A brief overview of the Frankfurt Tattoo Convention from the last weekend and another one about a convention in Australia.

Law-related: ‘proposed rules worry Motorhead tattoo artists’ from NC and a brief mention of the industry regulations (or rather lack of thereof) in New Zealand in ‘helping clients to make their mark;’

The German article ‘tattoos in film’ focuses mainly on ‘Crank 2 – High Voltage’ but, of course, uses it as an excuse to venture into more general a description of the ‘phenomenon.’

I’m not into posting gossipy links here but this one poses at least two important and worth considering questions, so here you go: ‘Von Teese grateful to tattoo artist for rejecting face design.’