'Tattoo Machine' Explores the Secret World of Ink

Willamette Week | July 22, 2009
More gossip rag than technical primer, Tattoo Machine owes as much of its existence to the author's skill with a needle as it does to his storytelling chops. While Johnson's penchant for philosophical diatribe grates, the man has both great stories and the writerly candor to tell them.

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