Many People On Board And So Little

Space, The Ship Had To Be Cleaned Constantly.

The Decks Were Always Being Waxed Somewhere.

   Whenever You Were Hauling Laundry

Or Some Heavy Equipment, You Were

Always Being Told To Go Around.

   The Fun This Generated Really Increased

When Several Divisions Where Doing Their

Decks At The Same Time.

 

This Was Drawn Midway Through The 1984 Cruise.

    Once In A While I Would See This Comic Cut Out And

Pasted On Someone’s Work Station Somewhere On The

Ship. It Was Something Everyone Could Relate To.

When Deployed On A Western Pacific Cruise, Every
Navy Ship Has To Patrol the Indian Ocean.

   Being On A Ship Sailing Around In Circles Over And
Over For 3 Months (Or Longer) Was A Thrill That

Most Of Us Just Couldn’t Get Enough Of.

   This Was The Other Comic Of Mine That Was Cut

Out And Pasted On People’s Work Stations.

   I Have To Admit That It Was A Thrill The

Few Times That I Saw That Happen.

This Was Another Comic Drawn During The

Indian Ocean Period Of The ’84 Cruise.

   The Mail Actually Ran Frequently, But It

Was One Of The Few Things To Look

Forward To, So It Was Never Enough.

   The People Who Put The Ship’s Paper

Together Ran This With No Problems, But

Were Afraid That It Would Upset The Guys

Who Ran The Kitty Hawk’s Post Office.

After The Cruise I Was Told That The Post

Office Never Said Anything About It.

    Like Everyone Else, They

Must Have Wanted More Mail.

After 3 Months Of Nothing But Water,

We Pulled Into Australia For 5 Days!

   The People In Australia Were Fantastic, And

There Were So Many Beautiful Women!

   After 5 Days Of Being In The Land Down Under,

Going Out To Sea In A Crowded Ship Full Of

Men Didn’t Sound Like Any Fun.

   My 9 Year Old Daughter Found This

Comic And Asked Why Did I Only

Put Ladies In The Bottom Panel.

Since The Ship’s Electricity Is Not Grounded, All

Electrical Devices Had To Have A 3-Pronged Plug.

The 3rd Prong Was The Ground.

   These Devices Had To Be Taken Down To Electrical

Safety To Be Checked Out. This Was Done Once Or

Twice A Year, I Can’t Remember The Time Frame.

   Each Space On The Ship Has A Tack Number.

The First Number Is The Deck, The Second Is The

Rib Of The Ship, And The Third Is The Space.

   Everytime I Went To Electrical Safety There Was

A Sign Saying They Had Moved To Another Space,

And They Had The New Tack Number Listed.

   Even Though The Tack Number Was Listed,

It Could Still Be Tough To Find If It Was In a Part

Of The Ship You Were Not Familiar With.

The Kitty Hawk’s Decks Went Up To 010.

There Was No Such Thing As 030.

This Was My Favorite Comic.

Later I Was Told That Electrical Safety Didn’t Think

It Was Funny, But I Don’t Know If That Was True.

 

At The End Of The ’85 Cruise We Stopped In Hawaii,

And The Public Affairs Office Put Together A Guide For

The Crews Use. This Was The Cover.

   It Was Also One Of The Few Things That I Did In ’85.

At That Time I Was Put In A Work Station That Had A TV,

So I Squandered All Of My Time Watching It Instead Of Drawing.

This Was A Door Sign For The Ship’s Radio Station.