E.J. Bellocq
publication date: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 (part of Round XXVI)
category: 
Art
clue: He may have been the best Creole portraitist in Storyville, but he didn't get a picture of Kerry Gilhoulie's fist.
explanation: Bellocq was a noted portrait photographer in Storyville, New Orleans's onetime legalized red-light district. A few weeks before this goo was published, the character of Bellocq took a sucker-punch from player character Kerry Gilhoulie in Fin du siècle, a role-playing game on this site. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, Dave Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, Chris McKinnon, Michael Paul Cote, Wendy Hampson, Justin Hampson, and Bob Miller
 | This goo was part of Nawlins Week. |
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