Being a child of the 70’s & 80’s raised in SoCal where I grew up, gang culture was the norm. In Venice we had local pride for days, and the way we dressed could be tied to the V-13 gang that was in our hood. Maybe this is why when I wasn’t reading skateboarding magazines, I really liked to check out TEEN ANGELS and teach myself how to write in gang lettering. It was also a trip to read the letters – keep in mind this is way before the internet so this magazine connected like-minded people across the nation. TEEN ANGELS was also full of art that I would spend hours looking at. Looking back, I can see how this publication influenced the 80’s punk scene – just look at Suicidal Tendencies’ iconography or Jaime Hernandez’s art. Today CVLT Nation salutes TEEN ANGELS for keeping it real, because they were just being themselves. Now check out our gallery of killer visuals!
Rich Westkoast
January 23, 2014 at 2:44 pm
http://www.teenangelsarte.com
Virginia Hernandez
January 8, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Were can u buy them