1/7/10 - We got some cool news. First off we are back to having 2 piercers so that means we will be able to fulfill your piercing needs open to close 7 days a week now! So come on by and talk to Tim or Brandon if you have any questions and want them to put a hole in you! In other good news our good friend and extremely talented tattooist Jon Glessner is now working with us at Ink Assassins. He's been tattooing for 10 years now and has worked in busy areas such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, & Maryland. You can see some of his portfolio here on the website. If you like what you see stop on by the shop to get tattooed by Jon, you won't be disappointed.

For day to day updates you should be checking us out on facebook. You can find us here:

We've got some new gear in stock here:

First up is a new shirt to help a friend out.	And then we also have some new beanies available.

Here's a before and after photo of the Star 104 cover up contest. The original tattoo was done over 17 years ago and had barely been shown to anyone that entire time! The cover up tattoo was done by Joel "Suga Bear". How cool is this!?!

12/14/09 - It's that time of year again and if you really want to put a smile on someone's face why not get them a tattoo???? We offer gift certificates in any amount. Talk about getting some brownie points! Stop in any time to pick one up. Happy holidays.

10/1/09 - We're running a free t-shirt deal this month!!! Just click on the image & print out this sweet coupon then come in to get tattooed or pierced up!

9/10/09 - Some quick updates here at Ink Assassins: I.A. welcomes our friend Victor "El Savage" who was previously tattooing in Cleveland, OH to our clan here. Stop on by and say hello to him. You can see some of his work in the TATTOOS section along with updated pics from all of our other artists. Some new shirts are now in stock that you can check out in the MERCH section. Stop by the shop and pick one up while supplies last. In a recent Erie Times Newspaper you can see some of Thorns' tattoo work on boxer Paul "The Pittsburgh Kid" Spadafora. We've also had many highly talented guest artists come through this summer and we'd like to thank everyone who got tattooed by them and showed them a great time during their stop in Erie. There's also another awesome art show coming up in October called "Perennial". Check the flyer for more details. You also might have noticed that we've changed our buildings look this summer. We're working hard on many improvements in and outside of Ink Assassins and everything just keeps getting better and better. As we head into the fall we all hope that you had a great summer! Stop on by some time for all of your piercing and tattoo needs!

4/1/09 - If you've gotten a tattoo at Ink Assassins you should definitely enter this cool contest! Entries must be received by April 11th. Check it out and help show everyone your great art from Ink Assassins!!! ROCKET 101 has join forces with the "Music As A Weapon IV" tour in search of Erie's Best Tattoo Artwork! Send in a photo of your body art for your chance to win a pair of tickets for the Disturbed concert on April 20th, complete with V.I.P. preferred seating, and an artist "meet and greet". Erie's top five designs will be chosen and posted here with your chance to vote on which is "Erie's Best Tattoo" artwork! Email your tattoo photo to ron@rocket101.com and be sure to include the following: Your Name - Date of Birth - Phone # - and Tattoo artist / studio Also here's a few pics of the winners from the Star 104 Tattoo Makeover contest we sponsored a little while back. Both original tattoos were many, many years old and needed a little help. Here you can see before and after pictures of our artist Suga Bear's work (the purple lines you see are the stencil we put on before the tattoo is started). Thanx to all who voted and I'm sure we'll do this again next year.

Also our great friend Dave Steele over at Snakeface.com is now selling a set of flash from Suga Bear and a new Sketch book from Ink Assassin Justin Jarrell. You can check out more about those here: www.snakeface.com