Thepostincludes a photo of the large ink work, which covers their entire forearm.
Pop culture has always been well-represented in the tattoo medium.
Tattooing, a lot of it is directed by what consumers want.
Author Neil Gaiman is interviewed during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festival at the Austin Convention Center.Jim Bennett/WireImage
But Gaiman is one of those figures who seems to particularly lend himself to tattoo culture, OMahony says.
I think theres a level of parasociality that has been engendered through his work, he says.
Like, if you look at traditional authors, no ones really getting a tattoo ofStephen King.
A more literary precedent for the Gaiman situation might beJ.K.
Rowling, whoseceaseless transphobiain recent years has led countless fans toremove or cover uptheir once meaningfulHarry Pottertattoos.
I can see a lot of people getting this stuff covered up or removed through laser removal process.
So the best follow-up business to tattooing someones name is to cover it up.
People arent [necessarily] attached to the person.
Theyre attached to the idea the person represents.
After all, he changed their lives and the proof is right there for anyone to see.
