DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Celebrating Greg Irons, photographer Bernard Clark returns to Montreal, Aaron Bell helps you get your first tattoo, review of Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh and Wes Wood answers the Big 10.

HIPSHOTS
Jeff Davidson captures another tattooed beauty, and her name is Dominique.

READERS' GALLERY
Tattoo art that caught our eye from the four corners of the globe.

FEATURES
CELEBRITY TATTOOS
By Matty Jankwoski
Cut and print it! Matty Jankowski premieres his fan-tastic collection of celebrity tattoo photos.

ANSWERS IN THE SKIN: THE TATTOOS OF SHAN STATE, BURMA
By Michael McCabe
World traveler Mike McCabe discovers Burma's mysterious cult of sacred tattoos.

PORTLAND'S TOP 10 TATTOO SHOPS
By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
A shop-by-shop visit with the world-class artists of the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

COLUMNS
TRAVELIN' MICK
It's off again to London, England, for a camera-eye view of the hottest show in Europe.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
The witty recollections of the guy who started it all, legendary Bowery Boy Stanley Moskowitz.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
A fascinating look inside the world of weapons and the people who memorialize them on skin.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
Vyvyn tells tattooists how and why they should copyright their artwork.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
The art of flourishes returns splendiferous handwriting to the modern tattooist's bag of tricks.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
Hi, Hello and How are you? from Mike Bakaty, Manhattan's favorite tattoo storyteller and resident guru.