This issue spotlights English’s fearless pop-art anarchy — his mash-ups of advertising, politics, and cartoon culture that turn consumer icons into biting social satire. The cover alone, painted in English’s signature hyper-real, candy-bright style, oozes irony and rebellion — part Warhol, part punk sermon.
Inside, Juxtapoz digs into English’s philosophy and technique: how he hijacks corporate imagery, reimagines billboards, and weaponizes art to critique the American dream. The rest of the issue rounds out with other heavy hitters from the early 2000s underground — street artists, illustrators, and pop surrealists carving out their space in a still largely anti-establishment art world.
It’s one of those classic Juxtapoz issues that perfectly captures the collision between pop culture and protest — and Ron English was the perfect face for it.
