DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
Dana meets the Tattooed Lady, Rick Smith carves out a life for himself, forbidden tattoos of the Makonde of Mozambique, a trip to Venice Beach, The Pizz answers the Big 10 and Val comes out barking.

HIPSHOTS
Maury Englander photographs shop signs, the good, the bad and the ugly.

SKIN&INK DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson
Jeff shoots Kylee, the girl who made a deal with her mom.

READERS' GALLERY
We tell the world's best artists, "Keep 'em comin'," and that's just what they do.

FEATURES
GIVE ME LIBERTY AND GIVE ME INK—
THE PHILADELPHIA TATTOO ARTS CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter with photographs by Bernard Clark
It's a hot time in Philadelphia as Troy Timpel and his Kingpin team produce another crowd-pleaser.

LAL HARDY—BRITAIN'S KING OF THE NEW WAVE
By Tim Coleman
Opening his first shop in 1979, London's Lal Hardy is still a legendary break-out artist and trendsetter three decades later.

TATTOOED WOMEN OF YUNNAN, CHINA
By Mike McCabe with photos by Qing Yuan Wang
It's an arduous trek through the Himalayas to visit the last of the tattooed women of Dulong Jiang.

COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
A trip back in time to San Francisco's historic Barbary Coast.

TRAVELIN' MICK
Mick returns to Cape Town for a nostalgic visit with the legendary Jimmy "The Old Man" Adams.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
Dani tracks down an artist that caught her eye, Roman Abrego from Artistic Element in Yucaipa, California.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
What's new? The Neuma is new, in case you didn't know.

BAKATY'S WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
Mike gets ready to get ready, just like he did when he was getting ready to leave the Bowery.