Book #1 of The Art of Storytelling is going to be 200 pages.  The print run is limited to 3,000 copies individually numbered.  There will be 1,500 copies of  the JOR cover and 1,500 copies of the DALEK cover.  Discounts will be available for purchasing both covers.  Low number copies are on a first come first serve basis. The Book is super thick and we used only the thickest, best sock paper available.

Wholesale pricing is available on 4 or more copies, email joe@storytellingmag.com for rates an availability.   Pre-orders will open one month before the official release date.  No release date has been determined as of yet but we are close to 90% done with the issue.  If you start to feel like it is taking too long to come out, that you can’t wait another day to see the book, email chris@storytellingmag.com he is facilitating all the design, email him and break his balls on a daily basis.  : ) The Lineup for Book #1 is as follows:

IN THE CUT SECTION:

Artist Computer Chip 7 – Artist El Kamino – Sculptor Danny “The Farrow” – Motion Graphics Guru Danny Emrok – Actor Peter Greene

THE GET OVER SECTION:

ZEPHYR – Talks bout his early day’s as a graffiti artist, the creative environment that existed on the L.E.S of Manhattan in the early 80’s, how graffiti was transported to Europe, The Fun Gallery and much more.  Zephyr took so much time to work with us on making this an amazing, one of a kind interview.

FEATURES:

JOR – Talks about his move from the graffiti world to the fashion world as a sneaker designer and now his break into the art world.  This guy has reinvented himself over and over again.  He is going to be the next big thing in the art world, the next street based artist to make power moves…mark my words.  He is an extremely talented artist with great insight.  We interviewed him on 3 separate occasions to bring you a truly great, in depth interview.  Expect to see plenty of hand drawn pieces and original photography.

DALEK – Lets us in on his days as a team manager for DUFFS, how he got his start doing art, going to school in Japan, Hardcore shows, 80’s films, views on the current economic climate, his views on 2012 and the end of the world and so much more.  Chip 7 has apprenticed for Dalek for a few years and he is the one who conducted the interview.  Don’t expect to see generic questions, we had a true insider do the interview.  Everyone will enjoy reading this one, it is not like any other DALEK interview you have ever read.

ELI GESNER – Eli laces us with photography for the early Zoo York days, photos that have never been released before of Harold Hunter, Justin Pierce, Jason Lee, Rodney Smith, Mike Hernandez, Thomas Cambell, Harmony Korine, Robbie Gangemmi and many more.  Eli did a great interview for us and also gave us photo commentary for all the photos.  Expect to see the photos laid out so that you can truly enjoy them.  I still look at this section and can’t believe how sick it is. Classic shit.

KEN KELLY – Manowar, KISS, Frank Frezetta, front line Vietnam?  Whatttt!!  Ken Kelly is a legend in the art world, from Book Covers to Album Covers his images are classic.  Imagine talking to your really cool uncle about how shit was back in the day.  That is what it was like interviewing Ken.  He told us so much crazy shit, stuff that you never could have imagined.  The interview along with original photography make this section sick.

ESTEVAN ORIOL -  Two and a half hours on the phone with Estevan talking about JOKER and the history of the company; how it started, all the crazy ups and downs, ships from China with $300K of clothing and no money, crazy Chinese business partners,  Bankrupt Jewish business partners, working out of Starbucks.  This is THE BEST SECTION IN THE BOOK…  Everyone interviews Estevan about his photography so I didn’t want to do that and I am glad I didn’t because this conversation held my attention for the full two and a half hours. I didn’t cut one piece of the interview.  Estevan is also working on getting us classic photography documenting the history of JOKER.  I am so stoked on this interview.

THE GETUP KIDS -   We spoke with Matt Pryor of The Getup Kids for this one.  This was a really good last minute interview that came out of left field.  The Getup Kids have  undoubtedly mad a huge impact on the indie music scene and the music we listen to today.  We got to ask Matt his take on the current state of indie music and we also got him to take us on a trip down memmory lane, revealing some intricite details behind the making of some of their albums.  This is yet another feature with some vintage photography.

CLAYTON PATTERSON – If you haven’t heard of Clayton Patterson yet, you need to start doing your homework.  Clayton has been documenting the Lower East Side of Manhattan for over 25 years.  He was thrown into the public eye during the Tompkins Square Park Riots.  He was one of the first people to use the consumer video camera to capture police wrongdoing.  We talked to Clayton about his experiences documenting the L.E.S and also about the impact technology is having on street culture.

JONATHAN MEHRING  -

THE SOAPBOX:

Method Man – CBS Crew President ANGER – Animal Bike’s Oba Stanley – MMA Legend Bas Rutten – Phat Beats owner Joseph Abajian – (3 others To be determined)

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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.

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I have no comment for this fiasco, just pick up the magazine and see for yourself.