Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 19, 2010 in
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Can’t take credit for the joke. Someone else said it on BIAW. I just liked it a lot.
If it was you, let me know so I can credit.
Just playing around with this style some more.
The likeness isn’t too bad, I think.
Now, regarding the situation…
What kills me about it is all the horrific things that PLP members said about him won’t even be addressed. It’ll just be ignored, swept under the rug or dismissed.
“This, too, shall pass” is EXACTLY where we are as a society and it’s just plain sad to me.
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 18, 2010 in
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So, I’ve been feeling pretty crappy about my art lately, so I decided to go back to a style that I know a) I like and b) I’m good at.
This is incentive for me to keep practicing my Ukulele.
It’s the poster for my first (future) gig.
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 18, 2010 in
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Every year, at least one person asks me if I’m wearing green or where my green is or some shit like that.
I’m half Lime, half Irish and all Bermudian.
I don’t gotta wear green on St. Paddy’s Day.
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 17, 2010 in
News 
From the Gazette story:
Fishermen discovered a dead sperm whale off the South Shore yesterday as they returned with their catch.
The juvenile whale was found floating by rocks off Wreck Hill, Sandys, and is thought to have been dead for a couple of weeks.
The 19ft animal’s carcass revealed several shark bites and its skin was cracked by the sun.
Fisherman Bobby Lambe spotted the whale near the shore as he returned from lobster potting in the morning.
At Robinson’s Marina he met up with conservationist Andrew Stevenson, who had also heard about the whale from another fisherman.
The pair went out and towed the animal back to the public dock at Ely’s Harbour, with a rope looped around its tail fluke.
A team of veterinarians and staff from the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) then arrived to take its measurements and other data.
Dr. Ian Walker, BAMZ principal curator, said: “We can’t tell the cause of death but this whale has been dead for a while, probably a couple of weeks.
“It’s got good buoyancy so it has definitely been decaying on the inside. The skin is also cracked so it’s been in the sun for a while. And it’s had a lot of shark interest probably tiger sharks.”
Dr. Walker said it was unusual to see sperm whales so close to Bermuda at this time of year. “It may have come in on a current,” he said.
The BAMZ team were unable to do a necropsy (autopsy) yesterday due to the size of the whale and its location, by the ramp of the public dock.
However, the scientific data collected includes its blubber thickness, to see how much fat the animal was carrying at the time of its demise. “We are just getting as much data and measurements as we can,” said Dr. Walker.
The team were unable to dispose of the carcass yesterday due to ocean swells, but hope to tow the whale back out to sea at some point today.
If you look at the picture, the whale looks kinda white, prolly from bloat, or decay or… well, from being dead.
This is what popped into my head.
“The Excitin’ Adventures of Li’l Ahab”, by the way, would probably be the worst kids’ comic ever.
Well, not THE worst, but up there.
“Let’s have a Donner Party” would be worse.
“Li’l Patty Bateman” might be a little scarring, as well…
Too vague, that last one?
How ’bout “Li’l Lorena and Willy”?
Anyway… Bed for me.
Night, my little munchkins.
OH!
“Nina and Josie: Girl Detectives!”, on the other hand, would be an AWESOME series!
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 15, 2010 in
News My niece called me yesterday and asked me if I could do a pic of her and her friend as detectives for a school project.
I went with a sort of Encyclopedia Brown kinda vibe, with a little “current storyline of Girls With Slingshots” for the design…
Hope she likes…
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 13, 2010 in
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Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 11, 2010 in
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Yep.
He’s back.
Fortunately, not on this site, but he IS trying to stir up shit on other sites, lying his ass off and spouting nonsense about how his “freedom of speach (sic)” is being infringed…
Yippee.
Ugh.
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Mar 10, 2010 in
News … but, if you’re the kind that wants to help young Bermudians do something, check this out.
Uzimon is creating not only a studio album (with no less than the great Joe Ferry!) but…
wait for it…
THE UZICAL!
Yes, “Uzimon: The Musical”!
GENIUS!
If you want to help out, check out their KickStarter Page.
Even $5 will help out.
PLUS you get, and I quote, “…a limited edition UZIMON sticker that you can plaster on someone else’s property.”
$25+ gets a signed cd and the aforementioned limited edition UZIMON sticker that you can plaster on someone else’s property.
$50+ and you receive the official UZICAL T-Shirt. Your name will also be added to the credit section of the album & the playbill at the musical. Plus a signed copy of the UZICAL studio album. PLUS a limited edition UZIMON sticker that you can plaster on someone else’s property.
$100+ and you are COLONEL BUDNESS Receive a personal singing phone-gram from UZIMON himself to anyone of your friends or family. PLUS you’ll receive the official UZICAL T-Shirt PLUS your name will also be added to the credit section of the album & the playbill at the musical. Plus a signed copy of the UZICAL studio album.PLUS a limited edition UZIMON sticker that you can plaster on someone else’s property.
$500 + and you become GENERAL WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES The most ignorant of them all. Receive a personal Dubplate for you or your sound. (a dubplate is re-recording of an existing UZIMON song with custom lyrics lauding you and your greatness. These also make hilarious gifts for friends and family. PLUS you’ll receive the official UZICAL T-Shirt PLUS your name will also be added to the credit section of the album & the playbill at the musical. Plus a signed copy of the UZICAL studio album.PLUS a limited edition UZIMON sticker that you can plaster on someone else’s property.
It’s all silly, it’s all fun and it’s all Bermudian.
If you got a couple bucks you could chuck at a bunch of young Bermudians doing something really creative, chuck it at these guys.
I REALLY want that sticker!
Posted by Uncle Elvis on Feb 28, 2010 in
News I’m sick about this. Roger Crombie, a man I respect and call friend, even though I don’t know him as well as I’d have liked, is being booted off the island.
I’ve had the honour and pleasure to illustrate several of his pieces. I loved doing every one of them.
He’s easy to caricature and I’ve had a blast putting him in weird situations… well, at least illustrating my take on the weird situations the man puts himself into.
He is a good man. Someone we, as Bermudians, need to have here. Someone that makes this place better. Someone that gives us something of quality.
We need him here. We need him contributing.
We’re losing him.
It’s disgusting.
He sums it far more politely and understandingly than I ever could in his column.
You’ll be missed, partner.
Vexed, as usual, puts it better than me, too…
