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The Magazine of Graphic Illusion #20
Welcome to Rob Gustaveson's
The Magazine of Graphic Illusion #20
An Internet Comics Art Fanzine / Magazine & Catalogue
Featuring articles and art by Robert Gustaveson & others.
sf : article / letter from the past
A relatively unused illustration I paid Steve Fabian for many years ago (partial).
And once again I say thank you, dear Steve Fabian, from the bottom of my heart for your great work not only for my zine but for all the joy one has had viewing it in many forms and vehicles from books to mags to zines.
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In 1973 my Father passed away, Alan Watts died, my Daughter was born and I graduated from college. My excuse for not publishing Graphic Illusions #2 was I felt I had to get a real job and pay to raise my daughter. But in 1976 (also) using the est training as my excuse: I quit full time Journeyman Clerk and night (graveyard) Manager (just a guy who ordered and stocked grocery and rang sales and was a member of the Retail Clerks Union) and left to work for ACBC when the owners moved to my Valley where I grew up. There I ordered & sold new comics moving closer to what interested me. In 1978 I started a New Age book and comic shop in Venice. And it took me until 1986 to open my real comic store. See all the videos on youtube. And now I am 60 years old.
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An Article I wrote on Ezine:
Dr. Strange was always a good guy Mystical Super Hero type but Dr. Stephen Strange wasn't.
Coming from Atlas Comics (Pre-Marvel -- post Timely) of the 1950's -- the fantasy series by Ditko and Kirby appealed greatly to most of my friends and acquaintances (in my Comic / SF circles) growing up. The natural evolution of this form -- Strange Tales the fantasy comic series-- became Strange Tales the Super Hero series.
Once Thing and Human Torch took over it wasn't long until Dr. Strange became a wondrous back up event. (For me the main course).
But Stan Lee originally called Dr. Strange master of black magic. Unfortunately black magic is evil (consequences of those who practice it are intensely severe ((the evil they do comes back to them at least 3 times -- they can hide but not forever))). Luckily Stan changed Dr. Stephen Strange's nomenclature to The Master of the Mystic Arts.
Stephen Strange was a greedy surgeon who lost his ability to operate on patients after a tragic car accident. He then sought help from the Ancient One living in the Himalayan mountains. Finally he becomes a metaphysical metaphysician.
Dr. Strange's practice of the occult* (it means hidden knowledge*) lead him on many wonderful fun adventures.
Without the inspiration of Steve Ditko and Gene Colan and others Strange would not have been as great as he was and is. Truly a marvelous creation.
The short TV series did not do him justice. (But was better than nothing -- and at some levels it captured a small percentage of the feel of some of the early Dr. Strange comics.
Still if I had a desire it would be to create a Dr. Strange film and bring him to life in a combo of animation, special effects and as an actual live action movie).
Dr. Strange discovered God in Eternity and merged with him (Later the character, Eternity, was cheapened, I feel).
Dr. Strange only practiced White Magic (that's a guess and projection I am sure) during the 1960's. In the 1990's he practiced techno magic (whatever that is).
The Master of Mystic Arts is a great character. Be sure to start with Ditko's version for full appreciation of this astounding character.
Marvel comic artist Marie Severin says the Kabala (Cabala --Jewish Mystical System) was a source of material for certain issues of Dr. Strange that she worked on.
But what did Stan Lee, Steve Ditko & Gene Colan tap into? What made Marvel & Dr. Strange so great?
Dr. Strange meditates and sits in a lotus position. (See: Dr. Strange 3rd series #49 the cover and many other issues within and without.
Dr. Strange and rock stars often hold their hands in the gesture of the anti-evil eye. In sign language it means: "Love." Probably depends on which hand one holds up.
So if you need advice on where to begin reading or collecting send me an email. I recommend starting with Strange Tales #110 -- 146 (most of) which contain Steve Ditko's Dr. Strange!
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©Copyright 1978, 2010, 2011 Gustaveson
Beyond Fantasy and SF:
Note: A Guru is a darkness dispeller...(If your Spiritual leader does not dispel darkness then he or she is not a spiritual leader.)
One must be wary of glorification in the little self (ego -- aka persona).
Harvey Kurtzman was a Yogi (I think). Yoga means Union.
There are many forms of Yoga and Meditation.
Meditation means God Contact in Stillness Deep with focus upon the Divine One (aka) "I die daily."
