To be a bad-ass you need to be in a full-on, action Anime. You have to be cool, and confidant and at times nasty.

Good or bad, these are the guys who kick ass and take names.

5. A seasoned Mecha warrior and a combat bad-ass, Eureka Seven‘s Holland is so tough that in the Manga his brother cut off his arm and he kept going. Of course beating up the whiny Renton didn’t make him look so tough–still, he proves his mettle getting the life sucked out of him piloting the Devil Ray, Mecha.
A great bad-ass character from …

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TATTOO TUESDAY! I gave this article a weeks rest because it can be demanding going through all the email and resizing images.  I got a lot of great stuff from people I’ve seen on Deviantart, and I also found out about THE FORCE IN FLESH.  The Force in Flesh is an annual tattoo contest held every year that focuses solely on STAR WARS Tattoos.  Well have more on that in the next installment.

Name: Marlin Mayo
City, State: Memphis, TN
Tattoo Artist: Paul Look (No Regrets)
Tattoo Shop: No Regrets Tattoo Emporium
Favorite Movies: A Clockwork Orange, Fletch…

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Nick Simmons, son of the Legendary Rocker, has found himself in whirl wind of controversy.   In recent weeks Radical Comics, publisher for Nick’s comic Incarnate, has pulled his series off the shelve and halted all production due to accusations of plagiarism.  Months prior, dedicated fans of the anime Bleach begin a campaign against the comic.  Sending angry letters and emails to the book’s publisher.  Fans over the internet compiled evidence to support their accusations, and I must say the evidence speaks for it’s self.

Radical Comics released this statment:

“We at Radical Publishing, Inc. and Radical Comics, Inc. …

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I was thinking of waiting a week or so before I posted another Geek Ink article,  but they’re just way too much fun.  Plus they are so much more enjoyable than the mundane of writing movie and game review, and its nice to hear from our readers.  I love reading your guys emails and being able to converse with the peoples, so keep sending them it!

Also big thanks goes out to Geekyink & GamingTattoos, for all your help and support.

Name/Alias: Dewi Neijs
City, State: Düsseldorf, Germany
Tattoo Artist: Scott Ellis
Tattoo Shop: Triple Crown Tattoo, Tx
Favorite Movie: …

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There is nothing more permanent or public like a Tattoo.  In the movie Eastern Promises with Viggo Mortensen, one character explains that “Tattoos tell the story of your life.”  People you’ve lost,  places you’ve lived, things you’ve loved, obstacles you’ve over come.  They are living, breathing art.

To the Japanese, tattooing represents the very highest level of artistic expression.  There is a museum in Japan where there are galleries of human skin on display, it’s that serious.

Every year when I go to conventions I notice more and more ink, and whats awesome about Geek Tattoos are that they’re such a …

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In this final part of collections we’ll talk about the negative aspects such as selling, loss and not being able to stop.

There are some great photos of collections and some information for you.

Selling: Why would someone sell something that they spent so much money and time on? There are a few reasons why.

1. They NEED money, and a good amount of it NOW. We either get so wrapped up in spending the money to collect things that we don’t realize the bills need to be paid too–it happens… Or emergencies where money is needed and this is the …

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…And I think to myself, what a wonderful world… From VIZ Media we have volume 1 and 2 of the Manga series “What a Wonderful World!” Written and drawn by Inio Asano.
The books feature multiple short stories about the lives of people who are what many would consider failures. They are either unable to get a job or make it through Cram School to get into College. There are some stories about friendship and some about family.
Each story progresses as depressing and then ends on a good note–sometimes not. More often than not, many …

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In 1983, writer Tetsu Kariya and artist Akira Hanasaki began a series of manga chapters that spanned over one hundred volumes, called Oishinbo.

Oishinbo: A La Carte is a manga-sized print telling the best of the stories. These stories are informative and funny–based around a newspapers cultural staff, the main character Yamaoka is constantly put to the test to prove his mettle with food. Most chapters consist of Yamaoka proving that he knows how to make the best tasting foods and which are the best.

The book itself has a recipe in the beginning–this one is how to make rice and …

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From VIZ media comes the adult aimed “Black Lagoon.”

Both the story and art are done by Rei Hiroe.   As with a lot of manga the creator or artist will write and draw the book themselves.

The art itself is simply, classic manga gray-scale with an anime tone to it, (meaning it’s more cartoony than “life-like.”)

The story itself is a mish-mash of different military groups and mercs in a race to catch a trained killer who is also a maid (also classic to the Japanese fantasy culture.)

This book warns of explicit content so the kiddies don’t read …

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