Vancouver SkyTrain Graffiti 2001–2007

Opened in 1986, Vancouver’s SkyTrain was a futuristic experiment in mass transit: clean, quiet, elevated, and fully automated.

Full Auto: Vancouver SkyTrain Graffiti, 2001–2007 documents how this system became a sustained and coveted target for graffiti writers during the first decade of the new millennium.

Featuring more than 120 rare and previously unpublished photographs, the book traces the evolution of transit painting in Vancouver, foregrounding both local innovators and the significant influence of visiting writers from Germany, Australia, Italy, and Denmark. Textual contributions from key figures of the era – including Samo, Idea, Kiff, Payes, Pubes, Main2, Mark4, Sancho, Kunt, Rels, Ese, and Skid – provide firsthand context and narration. 

The volume also includes a foreword by Fento, an interlude by Cecilia Terenzoni, and an afterword by Matthew Zaborniak. Together, these materials form a comprehensive record of a formative period in Vancouver’s graffiti history – one that has largely remained unseen until now.

• 7.48 x 9.25 inches
• 220 pages, full colour
• Perfect bound
• Paperback
• Printed in Montreal, Canada

2001. After a decade of railway graffiti, Opak and the SDK crew stop painting trains in France, caught up in the legal system.

Twelve years later, SNCF accelerates the scrapping of the country’s most beautiful trains and officially announces the death of the famous “petits gris.”

That’s the trigger—Opak goes on a quest to paint all these legendary trains one last time. In the form of a logbook, Olivier Scuro reveals in the first volume of Painted Graves the details of this adventure and its origins in the 1990's.

At the time, the most talented graffiti writers from the international scene join them on their missions. Among them, Risk (Finland), Stone (France), Remo (Switzerland), Math (Netherlands), Nesh (Austria), Choc (Belgium), Ruzd (Germany), and Aone (USA)… All passed away at the height of their passion.

In Painted Graves Volume 2, Olivier Scuro keeps digging into graffiti archives and pays tribute to friends lost too soon: travels, flashbacks, and the quest that comes to an end.

Most of these trains—painted or not—have now disappeared as well.

248 pages featuring Opak, Risk, Stone, Remo, Math, Nesh, Choc, Ruzd and Aone, but also Kaos, Micro, Lyte, Sharp, Rough, Jiwee, Inxs, Pum, Honet, Riot, Foe, Vino…

• Sabotage Editions | ISBN : 9791097946319
• 248 pages
• Text in English and French
• Format: 21x27 cm
• Hardcover binding

This is a collaboration with the Chilean writer ESNORE, known for his extreme drips and mop overkills.
His tags stand out with excellent letter spacing and a creative choice of typography.
ESNORE has a keen eye for selecting the perfect spots, achieving a harmonious balance between atmosphere and tag placement.
This magazine features 64 pages of his best work and comes with a free ESNORE sticker.

• Comes with an Esnore vinyl sticker
• Full colour offset
• 170 x 240 mm
• 64 Pages – 135 g/m²
• Cover – 250 g/m²
• Saddle – stitched

Published by U•DIG Amsterdam, specialists in working with artists from the world over to bring you obscure collections of great content that we can all dig.

297 x 210 mm, 128 pages, English language.

Taking Over was, for nearly 15 years, Italy's go-to underground graff zine, printed strictly in black and white because, when letters stand out, color becomes secondary.

As part of the Graffiti Books collection, this anthology honours Roberto Malpensa, aka Repo, a TO founder and true pioneer in the Italian graffiti scene.

From the hardcore xerographic prints of the early days to the more refined high-definition Offset editions, the mantra was always “Keeping it Real,” without compromise.

This book compiles the full collection from 2002 to 2015, initially distributed by hand and later through our Graffiti Mailorder.

It also includes an exclusive special edition dedicated to Repo, featuring the best of his work from 1994 to 2014.

• 22x30 cm
• Hardcover

The spark was struck when he was very young, captivated by the vision of the first halls of fame in Milan. Rae Martini, at the age of just 12 approaches graffiti writing and a few years later, thanks to an incomparable mix of passion and attitude, she will become one of the reference figures of the entire movement not only for the city itself, but for Italy.

This is the path of the writer Rax-E, later known as Rae, to become the Artist Rae Martini, with the same determination and perseverance that made him spend sleepless nights around the city, moving only the attention from trains and walls towards something different, the canvases, maintaining the binomial creation/destruction, a constant in the world of graffiti.

'24 Carat Dirt' is a monograph that mainly collects the background of Rae Martini, the starting point, but also the evolution that has brought his production to the galleries. We therefore find ample space for the original sketches, for bombings in the street, on the platforms of the Milan metro, for burners in the hall of fame and above all for trains, to end up with a selection of the most recent works. A linear path which, despite the change of media, maintains an undeniable stylistic coherence and constant growth, where the most sought-after lettering always finds its place.

A one-of-a-kind writer, with style in his blood.

Definitive.

Measurements: 31x25cm

528 pages of radical energy: ORGAZMA brings together the complete oeuvre of French writer and artist LOKISS for the first time – from his early wild-style pieces of the 1980s to digital works, sculptures, and installations. As a leading figure in the European graffiti avant-garde, LOKISS quickly transcended the boundaries of classic style writing and developed a powerful, independent visual language that oscillates between letter explosions and abstract composition.

The book documents four decades of artistic development—wild, political, raw, and futuristic. Featuring sketches, murals, video stills, objects, and rare archival material, each work is dated, revealing stylistic breaks and continuities. A candid foreword provides deep insights into LOKISS's drive and attitude.

Exclusively as a signed limited edition – hand-signed by LOKISS himself.
In May 2025, LOKISS also designed the legendary MOLOTOW TRAIN – a tribute to his roots and his influence on European graffiti culture.