Brooklyn Tattoo the Graphic Novel

The short- Graphic novel about Adam Suerte's 20+ year career in the NY Tattoo Trade.

The long- In the early 2000’s Adam Suerte made a 4 part comic about his year long tattoo apprenticeship (in 1999). This book is the continuation of his story and depicts the last 20+ years of his career and co ownership of Brooklyn Tattoo with his partner Willie Paredes. It illustrates a time when there was only a handful of shops in the city, social media was in it’s infancy, word of mouth was how a tattooer and tattoo shop made it’s way, and follows all the way up to the pandemic. The shop moved 3 times in the past 20 years, all in the same 12 block radius, so it’s also serves as a love letter to the South Brooklyn neighborhoods they set up shop in. Businesses and people who are and aren’t around any longer make cameos throughout the book.

8X10” 155 black and white pages.