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Some old images for a podcast I use to do for Real Life Superheroes.

-Illya

This page was illustrated by Ron Chan, a cartoonist based in Portland, Oregon. It was written by James Pitkin. The page was featured years ago in a March 2008 edition of Willamette Week.

I illustrated a tribute to one of my friends who passed away in July. Dale Pople was a friend from my old Zetaman days. He kept in contact through social media long after I retired. He was a huge supporter of Totally Naked Man. At one point we were talking about putting together a Totally Naked Man package for Adult Swim. Dale’s influence is found in my comics. The story of S’p’r H’ro is a theme in Holly Wood: Space Diva. The spaceships in Zetaman are a recycled design from a movie project of Dale’s.

A writer friend of mine wrote a good blog about Dale at https://teakrulos.com/2020/07/20/death-of-a-superhero/.

Dale was always a supporter of other people. He supported their projects and their personal growth. I wish I had more words. I don’t know what else to say except I will miss him. And thank you, Dale, for the impact you’ve made in my life.

Here is an illustration by Jack “Action Jason” Brinatte.

Back in my Zetaman days, Jack created many of my outfits. I was so lucky to find a skilled tailor. Jack has done a lot of work to help others over the years. Recently, he’s been hard at work on is AA in Graphic Design. Jack sells https://www.etsy.com/shop/JacksHeroWares?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=957819796. Jack also has a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIkIg4CuVRXXsimXBfftmiw.

Please support his awesome work with a subscription or a purchase from his Esty store.

This portrait was illustrated by Jack Brinatte. Check out his work at https://jacksherowares.weebly.com/. He has done a lot of graphic design work and costuming work. Mr. Brinatte was the official tailor of Zetaman in real life. In fact, his costuming has been featured in numerous news articles and magazines.

Mr. Brinatte illustrated this wonderful version of Zetaman as an Old Western Cowboy. Check out more of his work at https://metropolisgraphicd.wixsite.com/metropolisgraffix. Mr. Brinatte also shares his work at https://www.instagram.com/action_jason_cp/.

Jack has created another wonderful piece of Zetaman art. His Esty store is at https://www.etsy.com/shop/JacksHeroWares. Please support his awesome art!

-Illya

I am experimenting with redoing Lil Bunny Foo with AI background. Out of curiosity, I thought I’d plug into Dall-E Zetaman, Real-Life Superhero. This is the two results.