It's probably not Kevin Smith, who was about eight years old when the issue was published. There are about 170 famous people in the crowd, according to an interview with the artist (though some of them received moustaches and different hairstyles when the people decided they didn't actually want to be on the cover).
Ya know, I'd swear that sculpture is a Chiuhully (not sure how you spell that)....there's a v similar one, although white not blue, in Benaroya Hall 2 blocks away from my office.