Vandal Squad

Vandal Squad
Title Vandal Squad PDF eBook
Author Joseph Rivera
Publisher powerHouse Books
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Transit police
ISBN 9781576874660

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Former member of the Vandal Squad - a New York police unit devised to protect the subway from hardcore crime and vandalism - Joseph Rivera recounts the days and nights spent in pursuit of the city's most notorious vandals. As the only book on graffiti told from the side of the law, it gives the reader new perspective on the fast-paced cat and mouse tales, presented alongside professional disregard within the department. Featuring unseen images and stories of graffiti's infamous Top 40, this is an unprecendented look at graffiti from the other side of the game.

Taking the Train

Taking the Train
Title Taking the Train PDF eBook
Author Joe Austin
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 384
Release 2001
Genre Art
ISBN 9780231111423

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Traces the history of graffiti in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers.

Million Dollar Vandal

Million Dollar Vandal
Title Million Dollar Vandal PDF eBook
Author AKA Projects
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2006
Genre Graffiti
ISBN 9780976851639

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The story of graffiti writer Robert Morrissey, aka Desa, including life with his crew, MTA (Most Talked About) and his legal problems due to graffiti.

Fields of New York

Fields of New York
Title Fields of New York PDF eBook
Author N McNally
Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 210
Release 2023-10-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 3757887530

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This book tells the story of various Graffiti artists from across Europe who have visited New York City for the purpose of Graffiti. The main focus of the stories is cast on the painting of New York City's Subway, true to the original works of Graffiti done back in the day of its beginnings in mid-1970.

You're Welcome, Universe

You're Welcome, Universe
Title You're Welcome, Universe PDF eBook
Author Whitney Gardner
Publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 306
Release 2017-03-07
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0399551433

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A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, packed with interior graffiti. Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the ’burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war. Told with wit and grit by debut author Whitney Gardner, who also provides gorgeous interior illustrations of Julia’s graffiti tags, You’re Welcome, Universe introduces audiences to a one-of-a-kind protagonist who is unabashedly herself no matter what life throws in her way. "[A] spectacular debut...a moving, beautifully written contemporary novel full of quirky art and complicated friendships...this book is a gift to be thankful for."—BookRiot

The Graffiti Subculture

The Graffiti Subculture
Title The Graffiti Subculture PDF eBook
Author N. Macdonald
Publisher Springer
Pages 269
Release 2001-07-19
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0230511740

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This book is the most extensive contribution to our understanding of the graffiti subculture to date. Using insights from ethnographic research conducted in London and New York, the author explores the varying ways young men use graffiti to construct masculinity, claim power and establish independence from the institutions which define and often limit them as young people. Forging a link between subcultural practice and identity construction, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in new understandings of youth and their subcultures.

I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future

I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future
Title I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future PDF eBook
Author Michael Molcher
Publisher Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pages 428
Release 2023-02-23
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN 1786188945

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He is the law - and you better believe it! Judge, jury and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline, militarised policing and ‘law and order’ politics, its endless inventiveness and ironic humour acting as a prophetic warning about our world today - and with important lessons for our future. Blending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing, I Am The Law takes key Dredd stories from the last 45 years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual, and not so gradual, slide towards authoritarian policing. From the politicisation of policing to ‘zero tolerance’, from violent suppression of protest to the rise of the surveillance state, I Am The Law examines how a comic book warned us about the chilling endgame of today's 'law and order' politics.