Expect a Miracle, Cover Nr. 6 May 2001

This is, well these are, "Covers" work Nr. 6 --- ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. I made two versions. One the B/W I had been doing, the other in color. It would still be a year until I went fully colorful.
"Expect a Miracle," "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!," in the upper left company box: "Adventure,"in the price box: "$200.-."

Better Cool Than Smart, Cover Nr. 5 May 2001

This is "Cover" work Nr. 5 --- ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. I began to also get very artworld and culturally critical.
"Better Cool Than Smart," " Another Boredom-Packed Academy at Your Expense!," "Don't Doubt Just Spout!," in the upper left company box: "Career Über Alles,"in the price box: "LOts ¢."

The X-Sophists, Cover Nr. 4 May 2001

This is "Cover" work Nr. 4 --- ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. I began to incorporate my philosophical and socially critical thoughts.
"The Strangest Changelings of All: the X-Sophists," " Don't Miss This Cultural Turn-Around," "In the Sensational 'Metaleptical Style," " Will the Desire for Hope Win Out Over Self-Serving Hypocrisy?!!," in the Comic Code approval box: "Not Academic Nor Approved,"in the price box: "2 x 12 K ¢."

Trope and Metonymy, Cover Nr. 3 May 2001

This is the third "Cover" work --- still drawings at that point, still doing almost one a day. Ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in.
"Soon-to-Be- Famous Drawings, Featuring Trope and Metonymy," "20 Thou.¢," A One-Two-Persona Army of Greased Lightning:"

The Fighting Picto, Cover Nr. 2 May 2001

This was the second "Cover" work --- still drawings at that point, but I decided to do many of them for the installation. I began doing almost one a day. Ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. "The Fighting Picto, Painting's Bravest Defender! Price 2 x 10 K ¢. Action-Packed Fast-Paced Art!"

More Fun Art, Cover Nr. 1, May 2001

I made three variations of this image, all numbered Nr. 1. Then I realized I would have a series here and began numbering sequentially after that. This colorful one is oil and acrylic on canvas, 190 x 140 cm / 75 in x 55 in.

This is actually the very first. Ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. I was doodling them, more or less, for fun while planning my first huge sequential painting installation for the Kunsthalle Kunstraum Kreuzlingen in 2001.

I then did a color version, ink on paper, 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. I had so much fun I decided to paint the big one at the top, but then continue a whole series smaller, at roughly comic magazine and/or show-card display poster size(es). Thus it began.
These and all following artworks are of course appropriately © and TM the given year, Mark Staff Brandl.