I angered the tattoo community with my Stupid Tattoo column a while back. At least those with tramp stamps and tribal arm bands. They were pissed. It was funny.
Tonight we bring you a gentleman that is on a whole other level. I really don't know what to say about this loon.
Walking circus attraction Rick gave an interview to Bizarre Magazine where he discusses why he is turning his body into "a decomposing corpse - the art of a rotting cadaver. It's also a tribute to horror movies, which I love." You know what some people do when they like horror movies? They frame a poster.
A few interview highlights after the jump.
When asked about what the future holds, Rick said,I still want to get my brain shaded in. I want to get it all nice and grey like hamburger meat. And then I want to get Frankenstein bolts sticking out of my head around the rim of where my scalp's 'cut off'.Sounds great Rick.
And I've thought about getting my eyes blacked in. I'm thinking that in five years from now, if no one's gone blind from it by then I'll go and get my eyes tattooed black, so there'd just be big holes in my face.
As for tattoos, I've still got to get under my arms done, then I've got to finish the intestines and get a contour added to the demon on my chest. I'm going to get bones sticking out of my knees, my toes done in skeleton print, and have patches of muscle scattered around - with worms coming out of the wounds.
How about removing part of your nose, Michael Jackson style? Then you could look more like a corpse.
I've seen it before on TV. This guy had a flesh-eating disease and he was able to get his nose cut off because they gave him a prosthetic replacement. I was so jealous. I wanted it so bad. If I get my eyes blacked in I'll get my nose removed.Oh, I was kidding. What if you cut your ears off Rick?
Maybe just the one. I was thinking of having worms coming out of one ear and a spider's web in the other. But I'm an extremist, so if I met someone who could remove my ear and get the right result, then that'd be cool as hell.Right, just cut off one ear. Because cutting off both ears would nuts there Van Gogh.
Surely there is something you wouldn't do, right Rick?
Cock-splitting. I've seen pictures of that and it's not for me. But I'd tattoo my cock. I'm thinking of having reptile scales and cockroaches.Way to draw the line somewhere. No "cock-splitting." Good to hear it. Ink up your wiener, but don't divide him in half.
God speed, Zombie Tattoo Boy! We're with you!
Thanks to Bizarre Magazine.
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He is a young man and I admit his tats look cool. Let's check back with him every 5 years to see how "cool" it is living with what he has PERMANENTLY done to his body.
I dunno, I can't see any way he regrets doing this.
He's got it made in the shade.
its extreme as hell and i wouldn't get any tattoo in that subject matter but you gotta admire the artist's work (dude's back looks amazing)
as for me i've only gotten tattooed with my own designs with things much more personal than liking zombie movies.
Sometimes I wonder why people put cats in bags and toss them into the river. Now I'm wondering if there's a bag large enough for Rick.
Why, for the sport, of course.
Since I love Ghostbusters, I'm going to tattoo my whole body to look like the grey jumpsuit. My back will be an elaborate Proton Pack mural.
I just love that movie.
Being a Jerry Lewis fan, I am now inspired to get the cosmetic dentistry done and have Julius Kelp's face tattooed over my own. Of course the back of my head will be Buddy Love's face. I can just imagine the admiring stares as I stroll down the boulevard backwards....and I will have to imagine them because, erm, well I'll be walking backwards!
Yeah, that's it...
So do you suppose if he was a fan of silent films he'd have his vocal cords removed?
Being a Jerry Lewis fan, I am now inspired to get the cosmetic dentistry done and have Julius Kelp's face tattooed over my own. Of course the back of my head will be Buddy Love's face. I can just imagine the admiring stares as I stroll down the boulevard backwards....and I will have to imagine them because, erm, well I'll be walking backwards!
Yeah, that's it...
So do you suppose if he was a fan of silent films he'd have his vocal cords removed?
Fantastic, Dan. Fantastic.
We need more Buddy Love references.
So great I posted it twice (DOH!). Must have hit "back" on the browser or something similarly dumb.
Seriously though, there's a worth1000 contest in this. Pick a genre and show a "fan" of that genre tatted up as a walking monument to said genre. I'm sure once you skip past the 100 or so "donkey penis faces" you'll find some funny stuff!
Come on, admit it Johnny. You soooo want to counter his "zombie" work with your own "monkey." Shall we start a collection?
It's not a bad idea. My back could look like the Donkey Kong ladders. And Beppo could be inked onto my face.
I'll think about it...
maybe a potato...
I love Patrick Swayze so much that I'm going to tattoo a life-sized rendition of Demi Moore with short hair on my body so when they re-make Ghost I'll fool them in auditions and Patrick Swayze will put his hands all over my pottery.
I also love oxygen very much. That's why I got this tatoo of oxygen done in front of my lips. I know you can't see it, but it is there.
Finally, I love myself so much that I got a picture of myself as a toddler tatood on my inner thigh, so whenever I'm jogging and have to tie my shoe, I get to see me.
So can you call his lower back tattoo a tramp stamp?
Yeah. I'm pretty sure a hobo is going to stomp on it at some point, if he hasn't already.