DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Bombshell Betty's modeling lessons, Aaron calls hucksters to task, the tattooed mummies of Benguet, the Needled.com launch party and Joe Capobianco returns to answer The Big Ten.

HIPSHOTS
Maury Englander photographs the Sirens Outdoor Concert on Coney Island.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson
Kristee moved from L.A. to L.A., but it's farther than you think.

READERS' GALLERY
A nifty collection from the best ink artists the tattoo world has to offer.

FEATURES
ECCENTRIC SUPER TATTOO-BORN TO BE MILD
By Mattias Westfalk
Say hello to Sabado and his student, Genko, the tattoo lords of Nagoya, Japan.

TATTOOS AND GLUE-THE SCRAPBOOK REVOLUTION
By Anam Stubbington
Don't pull up your shirt in public. Instead, show off your ink with scissors and glue!

INK LOVERS' SHOW OF THE YEAR-
THE CALGARY TATTOO & ARTS FESTIVAL
Once more into the Great Tattooed Northwest with Steve Peace, his wife Lindsay and the fabulous Leblanc brothers. All this and Canadian hospitality, too!

COLUMNS
TRAVELIN' MICK
Mick looks for powerful ink magic among the Shan of Myanmar, the former state of Burma.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
This month's tattoo celebrity is Vancort Richards from Slave to the Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
The life of Paul Rogers, the greatest tattoo machine maker of all time, and his new museum in North Carolina.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MR. G
The Top Ten list of what is important to being a tattoo artist.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Hey, mom, tell the kids, Chuck's column is all about the wonderful world of Bakelite.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
What's happening to tattoo shops? Mike thinks they've gone to the bongs.