{"title":"Jonathan Shaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eJONATHAN SHAW is a tattoo artist of more than four decades' practice and the author of \u003cem\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNarcisa: Our Lady of Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaw founded Fun City Tattoo on New York City’s Lower East Side in 1976, one of the city’s first walk-in tattoo studios, and served as managing editor of \u003cem\u003eInternational Tattoo Art\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Shaw works as a tattoo artist whose clients have included Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, and Jim Jarmusch. His books draw directly on that world, from memoir to fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Shaw’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"scab-vendor-confessions-of-a-tattoo-artist","title":"Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJonathan Shaw's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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 deeply, 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\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1681629151\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781681629155\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40609903214779,"sku":"9781681629155","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40609903247547,"sku":"9781681629162","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781681629155_FC_mockup_v2_1623878844_516c3618-2475-453e-8a53-6ba63e68234c.jpg?v=1790975479"},{"product_id":"homeward-bound-scab-vendor","title":"Homeward Bound (Scab Vendor)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is the story of the people who believed in magic, and survived... Jonathan Shaw needs to tell the story because he is the story... This is crawling in the streets of alphabet city with your knees bleeding.\" ―Kelly Cutrone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePicking up where Jonathan Shaw's critically-acclaimed\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eleft off,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eresumes the story of Cigano, the tattoo man. Cigano continues his full-body tattoo work on a young acolyte, Jaco, who eagerly soaks up his tales.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtinues charting the amazing course of a life measured in extremes and all the singular people, exotic places, and outrageous events that shaped it into a survivor's tale of epic proportions. In its pages, Shaw takes the reader deeper than ever before, not only into the bizarre recesses of his extraordinary mind and incredible adventures, but also into the strange and magical process of memoir writing itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis proof positive that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. As Shaw's old friend and literary mentor Charles Bukowski once told him, most of this book would have to be lived before it could be written. In that sense,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis much more than a compelling, page-turning chronicle of a popular working-class hero'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684421365\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684421367\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41811191595195,"sku":"9781684421367","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41811191627963,"sku":"9781684421374","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/71iI5Hd9q1L_mockup_v2_1633119006_b9628cd4-9a1f-41b1-bf40-e4ab910ed600.jpg?v=1790979342"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-jonathan-shaw.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}