No illustrator surpasses Istvan Banyai at portraying the dream lives of todays New York and Los Angeles hip urban style-setters. His repertoire of visual special effects, whether seen in magazines, books, or animated films, is perfectly suited to a pop culture in which anythingappearance, identity, statuscan be morphed into its opposite. This first collection of Banyais memorable pictures is a tribute to this dazzlingly gifted illustrator, a transplanted Hungarian who sees America with fresh eyesand whose art uniquely speaks for our time.