{"product_id":"scab-vendor-confessions-of-a-tattoo-artist-paperback","title":"Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eR. Crumb\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Shaw's \u003ci\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e is a surreal, multi-generational roller coaster ride through the underbelly of modern culture, charting the course of a life measured by extremes, and all the people, places, and events that shaped that life into a survivor's tale of epic proportions. In its pages, Shaw takes the reader deep, not only into the recesses of his extraordinary mind and adventures, but also into the strange and magical process of memoir-writing itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf truth is indeed stranger than fiction, then, as Shaw's friend and literary mentor Charles Bukowski once told him, much of this book would have to be lived before it could be written. In that sense, \u003ci\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than a fascinating chronicle of a popular outlaw artist's creative evolution. It is a multicolored, cinematic, modern-day Odyssey, written in blood, ink, and tears―a kaleidoscopic, visionary roadmap to the journey of the human soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou might know of Jonathan Shaw as the first tattoo artist to ever appear on \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e with David Letterman. Or maybe you've seen his likeness depicted by Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Art Spiegelman on the cover of the stately old \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Or you might know him as the son of legendary Swing-era bandleader Artie Shaw--or maybe the tattooed thug playing opposite Clint Eastwood in the movie \u003ci\u003eTightrope\u003c\/i\u003e. You may have seen the magazine Jonathan Shaw founded back in the 90s, International Tattoo Art, at your local newsstand. Or you could have read his book, \u003ci\u003eNarcisa: Our Lady of Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Johnny Depp's HarperCollins imprint, or his recent visual exploration of tattoo art, \u003ci\u003eVintage Tattoo Flash\u003c\/i\u003e. You may have read mind-boggling excerpts from his long-awaited memoir-style novel, \u003ci\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e online. Or maybe you only remember the name Jonathan Shaw as the infamous \"tattoo artist to the stars\" who recently made headline news for being indicted by a New York City Grand Jury and charged with 89 felony counts of illegal weapons possession.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOr . . . maybe you've never heard of Jonathan Shaw at all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor decades, Jonathan Shaw was a world-renowned celebrity tattoo artist. Over the course of his well-documented career, he was one of the most infamous and influential tattoo men on the planet. Described by Iggy Pop as \"the great nightmare anti-hero of the New Age,\" Shaw's client list included names like Johnny Depp, The Cure, The Velvet Underground, The Pogues, The Ramones, Marilyn Manson, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Coleman, Johnny Winter, Kate Moss, Orlando Bloom, Tupac Shakur and the notorious Great Train Robber, Ronald Biggs. Jonathan Shaw is still one of the most respected names in the tattoo profession today--despite having retired over 15 years ago from an industry with an absurdly short memory--an industry he was instrumental in pioneering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49200522690712,"sku":"9781681629155","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/dnR0ZUI0VlFMaGJ0bWZOeVpSUllBUT09.webp?v=1780743153","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/scab-vendor-confessions-of-a-tattoo-artist-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}