Pirates have been a vital part of my life since the early college days. Thanks to Arya for first emphasizing their place in the world, and Ryan for giving form to many inspired visions of them. This page is far from complete, I have dozens of other images (printed matter, drawings, stamps) that I may or may not be ambitious enough to scan someday. Until then, these'll have to do...

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Treasure City, a tourist trap somewhere in mid-eastern Minnesota. All the cheap crap your heart desires, AND a melancholy pirate mascot.	1998, Hakone area of Japan. These two giant, gaudy pirate ships haul tourists around. I rode one, see photo below.	Making the most of left-over hallowe'en decorations in the design studios, 1998. Cowboy man-handling a pirate.

My Hallowe'en costume 1998, showing obvious pirate influences/tendencies.	Me posing with pirate on aforementioned tourist ship at Hakone, Japan.	West Virginia or Ohio. Good name, great "treasure chest" box w/ fake woodgrain!

Drawing by Ryan, one in a series of hundreds. This one was spontaneously sketched on the dry-erase board of computer lab 211B, MCAD.	Ryan Simonson posing with his crew, StoryBookLand, Aberdeen, SD. 11/02	More piratery in Aberdeen with Ryan. We REALLY wanted to go see pirate hags strip, but they were closed. Next time.

"They call him 'The Pirate of Love,' cause the hair covers up one eye."
-Ogaz, Re: Nate Lutz