A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Don’t Bother to Get the Elevator, I’ll Just Jump Out the Window


We’ve posted a different rendering of this same shot of Al Bundy (né Ed O’Neill) and, my childhood (childlike?) devotion to Married … With Children aside, it’s interesting to see how drastically different two artists can approach the same subject matter (which I’m quite sure is this).

(Tattoo by Ray Lee at Blackletter Studio in Whittier, California.)

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Comments

42 responses to “Don’t Bother to Get the Elevator, I’ll Just Jump Out the Window”

  1. Voxyn Avatar
    Voxyn

    To be honest i find them both vaguely offensive

  2. Voxyn Avatar
    Voxyn

    To be honest i find them both vaguely offensive

  3. nature223 Avatar

    tattoo is kinda weak in the art department,but Al bundy and the married with children references…killer

  4. nature223 Avatar

    tattoo is kinda weak in the art department,but Al bundy and the married with children references…killer

  5. shit.the.bed Avatar
    shit.the.bed

    Looks bad, imo.

    Al bundy is king, however.

  6. shit.the.bed Avatar
    shit.the.bed

    Looks bad, imo.

    Al bundy is king, however.

  7. Dan Avatar

    oh god, that tattoo is awful – it looks nothing like Al Bundy!

  8. Dan Avatar

    oh god, that tattoo is awful – it looks nothing like Al Bundy!

  9. Narcissus Avatar

    It looks like a poorly done portrait of my father. Weird.

  10. Narcissus Avatar

    It looks like a poorly done portrait of my father. Weird.

  11. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    it’s like a good life story: the first one is good and was posted by SL, and this one sucks really really bad

  12. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    it’s like a good life story: the first one is good and was posted by SL, and this one sucks really really bad

  13. Candice Avatar
    Candice

    need to do some touch-ups to the eyes.

  14. Candice Avatar
    Candice

    need to do some touch-ups to the eyes.

  15. The Lizardman Avatar

    I am unimpressed with either one but to judge the tattoo I would like to see the source image it (they) were derived from, I have seeen far too many protrait tattoos that looked nothing like the person only to see the photo it was drawn from and realize it was an anomally photo (and the tattoo was dead on) that caught the person in an odd moment where they looked wholly different than usual, this happens a lot if the image is a video capture

  16. The Lizardman Avatar

    I am unimpressed with either one but to judge the tattoo I would like to see the source image it (they) were derived from, I have seeen far too many protrait tattoos that looked nothing like the person only to see the photo it was drawn from and realize it was an anomally photo (and the tattoo was dead on) that caught the person in an odd moment where they looked wholly different than usual, this happens a lot if the image is a video capture

  17. Amandagee Avatar

    i don’t care for the eyes.

  18. Amandagee Avatar

    i don’t care for the eyes.

  19. jacob des Avatar
    jacob des

    god this is awful portrait there is so much garbage on this blog its like watching E! or a train wreck! i love it.

  20. jacob des Avatar
    jacob des

    god this is awful portrait there is so much garbage on this blog its like watching E! or a train wreck! i love it.

  21. goldust Avatar

    It would be nice too look at the original image… but I don’t like his eyes… and the right side of whole face… it looks kinda weird…

  22. goldust Avatar

    It would be nice too look at the original image… but I don’t like his eyes… and the right side of whole face… it looks kinda weird…

  23. Zero_Trinity Avatar
    Zero_Trinity

    This barley looks like al bundy! Not very good…

  24. Zero_Trinity Avatar
    Zero_Trinity

    This barley looks like al bundy! Not very good…

  25. The sky conspires to swallow me. Avatar
    The sky conspires to swallow me.

    Whoa, that right eye.

    [My right, not his right.]

  26. The sky conspires to swallow me. Avatar
    The sky conspires to swallow me.

    Whoa, that right eye.

    [My right, not his right.]

  27. slummyx Avatar
    slummyx

    yikes….

  28. slummyx Avatar
    slummyx

    yikes….

  29. goldust Avatar

    Totally crazy right eye!)))

  30. goldust Avatar

    Totally crazy right eye!)))

  31. tater Avatar
    tater

    I’m pretty sure that up there is the link to the original photo.

    which i shall copy and paste here:
    http://www.eebell.net/mwc/al.gif

    I had no idea this was of Al Bundy until I read the caption and I was like nuh uh!
    The “different rendering” was identifiable but by then I’d already read who it was.

  32. tater Avatar
    tater

    I’m pretty sure that up there is the link to the original photo.

    which i shall copy and paste here:
    http://www.eebell.net/mwc/al.gif

    I had no idea this was of Al Bundy until I read the caption and I was like nuh uh!
    The “different rendering” was identifiable but by then I’d already read who it was.

  33. goldust Avatar

    Huh well, photo looks much better than this two tattoos.

  34. goldust Avatar

    Huh well, photo looks much better than this two tattoos.

  35. Emily Rose Avatar
    Emily Rose

    Looks as though he’s got a touch of the downs.

  36. Emily Rose Avatar
    Emily Rose

    Looks as though he’s got a touch of the downs.

  37. Jeff Avatar
    Jeff

    he looks more like curly or shemp from the three stooges than al bundy… the original has the wrong shading…

  38. Jeff Avatar
    Jeff

    he looks more like curly or shemp from the three stooges than al bundy… the original has the wrong shading…

  39. tater Avatar
    tater

    makes me think of sean penn in i am sam

  40. tater Avatar
    tater

    makes me think of sean penn in i am sam

  41. Kayla Avatar
    Kayla

    dammit, tater beat me to the punch. I was totally thinking I am sam

  42. Kayla Avatar
    Kayla

    dammit, tater beat me to the punch. I was totally thinking I am sam

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