DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
The world most-tattooed magician, Liorcifer inks the Darkside, Dana gets hoodwinked, Jason D'Aquino's matchbook art, the Question Man, Val being Val and Travelin' Mick answers The Big 10.

HIPSHOTS
Jessica Ilalaole snaps Seattle inkers and—who would have guessed?—funnyman Robin Williams!

SKIN&INK DOLLS
-With Jeff Davidson
Lovely Katherine's little boy helped pick out her Star Wars and E.T. tattoos.

READERS' GALLERY
Groovy. Cool. Far out. Mind-blowing. All of that and more in the tattoo gallery.

FEATURES
RICHMOND TATTOO CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter with Photos by Bernard Clark
It's been many a moon since we visited Billy Eason's classy event. So, what's poppin' after all these years?

PAUL SAYCE—
A QUICK HISTORY OF BRITISH TATTOOING
By Tim Coleman
The U.K.'s leading exponent of skin art recalls the foibles and funny episodes of England's colorful and determined tattoo forefathers.

LAND OF THE TATTOOED NAGA HEADHUNTERS
By Michael Laukien
Travelin' Mick visits the mystical, magical tattoo world of the lost Naga headhunter tribes of northeastern India.

HOT FLASH
By Darcy Nutt
A sizzling collection of tattoo flash by a Nutty list of top tattoo talent.

COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Chuck talks about those cool vegetable dye transfers called temporary tattoos.

TRAVELIN' MICK
It's interesting why China's tattoo convention is in out-of-the-way Langfang, an hour outside of Beijing.

SPOTLIGHT WITH VICKI BOTNICK
Jess Yen combines the best of both worlds at My Tattoo in Alhambra, California.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Tattoo movies, in which the actors and/or the plot is thick with ink.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH SHANGHAI KATE
A rant, a rave, a celebration—a return to a time when conventions were fun.

CONTRIBUTORS
Contributing Writers
Bob Baxter, Vicki Botnick, Dana Brunson, Tim Coleman, C.W. Eldridge, Maury Englander, Mr. G, Mary Gardner, Charles Gatewood, Stephen Grimm, Kate Hellenbrand, Matty Jankowski, Michael Laukien and Val Rivera
Photographers
Dana Brunson, Bernard Clark, Tim Coleman, Jeff Davidson, Jocelyn Dean, Maury Englander, Charles Gatewood, Jessica Ilalaole, Matty Jankowski, Lane Jensen and Michael Laukien
Illustrators
The Pizz and David Nestler