$100 from each sale will be donated to WYSO 91.3, the Yellow Springs NPR affiliate, in support of the important community and reporting work the station produces every day.
19”x13” Printed on 100% cotton rag, signed, numbered, and stamp-authenticated by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Comes with copy of tag displayed with art during the exhibit. Only 5 prints will be made from this run. Prints are handmade. Please allow 10–15 business days for production and delivery.
Art description: Embedded within comic book pages, these mail-in coupons offered access to distant training and aspirational careers in illustration. Printed in black-and-white and designed for easy clipping, they invited readers to convert enthusiasm into action. The process of cutting, filling, and mailing transformed passive reading into participation in a broader commercial and educational network. Their language promised transformation through correspondence, positioning art as both talent and attainable skill. These coupons reflect a mid-century ecosystem of self-improvement, where opportunity arrived embedded in entertainment and required deliberate, physical response.
$100 from each sale will be donated to WYSO 91.3, the Yellow Springs NPR affiliate, in support of the important community and reporting work the station produces every day.
19”x13” Printed on 100% cotton rag, signed, numbered, and stamp-authenticated by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Comes with copy of tag displayed with art during the exhibit. Only 5 prints will be made from this run. Prints are handmade. Please allow 10–15 business days for production and delivery.
Art description: Embedded within comic book pages, these mail-in coupons offered access to distant training and aspirational careers in illustration. Printed in black-and-white and designed for easy clipping, they invited readers to convert enthusiasm into action. The process of cutting, filling, and mailing transformed passive reading into participation in a broader commercial and educational network. Their language promised transformation through correspondence, positioning art as both talent and attainable skill. These coupons reflect a mid-century ecosystem of self-improvement, where opportunity arrived embedded in entertainment and required deliberate, physical response.