With his own typically cheeky answer to Cannes, underground mischief maker extrordinaire Bansky has answered in kind with his own “Cans Festival” in London. Our favorite graffiti impresario brought together more than three dozen internationally renowned graffiti artists to take muster a “a street party of stencil art” in a tunnel underneath Waterloo station last weekend.

In early February 2008 several mysterious pieces were sighted around Hollywood. Namely a few on Beverly Blvd. Rumors are we can credit the illusive Banksy. Several of his long standing stencils on Melrose had recently been repainted after years of relatively uninterrupted display. We can only hope that these new works will enjoy a long lifespan.

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“I can’t believe you morons actually buy this shit,” is our new favorite phrase of the day thanks to art punk extraordinaire Banksy. The anonymous street artist sends a big middle finger to all the patrons who are obviously buying the prints as an investment or the “cool factor.” As you would expect, all of these prints sound out all most instantly at prices ranging from £250 ($491.25) for unsigned prints to £650 ($1,277.25) for signed ones. Just in case you missed it, be sure and check out Neu Blacks coverage of Banksy’s LA show last year.

Though currently unavailable, these prints as well as others from Banksy are periodically available through POW (Pictures on Walls) if you want to check this out for yourself.

We have to admit, when we saw a banksy print was for sale, we were tempeted to buy just for the priceless irony. We ‘d like to ask everyone, would you buy a print like this?