John Cawsway and the Fogo Island "Ferry Blues" 1991

Click the image to enlarge ( all copyrights G.Freake, D. Quinton & L. Penton )

In Change Islands they are funny, lucky and friendly. Not just because they have a cafe named The Burgundy Squid, or icebergs big as Lichtenstein ankering up on people`s porch in the middle of summer, but they also have a convenience store for every seventyfive man, woman and pony living there. With infastructure like that, it seems just plain irrelevant to mention that there are FOUR of these skyscraping consumer havens nicely distributed over the islands.

Anyway, as Martin and myself were treasure hunting for a piece of lemon one day, in an attempt to complete A Norwegian shrimp sandwich, we unearthed an artifact from a time long gone, well hidden in one these locally flavoured Walmartian power-structures´ top shelves ;

The year was 1991 people, Ferry logistics from Fogo Island and Change Islands to the Mainland was as reliable and made as much sense as a made in Hong Kong clock showing Puerto Rico time in Gaelic handwriting. For the everyday Islander, it was just another day in paradise, but for others it was time to take it to the mountain - And that is exactly what Gerald Freake, Dave Quinton and Leo Penton did. Armed with pencils made out of lobster toes and paper from stretched cod-skin, they went on to create the funniest cartoon of all times. Well, at least the funniest North of Dildo at that time nevertheless. Better than a pointed stick in the eye.
"Ferry Blues" is a ten page bomb packed with over the top and brim tales of John Cawsway and his mudder, Mrs E. Cawsway time-consuming and hysterically absurd endeavours with the Fogo Island Ferry System.
Limited Edition was invented in Fogo Island people, so this baby wont show up on Ebay anytime soon, even if it`s as tight as a bull`s arse in fly time. It is therefore my pleasure to offer you a little taste of this amazing piece of Fogo Island and Change Islands history for the first time in the history blogs and electronic highways, outside Newfoundland and Labrador.



Click the image to enlarge ( all copyrights G.Freake, D. Quinton & L. Penton )

Click the image to enlarge ( all copyrights G.Freake, D. Quinton & L. Penton )


Click the image to enlarge ( all copyrights G.Freake, D. Quinton & L. Penton )

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