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Probably the most iconic image associated with Bradford City is the City Gent character introduced in 1966 at a time when English football clubs attempted to emulate the example of World Cup Willie and launched their own characters to present a more modern face to the sport. In the case of Bradford City, the City Gent was a cartoon of then chairman Stafford Heginbotham.
For the generation of supporters who followed the club between 1966 and 1974 the City Gent character had a great appeal and was THE choice of tattoo on the Valley Parade terraces for much of the seventies. There was a story that a certain tattooist on Manchester Road ‘did the best City Gent’ and certainly, as I recall from a fair number of dubious versions, not all tattooists could do justice to the original.
Since then it would appear that the club crest has assumed a comparable level of popularity, if not become the prime choice. Having never had a tattoo I won’t pretend to be an expert but my own choice would have been a City Gent on the forearm. In my view this would have been eminently preferable to resorting simply to B-C-F-C (although I recall a fair number of such examples on knuckles!).

John Dewhirst
Co-founder of The City Gent in 1984, former editor and author of club histories.

My friend and talented belgian illustrator Jean Biche recently met a fan who got one of his drawings tattooed on her arm which, to me, is the best homage ever, given the fact that it wasn’t meant for this use in the first place. Here it is, along with a few illustrations by Jean Biche.

Dear Readers. for your delight, here is a spontaneously-submitted collection of collages Christa. To me, they look like snapshots of orgies on acid! They make me smile. Thank you Christa!

Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo is a Berlin based Korean-Italian American artist from NYC. She was born in 1983, Busan, South Korea and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland.  She eventually transferred to The Academy of Fine Arts, in Cracow Poland and graduated in 2006.  Christa has since worked with the Berlin art collective, Artists Anonymous and is currently working on a new series of works for a forthcoming show in 2010.

Great minds think alike. I found Philippe of the parisian Skin Head band “Hard Times” on Lukas Zpira’s photo page! SB 5 will feature a series of pictures of the band by Julien Lachaussée, and an interview by myself…

Anouck Bertin said:
“I wish I was still a Teenager to be a hot cheerleader and kiss Pretty Skater Boys after school…”
Anouck Bertin portfolio

Bruno Dayan