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05/05/2008
Tattoo News Review

Spidey tattoo by Dan Hazelton

The week's news was stuffed with tattoo headlines, but I carved away the fat and filler to bring you only the juicy, meaty parts as an ode to you, dear, juicy meaty reader. Dig in!

Let's start with the one tattoo that has caused a Miley-Cyrus-photoshoot-style blog frenzy: the break-through Spidey tattoo by Dan Hazelton of Sacred Skin in Wisconsin. The superhero skin even peaks outta ripped sleeves, of the tattoo kind. Makes me wanna run out in my Wonder Woman undies and lasso me an appointment with Hazelton. Check out more of his latest work on his MySpace page.

Speaking of blogging frenzy, imagine if people took their passion for daily snark and needled it on their bods. Behold: potential blogger tattoos. My faves are the Feed Me and comment-forum-nipple ink. Of course, the most famous blog tattoo -- a real one -- is on the vampy Violet Blue shown here. [Catch Violet on the fabulous and never work safe Fleshbot.com and my fave vlog, GETV.]

In serious tattoo news, an Israeli man got his father's Auschwitz tattoo on his own arm after much controversy in the family. I've heard this debate many times between Holocaust survivors and family members wishing to honor them with replicas of the tattoos received in the camps: numbers that marked Jews like cattle. Survivor Yeshayahu Folman said of his son's homage tattoo:

It was an act of solidarity with me. Of course I was moved, but I was not in favor of it. I still believe that he is burdening himself with a weight he will carry for life.

In a different vein, a mother agreed to get matching tattoos with her daughter, a soldier in the Army, home on leave from Iraq. Specialist Sara Jones and her mother spent last Friday in a tattoo studio in Redmond, Orgeon where Sara also gave an interview about her life in Iraq with some fascinating, albeit sad details. A great read. What struck me in the article was how, out of 200 soldiers in her company, only 12-13 get regular care packages. If you'd like to help by sending old tattoos magazines, tees, and good wishes, here is the address: PFC. JONES, SARA M, 74th EN CO, LSA ANACONDA, APO AE 09391

With so many men and women dying in Iraq, memorials have sadly become the latest tattoo 'trend'.

Beyond honoring friends and family, tattoos can carry a lot of weight and soul for the wearer. Tattoos can also be art for art sake. Yet, even with so much diversity in the reasons behind tattooing and those who bare them, idiot columnists still like to lump us all in one box to easily fit their tired cliches. Contrary to the article, most heavily tattooed people do not bemoan our status as 'outsiders' and relegate ourselves to either flipping burgers or losing American Idol. Perhaps the writer did not read the recent well written articles on, say, this heavily tattooed lawyer (yes, another!) and this tattooed professor.

Quick and Dirty Links:

Susan Sarandon got tattooed to mark 60th birthday. Damnit, Janet, you're still a hottie!

John Mayer gets sleeved in Japan. No word on the tattoo artist yet but it looks like a pro. Rock on, John!

Did Boyzone star Keith Duffy get blood poisoning from a tattoo? And do you really care?

Beckham's tattoo artist Louis Molloy has jumped on the Hardy bandwagon and has his own clothing label now.

Bulgaria had its eighth tattoo convention this week.

Suspects in the murder of a Colorado tattooist are identified.

Interesting ideas for couple tattoos without naming names.

And finally, the Little Mermaid and Barbie get their very own spring break mistakes. [Thanks, Scott!