The thing about this is… I mean if you really… It’s not that it’s a bad tat- okay I mean aesthetically of course it’s not great but I mean the artistry… of the butthole tattoo. I’m sure she had a really good reason to get this tattoo on her butt. Of a shark vomiting out another shark. Whose mouth is this girl’s butthole. Maybe not.

The dude who did this is a real asshole. See what I did there? Because, y’know, he ruined this person’s life but also the canvas of the tattoo is her… and then also the spreading of the… thing. I like how they tried to censor this with (strangely shaped?) black spots. I think I need to go take a nap… right after I claw my own eyes out. Shouts(?) to Toilet Cobra for finding the most disturbing thing I’ve put on the Bloglin.

I thought it was pretty crazy when I got Kanye’s name tattooed on my inner bicep, but this woman sure as hell showed me up. Kanyeresa West, as she recently changed her name to, got Kanye’s name tattooed flat across her rump. She’s gunning for that girl who got Drake’s name tattooed on her forehead with this one.

Ladies, please; there’s room enough in this world for both of you to be irresponsibly obsessive.

At least she had the piece of mind not to get the tatt on her forehead. Well, maybe that’s giving her too much credit. It’s really going to be a shame if she doesn’t marry Kanye, as she intends, and instead some other guy is emasculated throughout their entire marriage.

In the video up top, DJ Moon Dawg asks Kanyeresa what she thinks of people that say she’s crazy.  “I say that they don’t know Kanye.” I’d say that you don’t know Kanye, Miss.

“Until he say ‘You’re crazy,’ or until he gets married, I’m gonna keep going.” Really? Does it have to be Kanye who says you’re crazy? I’m sure there are a number of other people willing to diagnose you as such. Oh well.

The Мишка tattoo club grows one member larger. Congratulations to Forrest Schoenleber (AKA @StayAurum) on his entry into the fold with his brand new dope Keep Watch tat in the classic blue n’ red colorway.

He joins the like of Steve Nunes, Greg Mishka, Luis Dubuc, Ryan Gosling, Captain America, the alien from Cloverfield, Newt Gingrich, that one guy from 98° (y’know, that one. With the face?), Alton Brown, Sonya Blade, Richard Kind, and the Teletubby Noo-Noo as part of this most illustrious of clubs. Go get a Мишка tat and you can be too!

I love the Kill With Power face. He’s my favorite of our icons. How can you not love his sinister yet lovable grin? You know that whatever you slap that face onto it’ll be up to no good and having a blast doing it.

KWP is also like the “Butters” of our cast of characters. Criminally unappreciated! But clearly Jersey’s Christopher Gareffa does indeed appreciate the malevolent bliss that is Kill With Power, or he wouldn’t have gotten him permanently etched into his body. Chris opted for a version of KWP from our old Holiday 20o8 Exotica collection, but gave it his own cheese and sauce filled twist by making the KWP triangular body a slice of pizza. Mmm mmmmm!

This Wednesday, Joseph “JK5″ Aloi will be celebrating the release of his second book, Tatt Book: Visionaries of Tattoo courtesy of Rizzoli. Unlike his first book, Subconsciothesaurusnex, which featured his own illustrative work; this new tome has JK5 curating and presenting the work some of the world’s most innovative and incredible tattoo artists.

Featuring some of the most important contemporary tattoo artists who are making cutting-edge graphics, typography, and customized artistic masterpieces. Tatt Book: Visionaries of Tattoo is a unique collection of the designs of the most creative contemporary tattoo artists from around the world. These contemporary tattooists are, first and foremost, artists creating tattoo designs inked on the human body as well as works for galleries and personal collections. Curated by the renowned artist JK5 and including work from over twenty distinguished artists, such as Stephanie Tamez, Mike Giant, and Scott Harrison, Tatt Book explores the intricate customized body art and also the artwork these “inking” geniuses do outside the tattoo studio. This will be an indispensable reference catalogue for type forms, illustration, fine art, and design in a time where tattoos are a mark of personal creativity and individuality.

I know Joseph is a pretty humble dude, but I hope he devoted a chapter to his won work because he truly is a visionary of tattoo in his own right. The book is available now and they’re throwing a release party this Wednesday at the Mexico Showrrom. Check it out!

