Like the baseball cap I am wearing backwards right now, Art Pop is going to be a pretty tight fit this year.

Think of those socks that print marks into your ankles by the end of the day. Or turtlenecks that leave your neck feeling restricted, gasping for air. Art Pop 2008 will be just as exhilarating, minus the risks of bodily harm.

With live-drawing show-downs, electronic carnivals, multi-touch tables (I’m not explaining that one), superheroes, digital vandalism and teenage passions (I don’t need to explain that one), the Art Pop lineup for this year’s festival will remain on your clothes like the smell of campfire and settle on your shoes like dirty snow long after its over.