DIARY OF A BOOTLEGGER by Jonny Banger [2019]

Rough Trade Books, London, 2019 | Zine, 34pp | 15 × 21 cm | First Editon

A sharp, culture-savvy artist publication documenting the rise of Jonny Banger and the Sports Banger universe through a collage of digital ephemera. Constructed from emails, tweets, text messages and fragments of online life, the book mirrors the logic of the internet age - fast, ironic, self-aware and rooted in subcultural energy.

Part archive, part narrative, it captures the transition from DIY bootlegging to one of the most visible streetwear-adjacent phenomena of the past decade, blending humour, class consciousness and commentary on branding, hype and identity.

Slim but conceptually tight, this is very much an “of its moment” piece - sitting somewhere between artist book, zine and cultural document.

Rough Trade Editions No.34

Excellent condition - appears unread.