The first issue of TRUCE, a new "culture magazine" from Swizerland, features in interview with Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the OBEY (aka GIANT HAS A POSSE) stencils and graffitis. It is his first appearence in a magazine from a german speaking country (as far as I know).

The magazine costs 15EUR, which is very expensive for a non imported magazine, but I think it's OK because of the great OBEY pictures.

The OBEY face is the big brother of our times. Signs which are showing peolpe who are supossed to be the bad guys are very often done in a Shepard Fairey style. Never heard of Shepard Fairey? Two readings as an introduction:

• Shepard Fairey by Carlo McCormick
  
• A social and psychological explanation of GIANT...
  
  

Lot's of people have been inspired by the stickers to their own obey- style stickers:

• Obey bootlegs
  
• Obey Bush
  
• Obey Bush or Saddam Hussein
  
• Obey the bear
  
• Obey Kitty