Geek Ink: Superhero Tattoos

Longtime readers of my sites are by now familiar with Marshall McLuhan's observation that in our age of convergence the skin is an extension of the self. The role of the flesh as a communications medium is nowhere more evident than in this stunning Wired slideshow of comic fans showing off their tattoos.

Above: Wonder Woman on the arm of Michael Boyce, a San Diego comic shop owner. His theme of choice: superheroines. "I want to have arms that look like comic book pages with the girls bursting out."

Below: Captain America, tattooed on a strip-club manager who is into the "whole patriotic thing."