DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Tattoos on the tube, a portrait-painting Barber, Dana's friend Robert Benedetti, a trip to Guatemala, Val sharpens her claws and writer/photographer Tim Coleman answers the Big 10.

HIPSHOTS
Lensman Charles Gatewood visits San Francisco's Anarchist's Book Fair.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson
Not much to say? Cassie lets her photos do the talking.

READERS' GALLERY
The best, the brightest and most pleasing photos from this month's tattoo mailbag.

FEATURES
ROAD TRIP TO ASHEVILLE
TATTOO TIME IN NORTH CAROLINA
By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
A Southern-fried road trip to see R.J., Dottie and four of the best tattoo shops in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

SHANGHAI KATE HELLENBRAND
AMERICA'S TATTOO GODMOTHER
By Tim Coleman
The rock-'em sock'-em rags to riches story of the feisty, outspoken queen bee of American skin art.

DUTCH SOCCER TATTOOS
A POWERFUL PASSION
By Tim Coleman
Hey, even tattooed people smack each other over the head with seat cushions in the name of good sportsmanship.

SIXTEEN-PAGE OUTSERT
DEEP INSIDE CHARLES GATEWOOD-THE COLLECTION
The story, the collection, the man. As close to the complete Gatewood as you'll probably ever get.

COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
The HMS Victory is the only surviving warship that fought in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.

TRAVELIN' MICK
Leave it to Mick to discover a rising new star from Beijing, China.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
It's a good life on the fast track with Daniel Albrigo from Manhattan's Invisible NYC.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
A refreshing look at the career and flash of Santa Fe, New Mexico's brilliant Guido Baldini.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
Vyvyn talks about the reality of reality shows and the Zen of large body work.

SHANGHAI KATE'S COLUMN
Kate's first column kicks off with a report from her visit to the very, very first tattoo convention.