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Vandal Squad Cop Cashes in Graffiti Tales

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Photo of NYPD Vandal Squad undercover at Adidas’ End to End Project by Trubdizzle.

For the past couple weeks, stories have been going around about a former NYPD vandal squad cop set to release a book on some of New York’s most prolific graffiti writers. This rumor was confirmed when Amazon added the forthcoming book to its website. The book, Vandal Squad by Joseph “Joe Blow” Rivera is expected to be released by Miss Rosen Editions, the “urban culture and lifestyle” imprint of Powerhouse Books, in December 2008.

Recently, Graffnews.com, which has sourced the most information on the book, posted a list of writers who are expected to be named, which include SI, LES, FEES, FACET, PEN, SHINE, DECK, CAP, MENOS, JA, FOE, and SKUF. They also posted an excerpt from Rivera about tracking down MENOS..

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3 Responses to “Vandal Squad Cop Cashes in Graffiti Tales”

  1. John says:
    April 23, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    does vandel squad have a website?

  2. Graff Man says:
    April 23, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    no.

  3. The Very Public Life of Street Art says:
    May 8, 2008 at 10:35 am

    [...] of age, perceptions are shifting among proponents as well as antagonists. A police officer from the NYPD Vandal Squad is cashing in on the graffiti and street art craze by publishing a book on the topic with powerHouse Books. An artist, Jason Eisner, who exhibited his work last December [...]

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