There is a Psychic and Mystical side to unusual performances in sports.
Then of course there is the idea and then there is the practice of it. Some things cannot be attained via intellectualizing about it. They must be experienced first hand. To emulate the teachings of the great masters is superior to preaching about it, obviously. In this world of maya (illusion) where we live -- this then is the battle. Do you choose ego (and the slavery that comes with it) or Spiritualized Soul (that which you really are).
Truth Will Set You Free. Spirit is Truth (naught else is).
This article © Copyright 2002, 2006 -- Robert Gustaveson all rights reserved.
1-13-2002, 12-2002, 10-2003, 10-2006, June 27,2009, 10-09, 2-13-11
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My everchanging endless rambling blog:
His Story
Some of the early comic fanzines I published were Beyond Infinity #1 (circa 1965), Eon #2 (see the back cover where it says magazine of Graphic Illusions) and Eon #3 (sporting a back cover Ditko gave me similar to the one Keith Tucker may have forwarded to me for Graphic Illusions (1) (1971) and Graphic Illusion (note no "s" with art and articles by me) (2001) & all precede (amongst others) this esoteric comic art philosophical offering). http://graphic-illusion.com/comic-fanzines.htm
I love to buy own and sell Original Comic book Art. http://www.graphic-illusion.com/comicart4sale.htm
EC comic fans are familiar with this alien sprawl from their SF comics: Spa Fon, Squa Tront, Qua Brot.
Carl Sagan though, says there are (probably over) 100 million inhabited planets.
Don't feel small we are all born smack dab in the middle of everything.
(An EC infinity comics panel)
Still there is a lot of stuff going on we do not know about... some of which can be found by tuning into Michael Moore, Amy Goodman, Bill Moyers (don't tell me he has left the airways) and yes even YouTube.
I watch Oberman (oh no now he has left the airways too) and Maddow and Ed as a balance to the fake news...that is corporate evil news -- the monopoly of fear mongering and right wing agenda. Be wary but not fearful. Be as gentle as a dove but as wise as a serpent.
Fake News like Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert is not what I am talking about. I am talking about all corporate news. You will not get facts, news or a semblance of truth if your info comes from Corporately owned UPI or AP wire services.
I believe in free speech and an ending of wrong behavior by my Government to start. I don't expect it at the moment but I intend it. P.S. I am not mad at Obama just all the people around him who reduce the President to participate in the killing of people in other Countries.
Power wants to retain power. To them the rest of us just don't matter.
Fear not for all is illusion. The dream is not over and we (collectively, the human race) are at the beginning of a much greater future with greater awareness and compassion. So don't let the fake media and corporate governance get you down. Become the media and you are the government. Fight on.
Positive incantation of famous comic creator's from Wizard's -- a Bakshi film: Frazetta, Krenkel, Morrow, and then perhaps, we ought to add famed and fabled names such as Gil Kane, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Barry Windsor Smith, Kaluta, Wrightson, Jeff Jones and others.
Future turns from fear to Love
I do not fear 2012 anymore since I have knowledge that we are moving to a higher age. I've only read a few paragraphs of the Holy Science by Swami Sri Yukteswar and some aspect of me feels better. :) Yes I agree every 100 years we do not exist in this form.
I do ask you to join me in resisting the making and viewing of disaster films. Let's envision paradisiacal cities of golden light (as I saw in a dream one night of pure consciousness and deep silence).
The Soul and Mind are the healer:
And how about no symptoms or side effects listed on TV.
In 1978 I owned a New Age Book & Comic Shop called Beyond Illusion (featuring New Age Books and Comics located in Venice, CA).
I think I frequented the Bodhi Tree Bookstore more than any other store aside from as a kid all book and comic stores in Hollywood, CA. and elsewhere. I hear the owners are retiring and this makes me sad since I prefer Vishnu the aspect of Krishna which is the preserver.
A comic store opened at the end of my block when I was about 20 years old but I had already been collecting from age 8 or 11 or something. At a liquor store nearby I bought Spider-man #1 at a discount! Yep got it for a dime marked down from .12 cents! It is now worth between $1000 and $50,000 allegedly. The one I own is not the original one and is only in $2200-$4400 range in value as of this moment based on grade and demand.
After about 47 years living in Southern California I finally moved to Seattle and Oregon about 13 years ago.
I have a BA in Journalism and a minor in art.
I believe food can be your medicine.
