DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
The heartfelt tattoos of Keith Archiquette, Spider Webb builds a magic chess set, perseverance built the Tattoo Room in Chatsworth, tattoo anthropologist Lars Krutak answers the Big 10, Aaron Bell reminds us to "keep it simple" and a fond farewell to Captain Greg.

HIPSHOTS
It's Rama, Rama, Rama time, as Maury Englander snaps some righteous ink on the very spiritual arms of the Hari Krishnas in Central Park.

SUICIDE GIRLS
Luci Suicide lived in Maryland, was covered with tiny yellow spiders and moved cross country. But the funny thing is, she loves those creepy crawlies!

READERS' GALLERY
A collection of favorites from the monthly mailbag of artists' work from around the globe.

FEATURES
MY LIFE WITH GREG IRONS
By Lynn Seriguchi
A moving, often heartrending remembrance of one of tattoo's greatest artists, the late Greg Irons, as seen through the eyes of his dearest companion and, now, biographer.

BOMBSHELL BETTY AND THE NEW BURLESQUE
By Tim Coleman
Backstage at the hottest burlesque show in town with our intrepid reporter and his tattoo-seeking camera with the special see-through lens.

THE NINTH ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
TATTOO CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
The show was great, the tattoos amazing and the crowd enthusiastic, but the star of the show was, as always, the city itself.

FROM TATTOOS TO MUSIC-THE SECRET
PASSIONS OF THE EDITOR
By Tim Coleman
A close look at the life and times of SKIN&INK's editor in chief, who left the music business, took command of a world-class tattoo magazine and, now, comes full circle to record a new CD and play music he calls Art Deco Blues.

COLUMNS
TRAVELIN' MICK
Our world-travelling correspondent searches the back alleys of Shanghai and discovers the talented Xing Hai Song, a.k.a. John Long, and an artist named Ed from Colombia, South America.

SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
This time, it's Dana Helmuth from Solid State Tattoo in Salisbury, Maryland, who impresses Danielle with his Japanese-inspired backpieces and perfectionist work ethic.

Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Grab your safari hats and desert boots, Matty's taking us to ancient Egypt, where all the tattoos say, "Mummy"

TATTOO ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
Vyvyn talks about the difficulties of tattooing darker skin and provides some great, creative visuals to help understand the solutions.

OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
So many people want to become tattoo artists, but getting a proper apprenticeship is hard to do. Perhaps tattoo schools are the answer.

EAST COAST INK WITH ERIK DESMOND
I know Erik is kinda shy, but this time he lets us know what he really thinks about the current convention scene.

BONUS 16-PAGE MAGAZINE
CHRIS TREVIÑO-HORIMANA'S
SPIRITUAL PATH TO IREZUMI
By Bobby Lynn Shehorn
San Antonio's Chris Treviño makes a return appearance to showcase the Japanese-inspired masterpieces that have made him one of America's leading practitioners of Irezumi tattoo art.