Wednesday October 26th, 7-10pm
Mexico
22 D Howard St.
New York, NY

Ryan Lampshear is the newest member to the Keep Watch Tattoo club. In addition to getting our bloodshot eyeball on his arm, Ryan also opted to twist things up a bit and also tattoo the mouth underbrim from our Keep Watch new eras on his shoulder. Ryan is slowly but surely working towards a full sleeve and who knows? Maybe some more Мишка graphics make it on there…

While he may not be Steve Nunes, Pittsburgh’s Cody Kutzko is no stranger to Мишка Tattoos… A lil’ under a year ago he got one of my favorite Keep Watch colorways (Cyan and Pink) tattooed on him. Well Cody is upping the ante now with this incredible six-eyed take on the Death Adder bear.

This tattoo was done by Slick Willy while he was doing a guest residency over at Art FX in Pittsburgh, PA.

Now this is a Мишка inspired tattoo we can really get behind! Columbus Ohio’s Carl Decaire sent in photos of his recently finished sleeve which include not only our “Engineered to Destroy” tag line but even a fantastic take on our old Shriner Death Adder bear. There’s also some Mars Attacks and what I think is Krang (?) all up in there as well.

The sleeve was done by the super talented Dave Tevenal out of Grandview, Ohio. If you’re ever in the area and looking to get some ink done, you know where to go mopsters.

Juliusz Salach, aka My Boy, is the fine gentleman pictured above with the dope Keep Watch Eye tat and script adorning his neck. Straight out of Poland, Juliusz is determined to make it clear that he is a soldier of Simon and a worshiper of the Fork-Tongued Bear through his now emblazoned neck. More than that, however, he displays dedication, and responsibility. Forever inscribed with the dark mark (no Harry Potter), Juliusz is that dude! Keep watch!

Peter Bagge was signing at Desert Island Comics this past Friday so Greg Kills Competition, Lamour Supreme and I rolled on over to say hi and hug the fuck out of one of the greatest cartoonists of all time.

To be totally honest, I was the only one of the three of us hugging on him but I think it’s apparent to people who are good at reading body language that Pete was completely lost in the experience.

Here’s the cover to Hate #17 which I figured would be appropriate since the heroin addict on the cover is holding a Mad Ball and Мишка made it’s fortune ripping off the designs of those stupid toy balls. For those of you who are too young to care or too dumb to read, Hate was a thirty issue comic book series that told the story of Buddy Bradley struggling through his mid-twenties and dealing with the assholes he’s surrounded himself with.

It’s often referred to as “the grunge comic” because it was set in Seattle in the early nineties but that’ s not all that it is and it’s still just as relatable now. That’s a general description but this comic is without a doubt one of the most important comics works of ALL TIME. A lot of cartoonists try to make comics like Hate and they always, always fail because they are not as funny, smart or outside of “hip” culture as Pete Bagge was.

This beautiful and talented young boozarino is Leslie Stein and she was signing books in an equal capacity to Pete Bagge, living legend. I was in school around the same time as Leslie and she came and gave a guest lecture to Gary Panter’s senior portfolio class.

After years of furious doodlery she has a book available from Fantagraphics. Where do you go from there? They publish Peanuts, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Pete Bagge anda some non-P titled books too. Leslie’s new tome is Eye of the Majestic Creature, which is a real funny comic and Leslie draws herself horrifically goofy. Chuckling at someone else’s self doubts is a right not a privilege. Exercise that right by paying full price for Leslie’s comicky book.

I was showing Pete Bagge my sketchbook and when he saw this drawing he asked me if this was based on a real instance. I told him that my friend Charly had really mentioned her plans to get a Blues Brothers tattoo and he rolled his eyes much in the same way that I did, making her rant about all the reasons that getting a Blues Brothers tattoo is a great idea.

A big part of it is because she’s from Chicago, land of bad choices. I hear that instead of colored inks the Chicago tattooists drill your skin full of melted cheese. After I showed Pete this drawing I asked him to draw me Buddy Bradley but he cut me off and let me know that he already had a thing in mind to draw.

And this is what he drew! Don’t get tattoos kids! They are expensive and they are all dumb! Buy Pete Bagge and Gilbert Hernandez’s new book called Yeah! instead because it is cheaper and only half as painful.