14. "[These posters] are different levels of bad. I think the one with the color bars is absolutely impossible to read; the one that shows "Occupy Together" and only has lights in North America -- what is the point of that? It seems to suggest that there's very little strength in the whole Occupy movement. That's how I read that. I think these two are really clunkers."

13. "This is a very strong graphic image. And I think it says something that is very elemental to the demonstrations. It's a great sign to carry around in the marches; I've seen it several times. [It] boils them down to just one point, which is a good thing."

12. "[Here, Shepard Fairey makes Ronald Reagan] look like a peeling poster on a wall. ... [T]he peeling away of Ronald Reagan's friendly face, with 'Legislative Influence for Sale' underneath -- that's a wonderful, very complex image. [But it's] almost like a book illustration. It isn't [something] that you'd rally behind; it's a statement. It really is an artwork and not a poster. You have to sit there and look at it and think about it. And anyway, is Ronald Reagan who we hate, at this point? Ronald Reagan seems like a liberal, compared to some of these people."

11. "[The Guy Fawkes mask] is a really strong graphic image; it's been used by both the right and the left, and [here] it's split down the middle, red and blue. It's trying to say: 'We should come together on this.' That's actually a nice message, but I think it's rather overwhelmed by the sort of terror and violence suggested by Guy Fawkes. [In my opinion,] this is something that the movement really needs to eschew; it really can't have little touches of violence, or the Democrats will run. ...

"This is a very strong graphic image; it breathes across great distance, and it's very intimidating. And for people who feel intimidated to be intimidating might be a really good thing; it probably makes them feel powerful. I understand why this one's going to proliferate, but I wish it wouldn't."

10. "This looks like a Posada. I like it as a work of art -- I just don't think it translates as well over distance. [Again,] it's more like a book illustration."

9. "The word-cloud fist I think is a little ... E. E. Cummings. I know that word-clouds are ... a computer thing right now, but this I think is a little obvious."

8. "I like this. It's just a really strong American image, and says what you need to know about politics right now."

7. "[This conveys] what [the protesters] want: To kill Wall Street -- to kill this thing that's caused all their problems. I think it's a great illustration; it's also a great color, and it stands out. Over a great distance, you can read what this one is saying."

6. "If you've been to Zuccotti Park, [this] seems totally appropriate, with [its] attack on neckties. There are people who walk around in Zuccotti Park with suits on, and hangman's nooses for ties -- so there's obviously a thing about ties here."

5. "This contains a lot of information in just a few words, and is really a pretty good poster, conceptually ... I think it's one of the most informative posters I've seen. And it's a pretty strong graphic image, too, of the arrow indicators for the economy."

4. "I do hate Damien [Hirst] so much," Bischoff says. "I'm not sure how many people know what [the skull image] is; I think that may limit this as an effective ad. But I very much agree [with the message] -- that what these [Wall Street] people did in every field has been terrible. They did it in art as well as to everything else."

"Even if you don't know the image is [Hirst's] 'For The Love Of God,' you still see a diamond encrusted skull that speaks directly to the excess of the day."

3. Two posters by Kevin Vancio.

On the Martin Luther King, Jr. poster: "The percentage of African-Americans in the park is much higher than the percentage of African-Americans in any of the other street demonstrations I've [seen recently]. When I went to the anti-globalism protests in Seattle, those were really very white. Most of the recent protests that I've seen have been really dominated by white people. This is closer to 40 percent, which may just [reflect] the population of New York City -- but African-Americans have been hit much harder in this, and I think linking this to the civil rights struggle is a good thing to do."

On the "Hope" poster:"[I think this] says another very basic thing about [the protest]. When I was down there, what struck me as a big difference [from past protests] was not the way the kids were more organized, not the way they were more genial -- but the computer aspect. ... So [in addition to a woman representing revolution,] this whole idea of the power symbol [where the "o" in "Hope" should be] reflects the fact that computers were uniquely at the center of causing this crisis -- but are also organizing the revolt. That's pretty interesting.

The woman doing the peace sign -- that is totally 1967, right? But she's in between two riot cops. The cops beating up on women is the best thing they could possibly have done for [the protesters]. And women [have been] so brave. I mean, it's the striking thing about the revolt."

2. "I see this one all the time [at the protests]. I think it's actually quite wonderful -- a wonderful expression of what the crisis really means."

1. Bischoff says that this poster -- his favorite -- is successful in conveying the fact that "this is a uniquely male crisis, with a female response." The influence and involvement of female protesters in the OWS movement, he says, is "inconceivable in Vietnam or any other protest period"; "it's not that there are more women, but that they're equals of the men," he adds. "[And that] complicates the control problem for the police."