{"id":3303,"date":"2012-05-02T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T17:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2012-05-02T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:39:09","slug":"collection-of-comics-lampooning-bc-ferries-works-in-strange-and-wonderful-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/05\/02\/collection-of-comics-lampooning-bc-ferries-works-in-strange-and-wonderful-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection of comics lampooning BC Ferries works in strange and wonderful ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Sailing Waits
\n<\/em>By Adrian Raeside<\/p>\n

No Sailing Waits <\/em>(Harbour Publishing) is a collection of 30 years of editorial cartoons critiquing BC Ferries; the book is interesting on a few levels. Mainly, it provides a fascinating and quick overview of 30 years of ferry-related blunders and political shenanigans. It\u2019s also hilarious.<\/p>\n

Sure, Raeside is hilarious in that way that will make your grandma say, \u201cOh, isn\u2019t he bad?\u201d but his cartoons do have some bite to them, and they don\u2019t shy away from calling BC Ferries out on their often-contentious practices and follies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here, everything\u2019s fair game: BC Ferries bigwig David Hahn, the food served on board, the shift over to privatization, cars being sent overboard. And Raeside\u2019s comic timing and ability to throw in twists is dead-on, especially impressive considering most of the cartoons are simple one-panel designs.<\/p>\n

The book is also utilitarian, acting as a release valve for islanders who have no choice but to deal with BC Ferries on a regular basis. If you can\u2019t laugh at your misery, you\u2019re gonna explode; Raeside helps us all get through the little indignities that life with BC Ferries manages to consistently\u2014and sometimes subtly\u2014push our way.<\/p>\n

And you know what\u2019s really funny? After reading this book, lots of locals will probably look at the mishaps of BC Ferries fondly: like your socially screwed cousin or deadbeat uncle, you shake your head at their behaviour but secretly look at it with a perverse fondness, and, because it\u2019s all you\u2019ve ever known, you would have it no other way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Sailing Waits By Adrian Raeside No Sailing Waits (Harbour Publishing) is a collection of 30 years of editorial cartoons critiquing BC Ferries; the book is interesting on a few levels. Mainly, it provides a fascinating and quick overview of 30 years of ferry-related blunders and political shenanigans. It\u2019s also hilarious. Sure, Raeside is hilarious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t