Hafa Merry Christmas!

My family and I sing that song every Christmas,
Verse AND Chorus! Tradition...pass it on.
I learned it at elementary school on Guam!

JUNGLE BELLS:
'Here we are on Guam, without a chance of snow!
Where the trade-winds go, a typhoons sure to blow!
Santa and his sleigh, if the tropics will allow,
instead of riding 8 reindeers, he rides a carabao!
CHORUS:
OH...JUNGLE BELLS, coconut shells,
sticker-burrs all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a carabao-cart today, HEY!'
JUNGLE BELLS, coconut shells,
sticker-burrs all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a carabao-cart today!'

My graphic & illustration biz '08 christmas card!

Merry Christmas and have a FINE '09!
This is the card i sent to my clients, and inside it said
"Thanx for JAMMIN' with me this year!"

from illustrationISM &
BAMmGRAPHICS

NOT PART OF THE ISABEL CARDS LINE-UP!

I FINALLY FOUND THE Light Sleeper SOUNDTRACK!!!!!

I FINALLY FOUND THE Light Sleeper SOUNDTRACK!!!!!
After a year plus quest! Thanx Tony & Jeff!
Click here to get it as well!

FRONT COVER

BACK COVER

Happy Thanxgiving from illustrationISM @ BLOGGER

This is what we all did
(minus becky - she was 'creating pumpkin pie')
this morning around the breakfast table -
lil' sketches of each other!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
(click on the drawings to see the detail and facial stubble!)

MOM'S ON GUAM: RED BETEL-NUT Mouth...

RED BETEL NUT...

... or just beet salad?
Tom & Mimi Santos (Mong-Mong/Toto) and Mom (Opal Jaquette) took the
'I Can Beet Your Kids' Challenge!

(THE ORIGINAL 'MY KIDS CAN BEET YOUR KIDS' photo HERE!

The LOST DOGS Concert - WOW HALL - Eugene, Oregon - December 14, 2008

Here's a LOST DOGS Concert poster i illustrated for their
gig on December 14th @ the WOW HALL in Eugene!
with Aaron LaMere and the concert benefitting FREE PEOPLE.

$10 in ADVANCE for an individual -
$30 in ADVANCE for a 'family'!
On the day of the show -
$15 for an individual and
$50 for a 'family'!

For more info go to Linda Miller's
LAM PRODUCTIONS site
or call 541-729-7771



CLICK on the poster to see it FULL SIZE or download it so you
can put up Lost Dog posters around town - or
go to illustrationISM and see/download it there!

BOMBY THE BOMBARDIER BEETLE

A Great Science Book Daniel & I are reading now!

[ click on the page to read some of the copy - maybe YOU'LL learn something! ]

My Kids can BEET your kids!

Our family had
BEET SALAD
the other night!

mikaela             isabel             &             daniel

ISABEL CARDS

ISABEL CARDS Returns!

      Hello 'Again' My People -

      My daughter Isabel has started a CARD company (that
has included the rest of us in the family) called ISABEL CARDS!
We're getting geared up for the holidays and want to start
early & first with all of our family and friends.

   NOW we have a web site! Head on over to
WWW.ISABELCARDS.COM for the whole
group! Many more are being made and will be put up soon!
THANX for the great response and buyers so far!!

      Domo Arigato!
         Mark Jaquette











A DIVISION OF BAMmGRAPHICS & illustrationISM

BONO & THE EDGE IN, EUGENE, OREGON, CONCERT!

This is my second of the
'WISH A CONCERT' Poster series...
for the Bono & Edge Concert in Eugene, Oregon!

This is not a real concert.
The poster is depicting a "WISH CONCERT'
of the illustrator and is utilizing
his artwork and musician preferences only.
For a authentic 11" x 17" poster, signed
by the illustrator Mark Jaquette, please
notify him HERE

- include Lysandra

(in a jack webb voice...)....
i found this note, on the ground, in the West 11th WAL-MART
parking lot - thursday evening - october 16, 2008....

Neel KASHkari!

You gotta love the treasury Dept's 'Bail-Out' Czars name...
Neel KASHKARI...
...as in CASH & CARRY!



no jive

Mark Jaquette & Magnum P.I.

OK..ok...we're over missing HAWAII 5-O on RTN
(they haven't replied anyway from our numerous
e-mails...too uppidy & haolie for their viewers).
NOW MAGNUM P.I. is on the RTN Channel (53)
here in Eugene and we're happy again!

