Art inspired by mental illness and health: Painted Brain Gallery

“Anti-Depressers” is a comic by Lawrence Rozner, who was part of the first art group to evolve into Peerlan’s mental health non-profit Painted Brain. He said the comic was born as a parody of the Avengers character he created over the years.

From left to right, as Rosner explained:
1. Band member Pill-Os is an anthropomorphic pill capsule with a Beatles hairstyle that acts as a dividing line for the pill capsule.
2. Jurassic Park World’s Barney dinosaur character, Journey.
3. Painted brain.
4. Know nose (nods to the phrase “I know the nose!”).
5. A self-aware air drone named AI. “It’s like a bumblebee with quadcopter blades attached to its arms and legs. I’m trying to create my own astroboy-type character where the drone can actually be a hero rather than a hero. A typical villain depicted in Topia’s movies and TV shows. “
6. Conscience deliberately created as the presence of a stupid spectrum wearing cola bottle glasses, a white cloak like a tablecloth…