#admiralcomic

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Admiral Page 047! ⚓

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Thomas once again finds himself in a memory from two years previous - during a conversation between himself, then acting Master Shipbuilder at Harland & Wolff, Alexander Carlisle, Chairman of Harland & Wolff, Lord William Pirrie, and owner of the White Star Line, J. Bruce Ismay -- at odds over the amount of lifeboats that he and Carlisle recommend (a minimum of 32) whereas, both Pirrie and Ismay wished to capitalize on the deck space by sticking with the 16 regulation lifeboats - regulations based on ships of a gross tonnage of 10,000 tons created in 1894. Titanic with her 16 lifeboats and the 4 collapsible boats exceeded the Board of Trade's minimum. So convinced they were that Titanic was so perfectly designed that the lifeboats themselves would barely, if ever, be used. Thank you so much for reading!

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Admiral Page 038! ⚓

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Thomas begins his attempts at clearing cabins of passengers in hopes of getting them to the boat deck.

He encounters John Hugo Ross, of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, returning home from vacation with a terrible case of dysentery, he was unconcerned with the apparently sinking Titanic.

His body was never recovered and it is thought he drowned in his cabin, A-10.

Thank you so much for reading!

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Admiral Page 036! ⚓

Website: MattHTaylor.com Twitter: @MattHTaylor Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Admiral-Comic The Titanic looms over the memory of Thomas Andrews, like a leviathan in wait. Back in the present of 1912, Thomas and Roderick Chisholm bid one another farewell, with an empty promise to see each other when they reach New York.

The bodies of all the men that made up the Guarantee Group were never recovered.

Thank you so much for reading!

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Admiral Page 031! ⚓

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Thomas, the guilt of what's occurred having shifted his focus, stares at the clock of the forward Grand Staircase.

From the wiki about the Grand Staircase, "[The] clock flanked by two carved allegorical figures symbolizing 'Honour and Glory crowning Time'. "

I really enjoyed making the Grand Staircase clock the central focus of the page. It was a very quick decision to add both the glowering faces from the clock in the last panel and the small text all over the place. I think... more than anything I wanted these last few pages to really convey how Thomas might have felt in the moments just after midnight. Knowing what he knew and not wanting to raise panic amongst the sleepy, warm passengers.

Thank you so much for reading 'Admiral'!

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This is a really quick little update:

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the launch of 'Admiral'!

I wouldn't be where I am now without you all and your continued support so from the bottom of my heart ~

Thank you so, so much!

I'm currently running a raffle/giveaway over on twitter that will run through 11:40pm on Sunday, August 5th!

https://twitter.com/MattHTaylor/status/1024658987713748992

Be sure to click through and enter for your chance to win a copy of the first print run of Admiral, the 'White Star LIne' postcard re-creation and the new Titanic Blueprints mini concertina zines I've been making!

Thank you all again so so much!

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Hello and Happy Holidays to you! My comic 'Admiral' updated today! https://tapas.io/series/Admiral-Comic 🛳️ https://admiral-the-comic.tumblr.com 🚢 💙⚓💙

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Admiral Page 032! ⚓

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Thomas is shaken from his trance by Roderick Chisholm --  Chief Ships Draughtsman in the employ of Harland and Wolff along with Thomas Andrews. Chisholm was on board the maiden voyage of the Titanic as part of the "Guarantee Group" - 9 employees of Harland & Wolff aboard the liner to carefully observe the vessel her first time out on the open ocean and would have eventually been charged to make improvements and tweaks to Titanic before starting her life as a Trans-Atlantic runner.

Thank you so much for reading 'Admiral'!

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