There's just something completely awesome about a tattoo aficionado who shows a devotion to popular culture with an uncompromising commitment to that which he or she adores.
When I find someone going all out to illustrate this, I cannot help but admire their passion.
Last month, I met Jen and she showed me the sleeve-in-progress that displayed five iconic scenes from one of the greatest shows in television history,
The Simpsons. She credits the world of Springfield with "creating her sense of humor and the way [she] looks at the world through popular culture."
Jen equated "forever" with the fact that she has watched
The Simpsons "since she was four," when it premiered. Her left arm shows quintessential Simpsons snapshots which, God bless her, Jen could explicate with episode titles to make my job as a documentarian that much easier.
Let's look, shall we?
It is regarded as one of the top five episodes of all time. Remember when
Bart sells his soul to
Milhouse for $5, much to
Lisa's horror? Here is the slip of paper representing that transaction, on the inner part of Jenn's arm:
Some of the most memorable images from
The Simpsons come from their annual Halloween specials, known as
"The Tree House of Horror". Here's a phenomenal piece with a jack-in-the-box a la
Homer Simpson:
One of the tattoos was still in progress, so I didn't get a clear shot. This is "Bobo,"
Mr. Burns' childhood teddy bear:
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| from "Rosebud," Season 5, Episode 4 |
The crowning segment of the tattoo is at the top of the arm, and features
Marge Simpson in full Halloween mode, broomstick and all:
And finally, we have the Simpsons' answer to the
Barbie Doll, at the bottom of the half-sleeve, a lovely portrait of
Malibu Stacy:
And that wraps up the quintet of Simpsons tattoos that comprise Jen's half-sleeve. She used art from what she described as her favorite episodes.On a side note, Jen has fifteen additional tattoos (unrelated to the Simpsons' universe), not counting the ones shown here.
The work above was created by
Craig Messina at
Lone Wolf Tattoo in Bellmore, New York.Work from Lone Wolf has appeared previously on Tattoosday
here.
Thanks so much to Jen for sharing this work in progress. We hope she will keep us posted on new Simpsons-inspired tattoos as time goes by.
