With this being the Tattoo Issue, we figured we’d go to one of Concord’s six tattoo shops and see how the process all goes down.
Neither of us Insiders has any tats, so we had to go to see what it’s all about.
We stopped by Buzz Ink on Manchester street – which is a rare barber shop/tattoo shop combo – where Joel Ste. Croix was ready to add to his collection of ink.
He came in with his own design – an anime version of the late, great David Bowie. Up to the task was tattoo artist Russ Collins, who has plenty of ink himself and who “pretty much grew up in a tattoo shop.”
Needless to say, the next few hours were pretty educational to this tattoo rookie.