My old comic store was next door to LASFS for exactly 10 years (inquire for details -- the oldest SF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) club in the world.
I have been online since around 1996 until present. I surf the web and am on Facebook and Twitter (though I do not know why I am on twitter. But I discovered Twitter reports your every sentence on Google -- of course once I say it may no longer be true as far as what Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Ebay or any "organization" may do). My first computer was a Mac. I've gone through at least 4-5 PC's and now I again own a Mac mostly for video editing.
I love Nature, God, being.
I make a lot of web pages. Usually for free. Usually for me. I taught others how to do it for free as well who allegedly make their living doing it.
Please visit my website is http://graphic-illusion.com. With 100's of web pages and links and videos that I have made to offer comics and art and more. I buy.
The other side of me is at: http://www.graphic-illusion.com/graphic-illusion-4.htm.
Change is the constant of the universe and we all resist it. Fear is of ego and Love and fearlessness is of thy Soul. Reincarnation is real and one needs to learn and live via compassion. Remember those who preach it are seldomly actually doing it. (Very Lao Tsu-istic eh?)
All I think about is God and what I get to experience sometimes is bliss and ecstasy. Or when in a funk all I (and perhaps you) think about is sex, money, mortality and immortality, power (personal or otherwise). You know the cornerstones of themes in potentially great writing. Or a life.
I love film, books. youtube. (See my videos urmzogna (just comics - just some), robgustaveson (for my art), funster13, zero0aeo and perhaps a couple others).
I sign a lot of online petitions.
Who chooses who we vote for?
Entire contents is © April 2010 copyright Rob Gustaveson May 2011
Owning the comic store Ninth Nebula from 1986 to 1996 was a way to make a living selling what I love: Comics and Comic Art and New Age books and Magazines. I sell other collectibles too.
Nutrition
I preach the drinking of kale and apple blended / juiced but rarely actually do it myself. I feel really good when I do so.
Spirituality
I belong to the Church of all Religions. Spiritual paths that love God and emulate the great masters I endorse. It does bother me when religious organizations manufacture fake news shows. If someone knows Christ and lives it that is good. But to use ones religion as a battering ram seems wrong to me. Many people who say they know God do not.
All that matters is you make an effort to know God. To find true Spiritual people to hang out with could help you to be more Spiritual. But if you are interested in this line of thought please email me. I regard Krishna and Buddha and Christ with great respect and love and admiration.
I know Meditation is a major answer for those who learn how and practice it. There are many forms. Meditating selflessly for humanity and all the kingdoms of nature is job one.
By contrast I think the worshipping of banks and the stock market is really the exact opposite of true wealth (inner and outer). Friends are a wealth. Fun, life, Love, exploration, materials, art, travel are real wealth. Experience is a wealth but we need to be wary of ALL crystallized dogmatic forms. I love Jiddu Krishnamurte for instance. Live neither in the past or future.
So anyway that is probably more about me than you want to know. Think of this as an online zine. A Fanzine. Almost every sentence here could be an expanded story or a long paragraph to a book.
You could say I am retired but I list stuff on ebay. I also buy.
Man, I remember the days of zip-a-tone and rub on lettering when trying to do graphic projects. The modern age is spoiled in the realm of the technical. I hope our psyche's catch up. But I love it and embrace it.
Yes I love and watch the Simpson's on occasion. Raised in front of a TV practically from birth. I am a channel surfer. I see most films I want to see when they come out.
Avatar should have won a ton more awards.
I like it when Actor's and others in the film industry take positions in my world that affects me & people I know & all of humanity and the kingdoms of nature even if at the Academy Awards occasionally. There are so many greedy special interest groups I cannot believe it. Avatar deserved more.
Never believe reviews. Remember that buzz words lower consciousness. So find out for yourself what is true and then you will know something.
Alex Raymond 1940's Flash Gordon (Shrink-wrapped Newspaper Strip for sale) $100
We need to stop all offshore oil drilling forever. Yes we need gas but we need alternative technologies more. And sooner. Seems like it is happening.
The American People know this is the right thing to do.
I suggest one "punishment" for BP be they have to get rid of those giant plastic islands of debris in our ocean by hauling them to an impoverished Country that could profit by disposing of the plastic in a recycling organic manner.
Have NASA be involved in solving future problems and start now -- the Oceans haven't been fully explored have they? Give the oceans a one year break from fishing to catch up. (Except a person with a single rod and reel).
