LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Everybody's got an opinion.

DEPARTMENTS

BITS & SNATCHES
Pretty Ann Snair, Dr. Green tells us about Chicana and Tasmanian Devil tattoos, more copyright stuff, a delicious sip of the tattoo scene in Madeira, our own C.W. Eldridge answers the Big 10, Michael "Hoss" Tupper draws our attention, Aaron Bell goes shop-hopping in Japan and Tennessee Dave hangs out with royalty.

HIPSHOTS
Let's give Maury a hand for his great photos. Tattooed hands, that is.

TATTOO ARTISTS AND THEIR RIDES
Not one, not two, but three, count 'em, three from our feisty old pal Frank Mills at Red Dragon.

READERS' GALLERY
You keep sending 'em, we keep printing the best ones.

FEATURES
EXCLUSIVE!?TATTOOS IN CHINA BY MIKE McCABE
A once-in-a-lifetime, tattoo tour of the secret society, mainland China, and its unique mix of fine art, time-honored methods and Eastern philosophy.

INTERVIEW WITH CANADA'S PAUL JEFFRIES
by BOB BAXTER
The godfather of Canadian tattooing talks about getting started in the hostile world of wolverines and old-school tattoo dudes.

TATTOOED STARS OF THE NEW BURLESQUE BY ST. JOHN FRIZZEL WITH PHOTOS
BY KOSHTRA TOLLE
A teasing tale of bountiful babes and titillating tattoos?the show-stopping art of the New Burlesque.

COLUMNS
THE BUZZ WITH UNCLE TIM
Many more ramblings and lots of dirt from our gossip-kind-of-guy on location in Long Beach.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Our resident historian tackles an item that's almost as close to the tattoo artist as his iron?his clip cord.

TRAVELIN' MICK
Our man on the move explores the best, most hygienic tattoo shops of Singapore.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
San Pedro's Ethan Morgan is moving his shop and Danielle is there to pack the dishes.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
An amazing exploration of modern and old-time sideshow oddities, from Capt. Cook to Tattoo Mike and Jim Rose.