Bare Essentials: the Best of Nude Magazine brings together the best articles published by the UK-based, internationally-distributed indie and counterculture magazine, Nude, during the seven years of its existence. Also included are five new features and a bonus 16-page insert produced in conjunction with London's prestigious Central St Martins College.

From lowbrow art to indie crafting, via street art, outsider art, comics, illustration, cult fiction, outré architecture, indie crafting, photography, indie and underground film, tiki, burlesque, designer toys, steampunk and leftfield music… Nude covered it all over the course of seventeen fabulously eclectic issues.

And within the 176 content packed pages of Bare Essentials: the Best of Nude Magazine, you'll find interviews with;

Charles Burns, Jamie Reid, Daniel Johnston, James Cauty, James Jarvis, Alan Moore, John Waters, David Peace, Vince Ray,
Trevor Brown, Jon Langford, Billy Childish, Dan Clowes, Darla Teagarden, Adam Green, Angelique Houtkamp, Molly Crabapple,
Linder Sterling, Gemma Correll and
Ben the Illustrator.

As well as articles on;

The Futuro House, British Horror Movies, Youth Cult Classics, The Legendary Ace Cafe, UK Steampunk, Blythe Doll Portraiture, Crocheted Comforts and Indie Comix

Visit the Nude shop for original back issues, greetings cards, giftware and a great selection of independently-produced books, zines and magazines, including;

The Modernist, Okido, Boneshaker, Popshot, Eight:48, Fat Quarter DIY Couture, 10 Fingers, Vapid Kitten, Threads and Letters, The Man of Glass, Arty, Lubin Tales, Girls Who Draw… and many more.