Microbes not dispersants. Costner's Scientist Brother's machine is being embraced at least. Alternative technologies now. Pray with MariAnne Williamson and others. Thank God for alternative technologies. Fossil fuels are killing us all at many levels. Land, sea and air.
Never believe polls, never embrace black box voting booths. Don't just accept what corporately owned and controlled America and it's media say.
Government needs to protect us from big business not be in bed with them. But you knew that unless your paycheck comes from the military industrial complex or you are in politics just for the money (as most of the Red States are).
A lot of the reframing of what is needed is not at all what I am thinking, talking and acting about. The Tea Party (backed most like by people who are super wealthy or from huge corporations who try to own and control everything for selfish profit and gain) does not reflect the majority of white people or any culture in America. It is a false party created by the type of people and politicians who have an agenda far from what the majority wants. It comes from the top 1-3% that own 97% of everything here. And much elsewhere. Why does our Government including the corrupted Supreme Court allow it. Status quo is no longer the goal. Balancing by moment is. What do you want. What do we need.
This means the Earth and it's atmosphere with which we are interconnected and related must be treated like a loving friend not an enemy to be exploited. Everyone upon the Earth is you! (Literally!) The hypocrisy, lemming, coat hanger party is one of evil for it is Separative and spreads fear and darkness. Ban it; shun it now.
Whoever spends the least or is the most qualified...and not on the take is who we need to vote for and get them into office to serve all American's and then everyone else. This did not happen during this last mid-term election where the Republican's outspent the Democrats 7 to 1. At least we retain the Senate. At the same time Obama (as of 2-01-11) is surrounded by war mongers and worst (from both sides). And shouldn't there be many sides? Many parties. Not the John Birch party. I support Green, Kucinich, Mary Anne Williamson, Democrats.
Corporate take-over of America and other Countries must end immediately. Let the people rule. (Themselves. And their bodies and their mind).
Be prepared to create the people's internet. You create it with others. No monopolies in charge anymore. Fake media and propaganda by the rich behind the scenes must end.
Side-note: Welcome to the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th Nebulas. I love Hubble. Images of Nebulae is a true joy.
Rob Gustaveson P.O. Box 1261 Phoenix, OR 97535
541-359-3674
Author:
(Old articles and stories I wrote (some are on ezine* and widely distributed for free):
Wellness (old but true and acted upon!)
My article on comics and much more exists on the front page of the Burbank Daily Leader 1985 in full color for the first time.
Gerry Conway Interview in Comics Journal
(For which I was paid years later)
Did an Roy Thomas Interview;
don't know if it got reprinted;
(100's of Apa-L Zines and tons of stuff I forgot about).
Article about the
Comic Book Industry pre 1996 by Rob Gustaveson
(They made a film about it recently (some of those years) which is partly accurate). Beware revisionist history.
1. The-Whole-Marvelous-Super-Ultra-Cosmic-Magical-Comic-Book-Universe
ezine version.
Original Version:
2. comic_books (Some images below of Stan Lee and Kirby were in this original version).
A. Dr.-Strange---Marvel-Comics-Great-Mystical-Occult-Champion-
(And-More-About-Strange-Tales-Comics ezine version
brief article by Gustaveson
B. Original versions:
http://www.graphic-illusion.com/strange-tales-comics-4sale.htm very 1st version
C. dr.strange.article.htm non ezine version.
My potential business:
http://graphic-illusion.com buy and sell comic books comic art and books
old_and_rare_comics Newest Web Page Home Page
Videographer and youtuber as:
urmzogna comics and original comic art for sale
zero0aeo special video pieces
robgustaveson some of my art-play
Seller on Ebay for over 12 years... (and of course my own site is http://graphic-illusion.com ) graphic-illusion See about me
http://graphic-illusion.com/comic-fanzines.htm updated
Note: I have over 450 listings on Ebay at the moment under graphic-illusion with original and reprint EC's and Original Comic art plus all your favorite characters in high grade. Make an offer. With another 10,000 items ready to upload. And 50,000+ comics I wish I had time to upload.
Remember you can always buy directly from me as well. As http://graphic-illusion.com Just look over the site and tell me what you want and I'll give you a fast fair price.
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Friend of the animal kingdom.
