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Friday June 7 at 3:30PM I'll be at Colleton County Memorial Library in Walterboro SC giving a talk and presentation on Pirates in the Lowcountry. Admission is free and open to the public. Come learn the true history of pirates who left their mark not just in the Colonies or the Carolinas, but right here in the SC Lowcountry!

(I promise I did not write the overly-glowing descripion on the flyer!)

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That's my kiddo!

I have sighthounds (greyhounds) at home and I just love your characters!! (hope you do not mind silly art) So.... what if Machete.... but borzoi >:D

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Hence the name

Some July/August sketches and scribbles, including quick fanart of Power and the cast of 1997 sci fi series Lexx - because I know what the kids like.

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My 192nd pirate article for Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Welch_(pirate)

Welch was a pirate trader who took over Adam Baldridge's fort at St. Mary's Island in 1698 after Malagasy natives rebelled over Baldridge's slave-trading. Welch met and had dealings with William Kidd, Robert Culliford, Dirk Chivers, Giles Shelley, Edward Davis, Tempest Rogers, Samuel Burgess, John Swann, and more.

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Golden Age Pirate Research!

Just published an article in the journal Humanities titled “Merrily to Hell Together”: Threats of Self-Destruction among Golden Age Pirates. It looks at some context and causes surrounding twenty incidents where pirates or their victims were willing to blow themselves up to avoid capture.

This is the second special issue they've published devoted to pirates. Neither are paywalled, so check out both issues for some great pirate history and analysis. The second issue will add more essays over the next several weeks so keep an eye on it for more content.

My article: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/3/71

First issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/pirates

Second issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/pirates_vol2

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Comedy pirate trading cards! 1966 Comic Book Foldees: 44 cards, flip to mix & match torso / legs. Blackbeard, Hoppy the Kangaroo, & Alfred the Butler on #20.  Also 1976 Topps Hysterical History: cards or stickers, backs had fake newspaper headline or puzzle piece, art on front.

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Game and Word blog's month-long series on Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and real pirate history

The excellent, in-depth substack Game and Word has been turning out lengthy, in-depth pieces over the last month exploring how genuine history from the Golden Age of Piracy interacts with and crosses over into Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. It's an excellent read and if you want to dive into some serious analysis not only of the history behind AC:BF but how it weaves in and out of "being a game" then I highly recommend checking out the whole blog.

Link to the first AC:BF piece: https://gameandword.substack.com/p/issue-21-pirates-creed-part-1

The second: https://gameandword.substack.com/p/issue-22-pirates-creed-part-2

And the third: https://gameandword.substack.com/p/23-pirates-creed-part-3

I sat down with Game and Word's mastermind Jay for a deep dive podcast into pirate history, AC:BF, and other pirate games like Sea of Thieves, Sid Meier's Pirates, and more. Take a listen here: https://gameandword.substack.com/p/bonus-pirate-historian-matt-mclaine

Enjoy!

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Panarizon published a 2250+ “Story of America” card set in 1979-81. Five were pirate cards: Blackbeard, Kidd, Women Pirates, Age of Piracy, Life of a Pirate. Full set came with plastic or cardboard organizer boxes. Extensive text on back, color art on front. 5.75in x 6.25in each.

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Published in various locations in the 1950s and 1960s this Spanish-language sticker book was similar to the 1954 Golden Stamps Pirates album: 288 colorful chromo stickers accompanied by extensive text. Some versions came with trading cards, temporary tattoos, or cut-out standees.

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These 25 pirate trading cards were issued in either 1970 or 1976 (sources disagree) by Goodies Limited / Goodies Sweets of Bristol, UK. They came as promotional cards in packs of Goodies candy cigarettes. The pack’s glossy full-color front image was unrelated to the card inside.

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25-card 1961 set of cigarette trading cards from Domino Filters. Printed in Mauritius, the set features color artwork on the front and descriptive text in French on the back. Pirate subjects include the usual like Morgan and Blackbeard plus more unusual cards like John Pixley and Captain Mission.

  1   Boucanier cuisant de la viande sur un boucan.

  2   Les premiers boucaniers de l'Hispanie.

  3   Pierre Le Grand.

  4   Surpris pendant le carénage.

  5   "Jolly Roger"--Le pavillon noir.

  6   Le butin des pirates.

  7   Les boucaniers "à l'abordage".

  8   Barbe Noire--le Capitaine Teach.

  9   Duel entre le lieutenant Maynard et Barbe Noire.

 10   Le Capitaine Kidd réprime une révolte.

 11   Sir Henry Morgan.

 12   Passer à la planche.

 13   Mary Reed.

 14   Ann Bonny.

 15   Partage des dépouilles.

 16   Abandonné.

 17   Evasion de Bartholomew Portuges

 18   Le Capitaine Kidd enfouit son trésor.

 19   Morgan et ses hommes à Porto Bello

 20   Le Lieutenant Mission.

 21   Le Capitaine John Pixley, douanier et contrebandier.

 22   Les Corsaires de La Barbarie.

 23   Les "Vikings".

 24   Corsaires américains.

 25   Le capitaine Bartholomew Roberts.

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Pirates and Buccaneers “tea card” trading card set, cited as issued by either Barratt & Co. Ltd (1960) or B.T. Ltd. Tea (1961). 25 cards, standard sized, with art on front and description on back. Mix of named pirates and pirate scenes. Includes Kidd, Le Grand, Careening, more. Has an interesting Jolly Roger card with a flag of Roberts, the Dulaien/Kennedy flag, and the fictional “devil” Blackbeard flag.

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1954 saw Simon & Schuster’s 48-page Golden Play Book of Pirate Stamps with black and white art plus 48 color stamps by Edwin Schmidt. Notable for extensive historical text by Willis Lindquist covering pirate history from the ancient world through the early 19th century. A Spanish-language version was published in 1958.

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The Leibig Company issued thousands of sets of lithograph art cards as advertising for its meat extract business from 1872 through 1975. Distinguished by high quality art and extensive descriptive text, they were printed in several languages. Liebig advertisements and slogans border these 4” x 3” cards. 

Further info: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_von_Liebig

The 1958 Buccaneer cards include:

1 Island of Tortuga

2 Buccaneer Meat

3 Buccaneers Attacked by Spanish Lancers

4 Buccaneer Camp on Tortuga

5 Signing and Acceptance of the Charter

6 The Freebooters

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This set of 50 Cadet Sweets trading cards came out in 1957. It was reissued in 1959 with new art and some different cards. Art on front, description and title on back; cards were 1-3/8" x 2-5/8" but varied slightly between printings. Notable for some pirates rarely seen in these sets like Charles Vane, Stede Bonnet, and Dragut Reis, plus scenes like Turtling and Harry Glasby’s Trial.

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The 1961 Fleer Pirates Bold 66-card set features color art on the front and descriptions on the back. Subjects are a mix of buccaneers, Golden Age pirates, and 19th century figures, with some fictional pirates too. Descriptions are rarely accurate. Cards 1-33 are portrait cards while cards 34-66 feature the same subjects in action. Some packs contained stickers featuring (non-pirate) “Flags of the Spanish Main.”

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Variously cited as issued in 1965 or 1968, these 24 pirate cards were distributed in Europe with the Van Den Berghs Ltd. company’s “Milkana Mild” dairy products. Each card features impressive front artwork with text descriptions on the back. Most show the usual subjects like Blackbeard and Morgan alongside a few names seen less often on trading cards such as Henry Mainwaring.