If you like this FREE DESKTOP PHOTO
(click on the photo to read all of Higgins' reminiscing)
i also made a desktop photo of
Higgins with 'Zeus & Apollo'!
contact me HERE to send it 2U.

BOB & JAKOB DYLAN IN CONCERT!!

This is my first of the
'WISH A CONCERT' Poster series...
for the Bob & Jakob Dylan Concert in Eugene, Oregon!






WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BEST?
Top...Middle....or Bottom poster?


This is not a real concert.
The poster is depicting a "WISH CONCERT'
of the illustrator and is utilizing
his artwork and musician preferences only.
For a authentic 11" x 17" poster, signed
by the illustrator Mark Jaquette, please
notify him HERE

GUAM SPAM!!!

Has anyone had this Guam (edition) Spam?

IT'S HOT UMBEE    but    GOOD FOR YOUR
CAPILLARIES!!!!
YAAAOOOOOO (ming)!
(blog story here)

Senator Mark Jaquette - Alupang Island (GUAM)

Retro Television Network (RTN) cancels HAWAII 5-O!!!!?

Retro Television Network (RTN) canceled HAWAII 5-O
here in Eugene, Oregon!!! Now it's #@*% NIGHT RIDER!
Mik and i are now boycotting (& girlcotting) RTN.
(stay tuned)

The Bestest Chocolate! (from engrish.com)

Just one of the many hilarious products (REAL!!) from WWW.ENGRISH.COM!
(bookMARK onto it today!)

"Have You Stereo-ized Your TV?"

Adam Clayton asks....

Junior Girls Roller Derby

i just finished an illustration (& typography)
for a Junior Girls Roller
Derby Brochure!

here's another showing on
my OFFICIAL illustrationISM site.

The Boonie Pepper Garden....

An old Chamorro man who lived alone in Inarajan
wanted to dig over his Boonie pepper garden,
but it was very hard work as the ground was hard.

His only son, Vicente, who used to help him,
was in the Guam 'Penn'.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and
described his predicament.

Dear Vicente,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant
my boonie peppers this year.
I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot.
I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would
Be happy to dig the plot for me.
Love, Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Don't dig up that garden.
That's where I buried the bodies!
Love, Vicente

At 4 a.m. The next morning, FBI agents and
local police arrived and
Dug up the entire area without finding any bodies.
They apologized to the old man and left.

That same day the old man received another letter from his son!

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the peppers now. That's the best I could do
From here.
Esta Later - Love Vincente

HAFA MOTHERS DAY!

Eddie Van Halen would be proud!



TO ALL THE MOTHER'S -
HAPPY MOM'S DAY!
from
Mark Jaquette @
illustrationISM &
BAMmGRAPHICS

a cake we made....

a cake that my daughter (mikaela) and i made for a
friend who turned the BIG 5-O!
'Book 'em Herman! Many Years!
from the 'mj's'

and a good friday 2 U2 as well!

seen on maxwell street in eUgene!

Visit Our Guam Promo

The Most funniest Guam Promo I have ever Saw!
(Check out when the kids yells 'what's for dinner mom?')

p.s. - plus...when she picks her nose and scratches her fafa!)

(as seen on the famous DEAN'S CIRCLE blog spot)!

UC U2-3D?

have you seen the U2-3D movie yet?!!!

illustrationISM's February contest!

my MAIN illustrationISM HAS A WINNER in the
'LOOKING FOR LOVE' Contest!!!
CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT THE WORD IS and
where the 'Hot Spots' were!

(hint: it's not the word 'LOVE')

Chief Quipuha's Korean!

it says at the paseo -
Chief Quipuha Park!

illustrationISM HAD a Contest!

THE CONTEST FOR JANUARY IS OVER! FEBRUARY'S CONTEST IS
BEING PREP'd. STAY TUNED!

my MAIN illustrationISM site is having a Contest!!!
CLICK HERE TO START UP KIDDO'S!

Isabels Veggie Face!!??!!!

after a dinner recently,
iz & i did a 'double-take' when we took
a 'micro'-look on her plate & saw.....THIS!!!!
COOL!
(x-files music starts NOW!)

NOTE: This photo WAS NOT altered by any means.
This was an actual documented food particle phenomenon
and was recorded for future generations.
(Star Date 1.12.07 A.D.)