In which I call out Shepard Fairey on his home turf

So I was pleased as punch to give an interview to freelance journalist Jon Coen about Shepard Fairey, someone I've written more than a little bit about in the past.

Little did I know that I'd actually get a few decent column inches in a Fairey feature to make my case! And in the pages of a street culture magazine, his home turf, no less.

The article in question was published last month in Huck Magazine, a UK-based surf/skate/snowboarding/youth culture mag, as its cover story.

Check out the issue here, or below. The article starts on page 36:

Below are the snippets from my interview that Coen included, from pages 44 & 45:

Fairey doesn't say much substantively in his defense, and from what he does say, I can't say I blame him. From page 45: "I drink Diet Coke all day, every day. I may not agree with every single thing that a company does, but overall, I don't think that all they do is damage to the world."

Ouch. With statements like that, who needs to make a rebuttal?