Yes I do have a tattoo. It covers the whole of my back. It's a shooting star over a shamrock that's in the mouth of an adorable kitten that sleeps soundly on a bed of gardenias. It's a personal statement about my life ... I don't need to explain it for people to understand what it means. But recently I was disturbed by the choices that some people will make when they get a tattoo.
Case in point, this NonSequitur fan has gone too far. I believe she is in desperate need of psychoanalysis (and some non-inflammatory gel).
-JG
If someone has the balls to put TOBY, Robot Satan permanently on their skin, I'll pay for it.
Posted by: Fake Rockstar | 01/15/2009 at 02:59 PM
I meant ant-inflammatory of course ... where's my editor?
Posted by: jglynn | 01/15/2009 at 04:15 PM
I think Wiley should get 2 cents every time someone sees this tat.
Posted by: Mike Peterson | 01/15/2009 at 06:38 PM
Did John say "she"?
Alright, fess up. It's Cathy Guisewite, isn't it?
Posted by: Lucas Turnbloom | 01/16/2009 at 01:41 PM
Cathy Guisewite's body is covered in prison tattoos. One of her final tattoos, inked just below her collarbone (so it could remain concealed in public) was, coincidentally enough, her only pop culture reference: an approximation of Vicki Lawrence's face as she appeared in "Mama's Family," done with a ballpoint pen hooked up to an electric razor motor by her cellmate. "Mama's Family" was, and still is, enormously popular among female inmates nationwide. Just to be clear-- Guisewite's other tattoos aren't all similarly dated references -- they're mostly sexy demon chicks straddling dragons, hilariously meta exaggerated drops of sweat, pot leaves and tally marks, each representing someone she shanked for snitching. There might be more, but these were all that Wikipedia had listed.
Posted by: Dave Coates | 01/16/2009 at 03:57 PM