DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Horitaka brings Asian art to Frisco, France's Jack Ribeiro, What's New, Mary asks Mike Skiver the Big 10 Questions, Dana discovers a trunk and Val gets nicey-nice.

HIPSHOTS
Maury Englander's camera captures some spectacular street life in India.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson
Christine's tiger leaves no doubt that she's a tough cookie.

THE FLASH CONTEST
TAT 2 CROSSWORD
READERS' GALLERY
More of the best tattoo art from here, there and everywhere.

FEATURES
KAREN ROZE—SACRED ROSE
By Mary Gardner and Bob Baxter
with photographs by Bernard Clark
A busy shop with a beautiful mindset. Sacred Rose in the heart of Berkeley, California.

ZULU—THE ICON, THE MASTER, THE ARTIST
By Vicki Botnick with photographs by Richard Todd
A revealing profile of a singular artist whose skill and spirituality borders on the mythological.

JACK RUDY AND MR. CARTOON—
HOT TIME IN THE SOUTHWEST
Three high-profile artists come together for an amazing tattoo and lowrider show at Mesa Contemporary Arts in—you guessed it—Mesa, Arizona.

COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Jack Redcloud made his uniquely-spelled name tattooing near the Brooklyn Navy shipyards.

TRAVELIN' MICK
Mick grabs a solid hit of Asian tattoo magic at Tokyo's King of Tattoo event.

SPOTLIGHT WITH VICKI BOTNICK
A look into the future with Nick Chaboya from Classic Tattoo in Grass Valley, California.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
It makes perfect sense; food tattoos make you hungry for ink.

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MR. G
The G-man boots up his modem and invades the world of cyberspace.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
Mike may be movin', but he ain't shakin'.

HOW TO DRAW WITH DAVID NESTLER
Dave teaches us the power of a simple pencil line.

CONTRIBUTORS
Contributing Writers
Mattie Bamman, Bob Baxter, Rik van Boeckel, Vicki Botnick, Dana Brunson, Dawn Rosa Cole, C.W. Eldridge, Maury Englander, Mary Gardner, Jessica Ilalaole, Matty Jankowski, Michael Laukien, David Nestler and Val Rivera

Photographers
Mike Bakaty, Mattie Bamman, Rik van Boeckel, Dana Brunson, Bernard Clark, Jeff Davidson, Maury Englander, Mr. G, Jessica Ilalaole, Matty Jankowski, Michael Laukien and Richard Todd
Illustrators
Aaron Bell, Henning Jorgensen, David Nestler and The Pizz