Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates
The long-awaited sequel to Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies will hit bookstores in August. Carolyn outdid herself with a manuscript that’s just as fun as Henry’s first adventure.
Naturally, since I’m a pirate nut, I created some character designs for the chicken pirate crew spoofing real pirates which Brethren o’ the Coast afficionadoes will recognize—
![blackyolk046 The dread Black Yolk!](https://johnmanders.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/blackyolk046.jpg?w=251)
The dread Black Yolk!
Stede Bonnet and Edward England are actual pirate’s names. Black Joke was Benito de Soto’s ship. The fat captain is a take on Laird Cregar who played Captain Henry Morgan in The Black Swan.
If the portrait is anything to go by, Cregar is the spittin’ image of Morgan.
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