Album Notes

Captain Ignatius Pigheart presents his tales of mirth and misadventure on the pirate seas.

He battles sea monsters, love, the damned British and the frightening incompetence of his crew.

His crew are far from the worst of his problems. He seems worryingly limbless and less than knowledgeable about the spinnakers and directions needed to make the Good Ship Lollipop and The Grim Bastard less dangerous.

Nonetheless, the misfit crew of such charmers as First Mate Billy No Mates, Monty McBuboe (the leprous chef), Hamish McMuffin, Manky Eye Joe, No Hands Mick and Herr Doktor Gunther Garment add their own special risks and opportunities to every sallying forth.

Every adventure brings new injury or death to an already beleaguered crew. Will it be the savage Caribbean Sea Mongoose, the zombies, the Sirens, the gigantic turtle or the sparkly lights in the sky that kill 'em first?

Who knows - read all the stories to find out what's happening in the exciting world of Captain Pigheart, pirate, adventurer and lover.

In the Lost At Sea Adventure Captain Pigheart is cast adrift by his mutinous crew with only a dinghy and Little Bo Pete to keep him sane. They face the perils of the ocean, madness and thirst with surprising opportunities for gambling and being attacked by a sea monster.

A short excerpt:

"The creature reared up before us, revealin’ its brilliant green an’ crimson crest an’ blazin’ eyes with evil feline pupils. Its nostrils were agape wi’ rage and ‘is jaws open to show two dozen rows o’ teeth the size of cutlasses wielded by a Prussian giant. Gaargh! ‘Twere terrible! Me guts turned to dribblin’ jelly and me face were numb with fear."