FEBRUARY 2007
TATTOOING AMONG JAPAN'S AINU PEOPLE
By Lars Krutak
You won't believe your eyes, as our resident anthropologist looks back at the astonishing tattoo customs of the wonderful and daring Ainu people of ancient Japan.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Concerned with the dangers of infection and transmitted disease inherent in all tattoo procedures? Matty tells you what to look for, how to recognize danger signals and where to research the necessary facts.

MARCH 2007
THIRD ANNUAL CALGARY TATTOO & ARTS FESTIVAL
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
No more snowshoes, no more thermal underwear. Baxter and Clark return to Calgary for springtime weather and a new venue for one of the great tattoo events of the year.

SKIN&INK DOLLS
Lensmeister Jeff Davidson showcases the skin art of the lovely Lindsey Lou.

WORLD PREMIERE-TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER
LEO ZULUETA

Ann Arbor's legendary tattoo innovator and trend-setter Leo Zulueta initiates our collectible poster series of history-making icons from the worldwide tattoo scene.

BIG 10 QUESTIONS WITH JOE CAPOBIANCO
BY LISA MARIE JANKOWSKI

APRIL 2007
SECOND ANNUAL GREATER KENTUCKY TATTOO
& PIERCING CONVENTION

By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
Three days at a hometown tattoo event in the heart of Kentucky's fabled horse country, a couple miles from Man O' War Boulevard.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
Got some ink you hate? No worries. Vyvyn talks about selecting just the right artist for a cover-up.

JUNE 2007
TATTOO PARADISE
11 TOP SHOPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON

By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
A shop-by-shop visit with world-class artists and their shops in the beautiful city on the Willamette.

SKIN&INK DOLLS
Jeff Davidson brings us the ever-lovely Denie and her life-changing tattoos.

AN ARTISTS LIFE WITH AARON BELL
Aaron Bell in Stockholm.

TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER
JACK RUDY

JULY 2007
TOKYO-CRACKING THE CODES AT INKRAT
By Mike McCabe
Deciphering the codes of big city tattoo hipsters in Tokyo's trendy tattoo universe.

LIVES OF THE GREAT TATTOOERS
BY BRUCE LITZ?OWEN JENSEN

AUGUST 2007
KAT VON D IN GREEN BAY
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
Miami Ink's Kat Von D brings along plenty of fans to Rick Harnowski's tattoo convention in frigid Green Bay, Wisconsin.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
Remembering the famous phone call and what Mike did about it.

TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER?BILL AND JUNII SALMON

SEPTEMBER 2007

THE PHILADELPHIA TATTOO ARTS CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
Three jam-packed days at the Sheraton with 10,000 strangers at Troy Timpel's three-ring circus in ice-cold Philadelphia.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Always pushing the envelope, Chuck travels the world to gather tattoo postage stamps.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
WITH JEFF DAVIDSON

This month's Doll is Ashley, the girl with a pincushion heart.

OCTOBER 2007
BERLIN TATTOO SHOPS
By Michael Laukien
Berlin has more tattoo shops than any city in Germany, and Mick visits a half dozen of the best and their artists.

TRAVELIN' MICK
Mick visits the tattooed spiderwomen of Mrauk-U, at the edge of the world's largest bamboo forest.

TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER
JOE CAPOBIANCO

NOVEMBER 2007
JAPAN'S TOP FEMALE INKSTER-THE AMAZING HORIREN
by Rik von Boeckel
A female tattooer is a rarity in Japan, and rarer still is the talented Horiren, the globe-trotting phenomenon from Saitama.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson

This time, Jeff focuses his lens on lovely DaVonna from San Diego.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MR. G
Watch your language in a tattoo shop! Mr. G tells you how.

DECEMBER 2007
INIA TAYLOR III-KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE
By Rik van Boeckel
A fascinating look at one of New Zealand's leading tattoo revivalists, art director, woodworker and student of legendary tattooist Paulo Sulu'ape, Inia Taylor.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
Dani talks about ink with Ron Myers' Hot Rod Tattooing in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER—AARON BELL