Cheerful Error, Cover Nr. 30, July, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 30 --- ink and gouache on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated July, 2001. "Cheerful Error Drawings"  Price "Two Thou. x 10¢" In the company box: "The Assemble Mistakes Co." Lower Caption Box: "Referential Aberations --- All New !?! All Wrong?!! Our Goal!" A few years later I redid this bigger and in color. The image is an metonymic / synecdochal abstraction based on a Chester Gould drawing of a water spill. My signature here mimics his.

Stand Back, Cover Nr. 29 and 29a, July, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 29 and 29a --- ink and gouache on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated July, 2001. "Stand Back!" "Simple Drawings! Easy to See! Pretty Much All New!"  Price rectangle: "$200. -- Now Much More!" In the company box: "It's Fun!"I enjoyed the simple multi-leveled allusiveness of the words, that i did it first in black and white, as was common at this, the beginning stage, of my "Covers" works, then redid it in color.

The Academy of the Spectacle, Cover Nr. 28, July, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 28---  ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated July, 2001. "The academy of the Spectacle" "Follow the Unwritten Rules of Superficial Extravagance!"  Price circle: "Price to Pay" In the company box: "Look at Me!"

Not Technologically Correct, Cover Nr. 27, July, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 27 ---  ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated July, 2001. "Not Technologically Correct" "Astounding! How Can He Be So Educated --- and Yet Still Use His Own Hands?!!" "Neither Luddite Nor Instromentocultist!" Price circle: "2K x 13 ¢." In the company box: "I Also Like Machines. Visit www.markstaffbrandl.com." In fact, similar accusations have indeed been made against me!

All Words Are Lies, Cover Nr. 26, July, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 26 ---  ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated July, 2001. I later painted two color versions of it. "All Words Are Lies" "Attack 'Em and Erase 'Em!" Price circle: "2K x 10 ¢." In the comics code box: "Not Approved."

The "Death Of" is Dead!, Cover Nr. 25, June, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 25 ---  ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated June, 2001."The "Death Of" is Dead!" "is this The Final Bye-Bye to Monogenic Modernism!?" "In This World! A Vital Thought!!!" Price circle: "Too Much ¢." One of many attacks I have made over the years on that silly, still circulating, pablum for non-thinkers --- claiming that some art form is "dead." Well, saying THAT is now dead, say I.

All Star Covert Calvinism, Cover Nr. 24, Summer, 2001

This is "Covers" work Nr. 24 ---  ink on paper. 21 x 15 cm / 8.25 in x 6 in. Dated Summer, 2001."ALL STAR COVERT Calvinism!" "Presenting ART with NO VISUALITY! & EVEN BETTER --- NO PLEASURE, NO FUN !!!" "featuring DRY, RECYCLED IDEAS!" Price circle: "$ MUCH."