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* ItsAllJunk: After struggling with what to write, the protagonist throws his poetry book in the ocean. [[spoiler:He gets back into it after he gets inspiration from life as a sailor.]]

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* ItsAllJunk: After struggling with what to write, the protagonist throws his poetry {{poetry}} book in the ocean. [[spoiler:He gets back into it after he gets inspiration from life as a sailor.]]
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* EyepatchOfPower: The protagonist gets one after being shot in the eye during the Pirate attack.
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'Set to Sea' is a 2010 graphic novel by cartoonist Drew Weing. It is the first graphic novel that he published. It follows a struggling poet as he is shanghaied and pressed into service on a clipper ship.

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'Set '''''Set to Sea' Sea''''' is a 2010 graphic novel by cartoonist Drew Weing. It is the first graphic novel that he published. It follows a struggling poet as he is shanghaied and pressed into service on a clipper ship.



!!Examples of tropes found in 'Set to Sea' include:

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* TitleDrop: "I Set to Sea" is the title of the first poem we see the protagonist. [[spoiler:'Set to Sea'' is also the title of his poetry book when he publishes it.]]

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* TitleDrop: "I Set to Sea" is the title of the first poem we see the protagonist. [[spoiler:'Set [[spoiler:''Set to Sea'' is also the title of his poetry book when he publishes it.]]
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'Set to Sea' is a 2010 graphic novel by cartoonist Drew Weing. It is the first graphic novel that he published. It follows a struggling poet as he is shanghaied and pressed into service on a clipper ship.

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!!Examples of tropes found in 'Set to Sea' include:
* TheAlcoholic: The protagonist apparently spent all day in the Angry Kitten bar prior to being abducted. The synopsis states he regularly runs-up tabs at local bars.
* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:The comic begins and ends with the protagonist falling asleep in the Angry Kitten bar.]]
* {{Expy}}: The driver of the cart takes the protagonist to the ship looks identical to [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Alice the Goon.]]
* GrievousHarmWithABody: During the pirate attack, the protagonist picks up one pirate and starts beating the other pirates with him.
* ItsAllJunk: After struggling with what to write, the protagonist throws his poetry book in the ocean. [[spoiler:He gets back into it after he gets inspiration from life as a sailor.]]
* {{Homage}}: Much of the character design is inspired by [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} E.C. Segar]].
* {{Pirate}}: The ship the protagonist is forced to work on is attacked by these shortly afterward.
* MeanBoss: Captain Conrad, who kidnaps his crew and treats them like shit (Though he still seems to pay them, since his crew are seen buying things in port.)
* NoNameGiven: Captain Conrad is the only character named.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After surviving being shot in the eye, the protagonists, after being stunned for a period, starts attacking the pirates quite furiously.
* TitleDrop: "I Set to Sea" is the title of the first poem we see the protagonist. [[spoiler:'Set to Sea'' is also the title of his poetry book when he publishes it.]]
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