About Club Homeboy Magazine

Club Homeboy was an iconic BMX Magazine that left a lasting impact on the freestyle BMX scene during the mid- to late 1980s.

Spike Jonze, the renowned filmmaker and director, was at the forefront of Club Homeboy, along with Mark “Lew” Lewman and Andy Jenkins, both co-editors of Freestylin’ Magazine, played pivotal roles in shaping the BMX Magazine's identity. Their collaborative efforts resulted in a magazine that became a cornerstone of BMX culture.

There were 7 issues of Club Homeboy in total. It was then followed by their 90s era magazine, which was called "Dirt". The magazines provided a comprehensive look into the culture and trends of the 90s.

Club Homeboy also brought out some legendary T-Shirts etc. that were very popular during the late 80s/early 90s.

Andy Jenkins: "We struggled with Club Homeboy. It was very successful but we had no business experience and so it drifted into oblivion. Then someone in Germany stole our name, started stealing our designs and we just stopped it. One of the shirts even had a photo of me skating on it. That was a real slap in the face. I was pissed but I didn't really care enough to do anything about it... we had already moved on. They ruined a good idea."

"We made zines on our own time and we wanted Homeboy to encompass the energy of zines, but we wanted it to be slick and beautiful -something a zine can't be. Large format, color, high-gloss paper... but it never got there. After seven issues it folded. Never made it out of bad uncoated paper. After we completed each issue it was a fight with Wizard to even get it printed."

Club Homeboy Skateboard Video.

Andy Jenkins | The Nine Club - Episode 298

"Andy Jenkins discusses wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13, meeting a young Spike Jonze, working for Rocco at World doing graphics including Jason Lee’s first graphic “The Cat In The Hat”, how much graphic artists gets paid now vs then, his comic Wrench Pilot, working as the art director for the newly formed Girl Skateboards, finding Evan Hecox, leaving Girl Skateboards then returning after 7 years, 30 years of Girls Skateboards and much more!"

(Andy discusses Club Homeboy on the below:)