You know, I knew that Bone was a hugely popular series, but I guess I didn't realize it had reached that stratospheric level of popularity where people are inspired to get tattoos of the various characters embedded on their skin

I shouldn't be surprised though. Apparently getting tattoos of comic book characters is all the rage these days.

I say that based on this photo at the D&Q blog with a Marc Bell-inspired tattoo

Then there's this awesome little bit of skin art, which I found via Tim O'Neil.

All of which makes me wonder: what sort of intricate comic-related tattoos are out there anyway? I'm not talking about your average Superman logo or leering Joker face, but the more inspired and obscure tats. My own fear of hepatitis has always prevented me from decorating my skin, but if you've got a really cool comic book-inspired tattoo that you'd like to share, or you know someone who has, or you've seen something like it on the Interwebs, drop me a line (cmautneratcomcastdotnet) and I'll post it on the blog.