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Today's thoughts:
I do request we get a more liberal Supreme Court, more Independents left of center in office; no offshore oil drilling ever again; end to fossil fuel in our lifetime being used; no nuclear proliferation of weapons or plants and scaling back to zero in all Countries;
Let Nasa explore our seas; I think monorails ... and small electric cars connected to monorails and using a computer to plot the best course and automatically take you there (Europe has better transportation than we do -- this must change. Monorails now in the US for long distances; Europe also gets advances in Technology before we do. That seems wrong). Remember how the freeways in L.A. were originally created for monorails as envisioned by Disney -- make that happen President Obama. Kennedy got us to the moon can you work on free transport for all?
People above profit; no drones or black ops (they can be used against us and are immoral and unconstitutional or should be; no voting machines (so we can have non manipulated elections by scammers; create on our own the peoples free internet -- free and fast for all; end war though we live in a Universe of Harmony Through Conflict -- if bringing Heaven to Earth means anything stop making and exporting weapons to all sides; real reform which will not come from Republicans. Enough for all. Plenty.
Time for single payer not for profit health care.
Giving people careers is more important than bailing out insurance companies (that should not even exist); Banks should pay 8% interest and never charge more than 8% on credit cards.
So at the moment it can be of by and for the people. With Republican'ts it will never be that way. It's always "Our Way Is The Only Way." Republican's don't get it: Might does not make right." The foxes at the top calling the shots for the hens at the bottom is insane.
Money doesn't have to be the motivating force in Earthy life. Why are there religious organizations masquerading as news shows (CBN)? I hope they get no tax breaks. Propaganda off the airways now from all sources..
Preserve Social Security and lower the retirement age to 55 (always a choice and option for all as to when to retire).
Create reward systems. Transcend punitive systems. I hope to return to a plant based diet like former President Clinton. Label food. Say no to Growth Hormones now and always.
If you have to own a gun in a City I think it should only be allowed in your own home if you are mentally sane and have it locked up if you have kids in a safe.. And no AK47's by anyone in the US or worse.
Heard today some shmuck shot a Democratic Congresswoman in the head in Arizona...we can now see more of the evil that comes from Republican "leader's" decades long hate spew. Twenty people were shot and six of them died.
I renew my vow to be responsive rather than reactive. Causative with compassion for all is the goal. Pray for healing for the Congresswoman and the others and their families.
One hopes that civil liberties and freedom's are preserved and enhanced over time.
When a Republican speaks they do not speak for me or the vast majority of American's or God. They speak for themselves and the giant corporations they are beholden to. Go after those who created or caused or bankrolled or tried to cover up or initiated 911 within the Bush Corporate Government such as Rove and Cheney and all the others. The Truth has come out.
I am for Obama's health care legislation. I am not for the insurance aspect. But change that mandatory clause (and make all insurance illegal if it is required including auto insurance -- get rid of insurance companies) and I am fine with it.
Not one Republican represents anyone but corporations that enslave us. They accomplish nothing for the American people and got us into the financial mess we are still in. Bush-corps caused it and everyone knows it. Revisionist history is of no value and is not believed. Say no to the party of no. In the meantime whip inflation at the pump and grocery stores now. Job one for fairness for all.
Big Government is a sham and is not the "problem." That which owns Government is the problem. That which controls it. People like Cantor should not be in office.
Communication is important. And accurate communication even more so. Thus I am blogging here to clarify certain thoughts feeling and actions by me and others. Make a copy of each page to see the changes. (More later).
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This page will seem to look the same but all words are fluid and will come and go each week.
See these videos I made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYEoi2tTiO4 Golden Age Silver Age Modern Comics and Frazetta Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhHRI5ZN2_k Spider-man #1 (Silver Age)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAZjdXfP6Fw Comic Art just Acquired
FEATURE: SD COMICCON 2010 PHOTOS:
Note I just discovered even more falsehoods about me (not that anyone cares).
Ask me for the facts and Truth I now have links.
remember repetition and competition dull the brain
MARVEL DC ORIGINAL COMIC ART Old_and_Rare_Comics **
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Cool positive article (mostly accurate):
http://comicattack.net/2010/04/is17graphicillusions
And clarity is coming here (unplanned and spontaneously):
I am on facebook and twitter.
Eon #2 © Copyright Rob Gustaveson 1967/1968
Tim Kirk wrap around Cover. All rights reserved.
Note that the Back Cover (by Ditko) of Eon #2 -- on far left says: The Magazine of Graphic Illusions!
