Not Your Typical Knuckles Tattoo

Last month I was trying to figure out why so many interesting people were walking around the Penn Station area when a trio of tattooed guys enlightened me: it was the Friday commencement of the <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/">New York Comic Con</a>.<br /><br />Now, I realize, I could go to one of these events and have a field day with some amazing tattoos on some very committed fans, but then I'd also be writing up posts for another month or two, as well, so I was content to chat with Rob and his two friends (who will appear in subsequent posts - stay tuned-).<br /><br />Rob offered us one of his three tattoos, this animated creature on his inner right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngMKWmEd8UmxEdCb8qencnHeJI2HAI0b212nDPV-b7ZTDOqXxsYDKX6xKHoxBg4GZ97JTdeKGIo6lNXyqkMzYEe_NwUMiK2w25ah5gae-M3szRNpR-fxFaB4BLoj0ZFrO36cjCRY-tRQ/s1600/Knuckles+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngMKWmEd8UmxEdCb8qencnHeJI2HAI0b212nDPV-b7ZTDOqXxsYDKX6xKHoxBg4GZ97JTdeKGIo6lNXyqkMzYEe_NwUMiK2w25ah5gae-M3szRNpR-fxFaB4BLoj0ZFrO36cjCRY-tRQ/s640/Knuckles+wm.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br />This is, I'm sure many of you may know, a character from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_%28series%29">Sonic the Hedgehog</a>, an iconic video game series that appeared in the early 1990's and has since sold, according to Wikipedia, 70 million units worldwide.<br /><br />Rob explained that he grew up playing Sonic games and his favorite character was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna">Knuckles the Echidna</a>, who first appeared in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3">Sonic the Hedgehog 3</a>. "He was the only one I wanted to be," Rob told me. An echidna, by the way, is another name for a spiny anteater.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASCEHUGvr7epSOWpANUgjsTXT7i9eXfGM9Xh6dhWkzdI0YFpLqh8gTLQc1lB0bEK0GHbRasC9wAGX-eZCd2DcOMxE0jmFlKJf_ZjbOjXicg-yo0KczxQRgM-V_8C4e_jw9HS-i8MnCP4/s1600/Knuckles-the-echidna-sonic-forever-14378590-350-447.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASCEHUGvr7epSOWpANUgjsTXT7i9eXfGM9Xh6dhWkzdI0YFpLqh8gTLQc1lB0bEK0GHbRasC9wAGX-eZCd2DcOMxE0jmFlKJf_ZjbOjXicg-yo0KczxQRgM-V_8C4e_jw9HS-i8MnCP4/s320/Knuckles-the-echidna-sonic-forever-14378590-350-447.gif" width="250" /></a></div><br />Rob credited this tattoo to "<a href="http://www.myspace.com/xxdooxx">Debbie Doo</a>" at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skindeepny">Skin Deep Tattoo</a> in Levittown, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Rob for sharing his Knuckles Tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Not Your Typical Knuckles Tattoo

Last month I was trying to figure out why so many interesting people were walking around the Penn Station area when a trio of tattooed guys ...

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