The four group members were also visual artists, and using a printshop which was installed in their loft created their own Coctails' line of merchandise, including buttons, calendars, t-shirts, newsletters, and similar music giveaways.
Later a line of 12-inch action figures of the band were produced in Japan by Presspop Gallery as well as a book of the art of the Coctails' flyers.
Archer Prewitt currently performs solo and also plays with the Sea and Cake and Sam Prekop and creates the comic book "Sof'Boy".
Mark Greenberg currently performs with Archer Prewitt, Eleventh Dream Day, and Candy Gold, and runs his own music-for-use company called the Mayfair Workshop.
John Upchurch has played with Rachel's, co-owned and operated FireProof Press, and was on staff at Columbia College, Chicago (retired 2018).