Therefore Beyond Infinity #1 (1965) is actually Graphic Illusions #1. Just above is Graphic Illusion (Eon) #2.
And Graphic Illusions #4 (1971) would be the very most accurate and is in reality: Graphic Illusions' Summer 1971 edition. Or #1. lol.
Beyond Infinity #1.
Eon 2 and Eon 3 were included for free in Capa Alpha distribution in the 1970's also. Note: I object to Roc Aloo in Eon #3 due to it's nature and also the subject matter of the front cover for I regard women as equals. I wish I had not printed the ads or Barger strip in Eon 2. Back Cover of Beyond Infinity #1 by me still represents my view on things in this world. But my story in Eon #2 is not something I believe any more. (Only because I like certain art and I was not true to myself printing art I wasn't personally into.) There was a sort of ego desperation to publish and be part of my crowd. We used our own money to publish.
I do not think most things are black and white but I understand we usually live in duality in this world. My path is of Zen, Church of All Religions, and particularly of Spirit and Spirituality lived.
I do not authorize any printings of these fanzines I printed or the contents of them except by me (for any reason) if I so choose and I do not at this time intend to do it. I retain all copyrights. If someone wants to print something or wants free art all they have to do is ask. Then I will consider it.
(Art by Gustaveson of ©Krishna (left)
Flash Gordon ala Alex Raymond on right (painted in a van while raining) from Graphic Illusion 2001 ©2010 Rob Gustaveson all rights reserved).
In 2001 I put out Graphic Illusion (no s) as a one shot (so far) (just 10 or so special unique copies with free material were released). I called it the 30th anniversary issue. The intent was to bring my fannish activities to the present and a conclusion of the chaos that I think was somehow thrust upon me due to my young age back when entering fandom. I was side swiped by SF fandom, environment, associates and the world stage. To balance then in service to others while clarifying the truth is why I have a blog. And to try to influence others in a positive way. Comic fandom was my center at first. Then Alan Watts. Then as a youth caring about women took over. Now that I am older I can return to realms of mind. And service.
"Matter is frozen consciousness of God." --Yogananda.
I have given too much attention to fanzines. I seek to move beyond them. Yet I am an artist and Journalist and Philosopher so I think during this lifetime I shall not be far from comics, art, fanzines. Just that there is more.
There are many egos on Earth and some get wounded (unintended). Plus memory by me and others is not perfect with the passage of time.
Enjoy life as best you can in the eternal now and forgive those around you for this frees up your energy. God alone is the only reality. People making up stuff about you is painful and inaccurate and the Truth Will Come out. The more Light you bring out the more you get to deal with other darkness in yourself and others. Ultimately I surrender it all to God. (The God who has no opposite). Some have materialistic agendas. Forgive them too.
Video is my main current interest. Also Law and Healing.
I have been maligned online and that appeared in a book and also online (two different people I think) with 99% false statements. Making up something out of nothing literally.
Updated Feb. 2011, May 2011
Steve Fabian Front Cover; Steve Ditko Back Cover.
Graphic Illusions Summer 1971
©Copyright 1971, 2010 Gustaveson All rights preserved.
(Front Cover by George Barr)
Eon #3 1969 STEVE DITKO Back Cover (just above right)
Eon #3, Graphic Illusion, Graphic Illusions are Copyright ©1969, 2011 Rob Gustaveson and
Mr. A Copyright ©1969, 2011 Steve Ditko all rights reserved.
Thanks to all the Artists who generously shared their cool art.
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In Memorium Mike. Farewell gentleman.
Jack LaLane passed away yesterday on 1-23-11. He was a good man and he was allied with some great and powerful consciousness leader's of the past. His enthusiasm, aspiration and hard work are certainly an inspiration for millions.
In memoriam Jerry West. (We lost Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson last year -- two of the greatest see my regular blog). Jerry was knowledgable about comic art and I deeply respect the contribution he has made to fandom and our "industry." I try to remind people we are the immortal soul and not the temporary outer form.
Recommended reading list: The Aquarian Conspiracy.
This page is dedicated to John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. And all the Kennedy's. At least the illusion of caring about American's of the so called middle class prevailed.
"Rage Rage against the dying of the Light."
This page ©copyright 2011 Robert Gustaveson all rights reserved. May not print in any form without written permission by me; either online or offline.
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Vote your conscience not what the corporate media and corporately owned government want you too.
