Books

The unapologetic, outspoken self-love author Jes Baker started getting tattooed almost a decade ago, when she was 20-years-old, on the places she hated most on her body. This ink came long before she was confident and proud to identify as a “fat woman,” but in time the tattoos ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

In a society where even children seem to be wildly aware of their “personal brand” it has become remarkably refreshing when you meet someone who is genuinely what they say they are. Refreshing is probably an understatement, “shocked” is a more apt description of the feeling I had ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

If you grew up in the 1980s chances are that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was a very formative book for you. Either you loved the collection of chilling short stories by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gambell or you were absolutely terrified of them. Most likely ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Amber Rose is done being overshadowed by her past relationships with Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa. GQrecently released a lengthy interview with Rose that largely revolved around her relationship with West—that was the last straw. According to her Instagram, she was "So excited to ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Gallery Follows the Text Wendy Tsao, an especially talented artist based out of Vancouver, Canada, has recreated the Bratz dolls and transformed them into iconic women of all fields. As you surely remember, Bratz dolls are complete with excessive eyeshadow, over drawn lips, and ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

It's hard to believe that classic novels such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Catcher in the Rye, and To Kill A Mockingbird have been banned from libraries and schools across the country, as these are books that we most associate with our high school English ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Photo Gallery Follows the Text Photographer Anton Kusters was given an unprecedented level of access to one of Tokyo's infamous Yakuza families and the results are incredible. While simply hearing the word "Yakuza" conjures images of men with full tattoo bodysuits and missing ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Gallery Follows the Text People always say knowledge is power. No matter how much we may or may not have complained about school growing up, we all can remember the one teacher that truly changed our educational experience–the teacher that believed in us when all the others ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

As the latest novel in the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series is set for release at the end of the summer the book series is making headlines again due to a pretty bold casting and publicity campaign. The publisher, Hachette Australia, has stated they "want your back for a ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Photo Gallery Follows Text and Trailer I can't even begin to count the amount of nights that I lay awake staring at the ceiling unable to sleep because of the horrific images and scenarios running through my adolescent mind. All of these nightmares had been placed there by R.L. ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Last night, HBO dropped a pretty intense fifth season finale of "Game of Thrones." As promised, we won't be spoiling anything from the episode. We're fans too and understand that not everyone gets to watch the show right away, so here's a blog that you can safely spend a little ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

When Anni Irish was 16-years-old she entered a tattoo shop for the first time. She had ventured in looking to get her nose pierced but ended up leaving with a blueprint for her academic life. After experiencing the culture within the shop Irish was instantly intrigued and would ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Once you start reading “A Million Miles,” Amy Fleisher Madden's first novel, you'll hate that you have a “real” life—work, school, etc.—that’s going to eventually interrupt you and make you put it down. When that real life allows you to get back to the novel about 20-year-old ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Australian interactive comic artist Sutu gained notoriety last year when he took comic books to a new level by creating the augmented reality comic “Modern Polaxis.” Now, the award-winning artist has taken tattoos to a new level by using the same free augmented reality app that ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

As if it’s not enough that Jonathan Shaw is a legendary tattoo master and outlaw artist, the man who Iggy Pop calls “the great nightmare antihero of the new age” gives us the first trade edition of his cult classic novel “Narcisa – Our Lady of Ashes.” The story that “captures the ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

The reason that doing portrait work can be so difficult is that the key doesn't lie in replicating the face perfectly as much as it does in capturing the spirit of the subject. That fact holds true no matter the medium—paintings, photographs and tattoos all need to do this in ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

While we’re all still recovering from Tom DeLonge’s messy departure from Blink-182, the guitarist released exciting news regarding his own music. DeLonge is set to share his new album, To the Stars… Demos, Odds and Ends on April 21. He made good use of his social media accounts ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that Paul Koudounaris has spent more time with the dead than with the living over the last decade. Koudounaris has spent his time documenting the one thing all humans share in common—death—by photographing all of the different rituals ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Remember all the hoopla about Fifty Shades of Grey. It got to the point where you heard it so many times that you started to tune out whenever you heard the word "fifty." While we are all for books/movies about kinky sex—see our features about Fat Mike and his love of S&M or our ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Gallery Follows the Text Given the harsh reality that every human eventually concedes to death it's not surprising that man has always been intrigued by the macabre. Every known art form ends up focusing on death. Be it tattoos, comics, literature, paintings, opera, it doesn't ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Bacon, buffalo wings, Philly cheesesteaks, chocolate, peanut butter. Who doesn’t love food? Just these thoughts of food are enough to make our mouths water. Lucky for us here at INKED, our paths crossed with food and tattoo lover, Nate “Igor” Smith. Smith is a Brooklyn-based ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

The idea of a 31-year-old person writing a memoir would normally cause one to roll their eyes and dismiss the idea before reading a single page, but Jesse Schenker is no ordinary 31-year-old. His memoir, All or Nothing, tells the story of how in slightly over three decades the ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Novels like The Shining, Pet Sematary, and Salem's Lot have all been transformed into amazing and horrifying films since author Stephen King first released his ghoulish stories to the public. Along with other great novels, short stories and even the fantasy series The Dark Tower, ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

When Martin Handford drew his first scene crowded with people and one weary traveler wearing a striped shirt there is no way he could fathom how famous that character—you know him as Waldo—would become. The Where's Waldo books became a phenomenon as people tried to find all the ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

The 2014 San Diego Comic Con is here! So in honor of the biggest annual convention in the world, we'd like to bring your attention to one of the biggest names in fantasy fiction comics, Neil Gaiman. Known best for his comic series, The Sandman, Gaiman is also a novelist who has ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Books come in all shapes and sizes and cover just about any topic you can think off, however, there are some that perhaps you were forced to read in high school, decided to pick up off of a coffee table, or stumbled upon in a book store that have resinated with you long after you ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

From wockets in pockets to fox in socks, Dr. Seuss was a mastermind at bringing fantasy worlds and creatures to children everywhere. To show our appreciation for the king of cats in hats, here are some of the Seussiest Dr. Seuss tattoos out there. ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

On July 18th, 1937 Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Ky. In his lifetime Thompson redefined what journalism could be as he became the official spokesman of the counterculture. Thompson is most famous for writing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the semi-true tale of Raoul ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

Of all the young adult book series that have come out in the last twenty-five years, Harry Potter is by far the most beloved. With a following based off of seven novels, eight films, and even an amusement park, fans can't seem to get enough of the wizarding world. Some people who ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

“I happened to notice a tattoo of DNA on the arm of a neuroscientist and it got me to wondering if scientists are the sort of people who have lots of tattoos,” Carl Zimmer—noted science writer and author of Science Ink—explains. “I didn’t know the answer because normally I’m ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018

If standing shoulder to shoulder in a packed bar drinking warm beer infused with disgusting green food coloring isn't exactly the way to you want to spend your St. Patrick's Day the people at Bowery Arts & Science have come up with an amazing alternative. Celebrate the Irish ...read more

• Oct 10, 2018