Guy Colwell

After working an almost two-year stint as a sculptor for Mattel, and as he was preparing his return to college, he was arrested for draft refusal and sentenced to two years in federal prison at McNeil Island Corrections Center, in Washington state.

During the turbulent 1970s scene in San Francisco, Colwell worked as an illustrator for the underground paper Good Times and joined the commune that produced this weekly.

After this creative period marred by drug abuse[citation needed], Colwell worked for Rip Off Press as a colorist, also contributing stories, artwork, or production[6] to many underground comic book titles and anthologies.

[7] On returning to Rip Off Press, by 1988 relocated to Auburn, California, Colwell became strongly influenced by the great natural beauty and wildlife of the Sierra Mountains.

This being Colwell's most controversial work, Lori Haigh, the owner of the San Francisco gallery where it was exhibited received death threats and was physically attacked.