CONTENTS - November 2003
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S COMMENT
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Everybody's got an opinion.
DEPARTMENTS
BITS & SNATCHES
The fate of the topless mermaid, say good-bye to Easter Island tattoos, McCabe's new book on Indochina, San Francisco's favorite counter girl―Miss Eva von Slut, Madame Chinchilla's newest and best book to date, Coleman reviews John Wyatt's Under My Skin, Erik
Desmond publishes two himself, Judy Parkers answers the Big 10, plus Tennessee Dave in the line of fire, Terisa on Celtic Crosses and Pinup Girls, and Uncle Tim shares some Dave Gibson lettering secrets.
HIPSHOTS
An encore photographic performance by Tattooed People and Their Pets lens maestro, Ronan Spelman.
TATTOO ARTISTS AND THEIR RIDES
Tattoo lady Zoé Thorne is the one in the '69 Lincoln Continental with the windows that work.
TALKBACK
A friend and admirer clears up some troubling misconceptions about Masayoshi.
READERS' GALLERY
Yes, we're picky, picky, picky. Should it be easy to earn a spot with the best artists in business? Fat chance!
FEATURES
SMALL TOWNS, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS! by Bob Baxter
Skin & Ink checks out the tattooed bodies at two small-town events,
one in the Biggest Little City in the World and the other on a pancake griddle called Phoenix.
WHAT'S UP DOWN UNDER by Suzanne Lamb
An informative look at shops and personalities of the Sydney, Australia, tattoo scene.
ZAP! CRACKLE! OUCH!―JASON WILLIS GETS HIS FACE LASERED
by Bob Baxter
An in-depth interview with Albuquerque's Jason Willis about his trademark facial tattoos―why he got them in the first place and why he lasered the suckers off.
NEW YORK CITY TATTOO PUNKS by Mike McCabe
Our resident Big Apple anthropologist dissects the seething unrest and vibrant growth of New
York City's young generation fine art tattoo scene.
COLUMNS
OUR LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
A brief yet informative rundown-under of the Sydney's Down Under body art and
tattoo scene.
TRAVELIN' MICK
Wait 'til you hear about Austria's high-powered Cannonball Run tattoo contest!
SPOTLIGHT WITH DANIELLE
A long-overdue tribute to the great Catfish Carl, the pride of Twenty-Nine Palms.
Q&A WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Skin & Ink's own Mr. Know-It-All tells us what's the heck with henna?