Um, skullphone has been around for at least a few years now.

@absconded, True, but not everyone knows that. His work may be known to those of us who monitor local street art, but not everyone does that.

It’s all about context. I’ve seen this image on a poster or a building before, but never on a car bumper sticker, and thus had never given it the additional meaning we both give it now. It’s all about the context. I remember having a discussion about this image a couple of years ago, describing it to 2 friends, who said they didn’t like the idea. But who cares what they think? It moved me and still does.

Now, as far as Priuses being no longer the mpg wunderkinds in the face of new federal “CAFE” vehicle fuel economy standards
(including a required 42 mpg fleet average for cars) which are supposed to take effect fully by 2016, I wish that would happen this way, but am not holding my breath.

For what it’s worth, Metblogs has covered Skullphone at least a couple of times recently: http://la.metblogs.com/2007/09/10/stealth-art/ & http://la.metblogs.com/2007/10/02/skullphone-sighting-in-philly/ But I too have never seen the sticker on a car. I did have a friend who had one self-referentially stuck to the back of his iPhone.