Can Control Magazine: The Complete Archives 1987–1995

Can Control Magazine is one of the first graffiti magazines published. Founded in Los Angeles by friends and graffiti writers CHARLIE & POWER in 1987 as Ghetto Art before rebranding to Can Control in 1990 with POWER taking the reins. It served as both communication network and illustrative bible of graffiti, with its internationally distributed issues full of photos and interviews.

Through the 90s and early 2000s, having your work appear in Can Control was a major moment for graffiti writers. The issues instantly became collectors’ items, being bought, stolen, passed around by friends until they were falling apart and often confiscated by authorities. Can Control helped define and spread the graffiti culture for over twenty years.

Long out of print and hard to find, the oversized, hardcover Can Control Magazine: The Complete Archives 1987–1995 compendium has 400 pages, and weighs almost 3,5 kg. It features all ten issues of Ghetto Art and 12 issues of Can Control. Many scanned directly from the paste-up boards, along with bonus ephemera, behind-the-scenes outtakes, coloured collages and other unseen gems straight from POWER’s camera.

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

400 pages, 28,5 x 33,6 cm, hardcover
Language: English
Editior: POWER & Roger Gastman
Release date: August 2026
ISBN: 979-8-90155-468-5
Publisher: BEYOND THE STREETS