Mark included a ton of wonderful graphic postscripts to his letters, but he also had access to plenty of very weird images thanks to his employment in a print shop. Some of these are included here.
And without question, Mark was THE most accomplished text contributor to City Limits Gazette, 1991-1993.
Once again Steve's sensibilities have laser pointed to some truly great stuff! Mark seems to be on the same wavelength as Steve, or at least they share the same spectrum in the "funny doodles-making" rainbow. Here's an observed trend in the Steve Willis oeuvre: Light whimsical drawing that may or may not have been labored over, but seem effortless and flow gracefully free into existence; to this is added a bizarre sense of humor of strange juxtapositions and a weird organic free flow of ideas that seem to spring from the bored mind of an undergrad doodling in the margins while sitting in English Lit class; and finally, Mark's work may demonstrate that this kind of art is highly infectious, whereby kindred souls have no choice but to crawl into that weird space and make their own relateable drawn comic art. It's kind of a toxoplasmosis were the will is bent and one just jumps on board as a supporter and eventually as an emulator or collaborator making Steve Willis-like funnies. The bored student who was the master teaches the students who in turn become the masters...um, wait, maybe this is going into the direction a lazy critic like me often goes. I'm not making sense--ah ha! Thus, I show the result of exposure to this kind of comics art! Over the years a lot of people have used a lot of ink and a lot of words to dissect Willis's art and sing its praises, and I can't offer much more other than saying, "good job buddy!"
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