The jump off issue of The Art of Storytelling is 96 pages of pure content. It will be on all major newsstands in the US and Canada and in boutiques throughout Europe. TAOST (The Art of Storytelling) can be found at Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Hudson News.

COVER:

Layout and Design by Bigfoot One.

THE GET OVER:

This is going to be a recurring section in each issue. We chose to highlight two or three graffiti artists in each issue. For issue one we featured AEST from Virginia, CLOWNER from California, and SUGA from Upstate New York. We had each artist incorporate hand drawn sketches into their spreads and featured only the best photography.

DEREK RIGGS:

It took us a while to hunt down and get in touch with Derek Riggs, the creator behind Eddie Maiden. We finally linked up with him for what turned out to be an amazing, no holds barred interview. We have some rare paintings of Eddie and some hand drawn sketches.

BIGFOOT:

We were lucky enough to have Bigfoot supply us with a design for our cover and also give us a great interview. He has been busy traveling, painting and doing his thing. Visit his site at www.bigfootone.com

NEW JERSEY:

Being that the garden state has pumped out a ton of tallent over the years and that is where our home base is, we chose do do a section of mini views with a bunch of heavy hitters from the state. Feature are interviews with Mike Vallely, Vinnie Sammon, Pace Won, Kevin LeBlanc, Eerie Von of Danzig, Mike Olender of Burnt by the Sun, and a section on the late NACE, with a writeup by NEWA and some never before seen drawings.

THE SOPBOX:

For each issue we choose a topic and have a todays biggest street culture icons tell personal stories around that topic. For issue one we chose “Coming up” and the stories around the grind to the top. Issue one features exclusive stories from I-Path’s Fred Gall, Andrew WK, Ralph Sinisi of Animal Bikes, Amir Fallah of Beautiful Decay Magazine, KAVES from the Lords of Brooklyn, Doitall from the Lordz of the Underground, and Jon Julio of VALO.

JERSEY JOE RIME:

For the past few years RIME has been making waves in both the art world and the graffiti world. After almost 18 years in the graffiti game RIME continues to push the limits in terms of innovation and originality.

PIMP MY TRAILER:

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