I’m a huge fan of good pop art—especially when it involves icons turned inside out using unusual materials (such as the gum guy mentioned earlier this week). Two other talented pop artists worth a mention—local ubertalent Jim Blanchard, whose artwork adorns our cover this week, and whose sticker paintings (made of packaging stickers that you can notice the wording of up close) and San Francisco’s Rene Garcia Jr. who makes giants images of celebrities, statuesque broads, and serene scenery out of wood, glitter, and suede.