Scab Vendor

"Jonathan Shaw had to go out to the world to find himself... The things that damaged him have also informed him... [Homeward Bound embodies] the art of Latin America, cinema, Magical Realism in literature..." --Jim Jarmusch

"I don't know who else does that. Obviously Che Guevara could not do that." --Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello

"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, New York Times Bestselling Author

"Jonathan Shaw was there way before tattooing became trendy with fucking hipsters with tattoos up their fucking eyeballs." --John Joseph, Cro-Mags

"Jonathan was pretty crazy, a kind of bohemian, carny type... Whenever customers came in [for tattoos] he would be like: watch this!" --Chris Garver, Miami Ink

"Jonathan Shaw has always been a wild character." --Oliver Peck, Ink Master

"The tattoo world was too limiting to him...Jonathan Shaw is a storyteller... His books are works of art." --Joe Coleman

"Shaw's writing is authentic and unapologetic. He is not afraid." --Mark Gottlieb, Literary Agent - Trident Media Group