Can Control Magazine: The Complete Archives 1987–1995

Can Control Magazine is one of the first magazines dedicated to graffiti ever published. Founded in Los Angeles by friends and graffiti writers CHARLIE and POWER in 1987 under the name Ghetto Art, it was renamed Can Control in 1990, with POWER at the helm of the publication. The magazine served as both a communication network and a true illustrated bible of graffiti, with issues distributed internationally and filled with photographs and interviews.

Between the 90s and the early 2000s, seeing one’s work published in Can Control was a major milestone for any graffiti writer. The magazine’s issues instantly became collector’s items: they were bought, stolen, passed between friends until worn to shreds, and often confiscated by authorities. Can Control helped define and spread graffiti culture for over twenty years.

Long out of print and hard to find, the large-format, hardcover volumes of Can Control Magazine: The Complete Archives 1987–1995 span 400 pages and weigh nearly 3.5 kg. The volume includes all ten issues of Ghetto Art and the 12 issues of Can Control, many of which were scanned directly from the original paste-up boards, along with extra material, never-before-seen backstage content, color collages, and other rarities sourced directly from POWER’s photographic archive.

Featuring: ACME, ANGER, ASH, BATES, CARTOON, CAVS, CES, CHINO, COLE, DANTE, DARE, DEFER, DIRE-O, DJROB, DOVE, DREAD, DREAM, DREW, DUKE, ECHO, FATE, FEAR, FRAME, GHOST, GKAE, GREED, GREM, GREY, GRIDE, HAVOK, HAZE, HEWS, HEX, JABER, JACK, JA, JERO, KAWS, KET, KEY, KRISES, KRULL, LOOK, MILK, MINER, MIST, M-ONE, MYTH, NACE, NEON, NERVS, OIL, PALE, PANIC, PESTER, PHABLE, PHEVS, PIKE, PRIME, PYRO, REAS, REVOLT, RISK, RIVAL, ROKER, ROT, SABER, SANE, SAR, SENTO, SEVER, SHORE, SKILL, SLEEZE, SLICK, SMITH, SMOG, SNEAK, SOUL, TOOMR, TWIST, UNIT, VEN, WANE, WEST, ZENO and ZEPHYR.

• Publisher: Beyond The Streets
• Edited by POWER & Roger Gastman
• Cover: Hardcover
• Format: 28.5 × 33.6cm
• Language: English
• Pages: 400
• Year: 2026
• ISBN: 979-8-90155-468-5