Commander Mark had big bright eyes and a wide mustachioed smile big enough to match his magnetic persona. He wore bright red military coveralls with a bandoleer filled with — not bullets, but magic ...

Many artists believe that careful observation is enough to copy what they see, but this idea quickly falls apart in practice.

Mark Kistler, aka Commander Mark, stars in a new documentary, The Secret Cities of Mark Kistler, that tells the story of Kistler's legacy and how it all happened. Commander Mark had big bright eyes ...

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