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French Kiss magazine #10 (2025) – 224 pages, plus de 630 photos de graffiti trains & métros.

Le fanzine graffiti culte revient en force ! Pour son 10ᵉ numéro, French Kiss Magazine célèbre une décennie de passion avec un volume collector : 224 pages et plus de 630 photos inédites dédiées aux trains et métros peints à travers le monde. Un véritable concentré de styles, de crews et d’ambiances qui fait de ce numéro un immanquable pour tous les amateurs de graffiti ferroviaire.

The second edition features six graffiti writer specials by X-ray (BE), Glas (DE), Ipuls (NL), Kushe (DE), 2Pay (CZ), and Perez (DE) — each bringing their unique style and perspective on the evolving graffiti scene.

The cover illustration was created by (tattoo) artist @tomasredrey (BE), while @jonathanpieterse (NL) and @friandisesss (BE) share their insights and experiences within graffiti culture through both text and visuals. The issue also showcases works from a variety of international graffiti writers.

Shoe’s Black Book − Graffiti in the 1980s by Niels Shoe Meulman offers a window into an artist’s formative years. Before the galleries, the recognition, his development as a typographer and founding the Calligraffiti art movement, there was this: a worn and relentless black book filled with tags, pieces and outlines.

Between 1985 and 1987, Niels Shoe Meulman (Amsterdam, 1967) documented his growth from wide-eyed newcomer to an artist who has fully developed his own style.

More than just a sketchbook, this black book is a testament to when Shoe tagged along with New York artists like Rammellzee, Dondi White and Keith Haring. It’s a record of learning: part diary, part playground, part testing ground. Here is a facsimile of a book that was stolen and mysteriously returned. But it’s also adorned: Shoe’s additional notes and sharp recollections bring the era into focus.

Each page captures graffiti knowledge, passed down mouth-to-mouth and hand-to-hand. Shoe’s Black Book is both document and artefact: immediate, unpolished, authentic. While other books record a culture, this one helped build it.

Note: Hand signed with a Shoe tag, which forms an integral part of the typographic cover design. 

Regular
Format: Paperback
Paperback cover: 8-page gatefold
Size: 24 × 33 cm
Extent: 232 pages
Publication date: 6 December 2025
Language: English
ISBN:9789083349343
Authors: Niels Shoe Meulman, Carlo McCormick
Editorial direction: Ferry van Zijderveld
Copy editing: Steve Korver
Design: UNDOG
Publisher: Ruyzdael Publishing (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

A milestone in graffiti history, the BACKJUMPS Book 1994–2000 brings together the legendary Berlin magazine in a complete archival edition.

What’s inside:

Three large-format softcover books (30.5 x 30.5 cm) housed in a sturdy box
820 pages in total
All 16 original BACKJUMPS magazines reproduced in 1:1 scale
Comprehensive page index and piece/writer index
Text contributions by JayOne, Mode2 and Hugo Vitrani
In-depth interview with Adrian Nabi and POET by Prof. Lukas Feireiss
Rare historical images documenting the era
This collector’s edition is more than just a reprint – it’s an authentic time capsule of the pioneering years of graffiti culture in Europe.

„23 Reptiles“
PERKUP & FRIEND
56 Pages
23×16,5cm
2 Color Riso print
Edition of 100
Printed & Published by Soybot