4 - Fridiy, December 27, 1985 - North Shore News PVE BEE EN a fan of artist Carl Chaplin ever since I saw his first ‘‘Art Nuko’’ paintings at the Habitat Forum 10 years ago. One showed Vancouver at the instant of being hit by a nuclear bomb, another depicted Bangkok down, actually. at the same awful moment. He has frozen his 200 Who would have — tankers, all thase themes Disneyland. And in the remaining postcards into thought then that Carl that reflected the West foreground, Mickey Mouse — blocks of ice. One block is would end up in a battle Coast conservation move- himself, giving us a kind of being sent to North Pole, with mighty Disney Pro- —ment’s moods, “‘uh-oh"’ look. Alaska (an actual place), ductions over, of all things, The Art Nuko paintings Some 10,000 postcards where it will be buried in Mickey Mouse? were intended as con- showing the lovable little the permafrost, to be This is a good yarn. Not — sciousness-raisers. Whether rodent being nuked were found in the far-distant often does a B.C. artist they were successful or not distributed around the future. Who knows? draw the wrath of the is a question yet to be world. They generated far Maybe Walt himself will ghost of Walt Disney. answered. Carl, himself, more response than any of have been thawed by then. They'd BOTH be dead meat! (Get it? Walt's body is cryogenically frozen in the hope of ressurecting Bob Hunter him someday. Ho. Ho.) So rather than fight a . losing battle and end up © strictly personal * paying staggering court costs, the artist decided to go oul with a bang. Well, hot quite a bang. A melt- Chaplin is a passionate, ‘decided about three years the previous Art Nuko The other block was be- committed guy who shelv- ago that he needed an even pieces, especially from ing shipped to the office of ed his commercial art prac- more dramatic image to br- kids. (I won't let my kids Frank Wells, the current tise to launch a series of | ing the horror of a nuke look at them, by the way, boss of the Disney cor- distinctly uncommercial clambake home to the but that’s another story.) poration, in downtown paintings intended to snap folks. Indeed, one of the Burbank, California, people out of their apathy He noticed, he says, responses was from the where it is expected, in the about the danger of nu- ‘‘that people were. still lawyers for Disney Produc- steamy L.A. heat, to, yes, clear war. mostly asleep, staring at tions, threatening to haul melt down. The ‘‘Art Nuko”’ series the boob tube." So he Chaplin into court for infr- The original painting? of paintings includes pow- painted WISHING ON A ingement of the Mickey Disney’s minions wouldn't erful images of nuclear ex- STAR IN FAN- Mouse trademark, if he dare touch it. It is owned plosions in San Francisco, TASYLAND. didn’t destroy all remain- by the president of an out- Moscow, Pakistan and just It shows the femiliar ing postcards “‘immediate- fit called Lawyers for behind the White House. fireball erupting in the ly.” Social Responsibility. Carl In a sense, they are super background. In the middle There was no point try- may have lost a battle, but snuff pictures, portraying we see the equally familiar ing to fight Disney in we can hope he wins the the destruction of the castle walls and turrets of court, Carl realized. peace. human race. . Carl has sent tens of thousands of postcards with these pictures on them around the world. I have seen them turn up in places as far away as Singapore. A few years ago, Carl moved 500 miles due north to an abandoned rail town called Woodcock, located on the Skeena River at the foot of the Seven Sisters mountains. Does Carl take the nuke threat seriously? Hey, he lives in a concrete bunker left there by the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers. . You have to understand that while this is raw doom aud gloom. material, the CLEARANCE STARTS TODAY ENDS JAN. 117TH SHARPLY REDUCED PRICED ON: Sofas, foveseats, dining room, bedroom, tables, Jamps, wall units favorite Chaplin painting is the one showing a giant beaver taking a bite out of the CN‘ Tower while jet fighters scream down out of the sky, firing. The cap- tion: SHOOTING A LIT- TLE BEAVER IN T.O. ; I think of Carl as the main ecology artist of the Pacific Northwest. Many of his other works, you see, include scenes of orcas and people playing, protest} flotillas confronting super- e¢*”Quality Color Prints in #HOUR We Care...about our photofinishing customers. 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