Being the arbiter of tattoo newsiness isn’t easy. I mean, who the hell am I to decide if Christina...

As the US sets out to spread democracy and freedom around the world by letting its young people kill and be killed, our own personal freedoms continue to...

For today’s Needled News, I’m going to put on my lawyer hat. Just envision me in a kicky beret as I spout my personal opinion on a legal issue surrounding...

I’m writing today’s column at New York’s JFK airport, taking advantage of the flight delay to gather together some tattoo goodness for your enjoyment. I’m...

I've been obsessed with celebrity tattoos lately. They're inescapable. I've seen clients walk into tattoo studios brandishing CD covers, wrestling magazines,...

Yesterday, I was reviewing the tattoo news of the week when this message popped up on my screen from my buddy Dave of Big Kahuna...

The Antichrist’s tattoo. Bob Barker on skin. Police seeking records of body art. The tattoo news was so sexy this past week, it barely needs...

Today's column is brought to you through blurry eyes and a pounding hangover. I didn't want to drink that much but "when in Rome" (in this case Milan) I...

I’m a tattoo snob. I’ve tried hard to be accepting of all works on skin, but I’ve given up. Resistance is futile.

You know what I’m talking about. You’re...

The original Suicide Girls roamed the earth before the advent of alt porn, when "pin up" was merely a verb and "cheesecake" a simple tasty treat.

They...

Blogs all over the world were talking tattoos this week, which is a good thing considering my day job...

How does one sum up a week of body art news that includes an unintentional penis tattoo, a rickshaw driver with a Gandhi fetish, the unexplainable success...

Tattoo news last week was filled with wild, dare I say, wacky headlines, from the search for a full English breakfast head tattoo model to more celeb body...

Black Henna Kills!

Actually, I don't know of any casualties per se but it does some serious nastiness so it needs attention, and I'm all...

As the January 1st feature of the day, I have the opportunity to fill this space with a look back on the top tattoo stories of 2006. This means I can regurgitate...

Ho, ho, ho! I'm feelin the holiday lovin' from my family today as I keep my new demon child...

There’s an old cliché, Good tattoos ain’t cheap, and cheap tattoos ain’t good. You’d think that an expression so popular would reach the collective...

Canadians Can Prison Tattoo Plan. The conservative Canadian government's move to ax...

Flesh-eating diseases. Gang members trapped by tattoos. Japanese CEO forces horimono on workers.

The week’s tattoo headlines were fodder for...

Today is Cyber Monday—a day where the shopping frenzy of Black...

Tattoo news this week recycled the same old clichés about how body art is no longer just for the wild at heart, and how tattoos can now be seen on doctors,...

Tattooing should be illegal once more. That’s what I was thinking for the first time in my life after a phone conference with a cheezy marketing...

With the headlines this week heavy with some major tattoo news, I’m left with little room for mocking others, as is required for online newsiness. But before...

It's official. Halloween has become a celebration of freakdom worldwide. No longer a pastoral harvest fest...

Should you have to cover up your tattoos and take your piercings out at work?

This was the big question in tattoo news over the past week, prompted...

The problem with being a visibly tattooed person is that society tends to lump you in the same category with other visibly tattooed people, which is quite...

The London Tattoo Convention came to a close last night and I'm hurting this morning. All attempts at being...

Sweet revenge topped the headlines in this week's tattoo news.

An inmate, sentenced to life for molesting and killing a 10-year-old girl named Katie,...

Praise be! Salvation for all porn-lovin heathens is here—in the form of tattooed hipsters. It was only a matter of time: Evangelical Christianity...

While the tattoo news this week was dominated by demure, feel-good stories about tattooed women, I'd first like to take a moment and give a shout out to...

I just wanted to bring the pain to my outer body.

These words of 24-year-old Jason Audiffred are quoted today in a New...

Today I'm talkin' about a tattoo revolution. After reviewing this week's news, I've whipped out my Che t-shirt, put Patti Smith on the iPod, and substituted...

Too much tattoo goodness in the news this week, from movies to mummies to marketing madness.

When a Tattoo Turns to Terror! is the tag line I...

Alas, it was a slow week in tattoo news, unless you consider Janet...

The blaring headlines this week were all about killing in the name of god; still, it took a plot for mass murder to knock Lindsey Lohan off the top news...

When the week begins with a Sadam Hussein finger mustache tattoo, it reminds you that, in this...

"Bad tattoos" were the buzz words in this week’s news, even grabbing the attention of the fabulous boygirlparty, fellow SG culture editor,...

A little over a year ago, when I tagged Needled.com “Highbrow for the underground,” it was still very tongue-in-cheek.

With this post, I mark my first weekly round-up of tattoo news for SuicideGirls, and there’s plenty to talk about.

Case...