Dreamland

One square inch of a Todd Schorr painting has more eyeball kicks than an acre of canvases from a typical modern art gallery. Schorr begins where Robert Williams leaves off -- both artists mine the artifacts of trash pop culture: tikis, Bettie Page, hot rods, tattoos, cartoon characters, bikers, skulls, Polynesian pop, Beatniks, kitsch -- but Schorr's level of detail surpasses Williams. It must take him months to complete a painting, and they are all beautiful and a joy to pore over.

As a bonus, the accompanying commentary is expertly written by former bOING bOING contributor and science fiction writer, Paul DiFilippo, who has an eye for the whimsical and the intellect to find the profound truths hiding behind the pop culture icons that Schorr incorporates into his work. $25.17 on Amazon