DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Paul Booth's brand new torture chamber, our stock car driving photographer, the Exotic Erotic Ball, hand-carved handbags, Aaron Bell on making a creative space and Troy Timpel answers the Big 10.

HIPSHOTS
Charles Gatewood's camera captures two pages of society's outcasts, folks with tattooed faces.

SKIN&INK DOLLS
Jeff Davidson photographs lovely Lesli from sun-kissed Arizona.

READERS' GALLERY
Thank you, thank you, thank you, dear artists, for all the amazing photos we receive.

FEATURES
THE LAST OF THE TATTOO PIRATES-
GILL "THE DRILL" MONTIE
By Bobby Lynn Shehorn
An in-depth interview with the legendary owner of Tattoo Mania and colorful tattoo tough guy, Gill "The Drill" Montie.

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

BELLY DANCERS BY THE BAY
By Tim Coleman
A titillating trip to San Francisco and it's tattooed belly dance troupes, Fat Chance, Ultra Gypsy and Indigo.

COLUMNS
TRAVELIN' MICK
On his travels to the Nujiang and Dulongjiang rivers to find the ancient Drung tribe, Mick encounters a side of the Tibetan people that doesn't quite fit the Western image of Shangri-la.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
What with all his skills, multi-talented Troy Timpel handily wins the title of Philadelphia's Tattooed Kingpin.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Tattoos and music just seem to fit beautifully together. Matty tells us how.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
This time, Vyvyn talks to artists about the importance of learning to draw.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
A peek into the world of left-handedness and, especially, southpaw tattooing.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
A further foray into the realm of fleeting glimpses and haunting memories in a changing world.

16-PAGE MAGAZINE
A tantalizing collection of bodacious babes and heavenly honeys from the creative mind of the Pinup Master, Connecticut's Joe Capobianco.