EAST BAY

November 12-14, 2008
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Cartoon guru

Dont tell Steve B. that you cant draw. For years, the Bristol illustrator has been showing patients at Hasbro Childrens Hospital and students throughout the state how creating their own cartoons is just a few letters away.

ALONG THE WATERFRONT

Puma second to South Africa
Read says Bristol-built boat is a speedster
PHOTOS BY RICHARD W. DIONNE JR.
Nicholas St. Pierre, 10, shows the electric eel (at bottom) which resident cartoonist Steve Brosnihan (right) taught him how to draw at Hasbro Childrens Hospital in Providence last week. Steves original is at the top. BY JIM MCGAW
jmcgaw@eastbaynewspapers.com
icholas St. Pierre, a quiet 10-year-old with an infectious smile and a Beatlesque mop of red hair, has been in this hospital bed for over a month. A bad knee infection, which spread into his bloodstream and penetrated his bones, was what landed him here at Hasbro Childrens Hospital in Providence. It was really touch and go, says Nicks mom, Joy-Ann Markarian. The first day in the hospital, he was really scared. What 10-year-old with IV tubes sticking into his arm wouldnt be? At the moment, though, Nick isnt worrying about his health or grumbling about the boredom of
Michael Nero, 15, does a good job copying Steve Brosnihans Be Cool kid at Hasbro Childrens Hospital last week. Michael was there for an annual tune-up for his cystic fibrosis. hospital life. Hes got more important things to focus on. Theres an electric eel that needs to be drawn. I always mess up, says Nick as he hands the sketch pad back to Steve B. Bristol cartoonist Steve Brosnihan whos sitting at the edge of the bed, marker in hand. Nicks not happy with the
way he drew the eels mouth, but Steves not buying it. No, you know what? You just added something, Steve says, noting that Nicks eel is a little more ferocious looking than his own. You know, next time I draw this thing, Im going with more of a moray eel look myself. After putting their markers down, the pair jokes about a trick pen resembling a syringe that Nicks brother had brought to the hospital for Halloween. Nick apparently had some fun with the nursing staff, pretending that a syringe was stuck in his arm. Steve, Hasbros resident cartoonist, eggs Nick on to keep going with the gag, but with a twist provided by a giant plastic fly pro-
n a driving rain, Ken Read steered il mostro into port at Cape Town, South Africa last week, wrapping up a second place finish in the Volvo Ocean Races 6,500 nautical mile first leg. Team Puma has 13 points, one behind race leader Ericsson 4 and two ahead of Green Dragon in the eight-boat fleet. The best team Bruce won, he told BURDETT the press, but We have more in the locker room. This race was close but soon well be up to speed and have our day. Mr. Read sailed as a boy out of the Barrington Yacht Club and went to Providence Country Day School in East Providence. The 60-footer he and his team are sailing was built at Goetz Custom Boats in Bristol. Their boat is fast, he said. This yacht has a few more gears. Ericsson raced like a team that has had two years preparation, and absolute credit to them, they did a superb job. But a year and half ago there was no such thing as PUMA Ocean Racing our learning curve was so steep in this leg and soon we will feel as comfortable pushing hard as they do, and then well reach their speeds. We had more speed in this boat. There would have been no point busting the boat for an extra point at this stage. A breakdown could have been a catastrophe, race over. As it is, we have taken second, learnt a whole heap about the boat and have next to no damage to report. In good time we will be ready to push the boat and then, I believe, we will be able to match speed with anyone in any condition. I know well learn quickly how to use this boat to its max and then well be there. We do not intend to finish second all the way round. We are in Cape

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Gaming: Bioshock revolutionary in combining art, entertainment. Page 5 Food & Dining: Enjoy the many medicinal benefits of horseradish. Page 6
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