5/6/09 - Don't forget to tell your mom how much you love her this weekend! In fact, give her an Ink Assassins Gift Certificate and bring her by to get her first tattoo! You're never too old to get a tattoo.

Thanx to all who helped us out by voting in the Rocket 101 "Erie's Best Tattoo" contest. It was a close one but Suga Bears peacock tattoo was the victor. Check out how awesome this tattoo is...

Also happening in Erie this weekend is this really cool event:


(Click on flyer for full size)

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

03/27/09 - New shirts are in. Limited quantities made and they're going fast. You can order them online or better yet come into the shop and pick one up. All of the shirts are only $10. CLICK HERE to order.

Suga Bear and Thorns will be working at the Rochester Tattoo convention coming up this August. For more info check out www.roccitytattooexpo.com

12/7/08 - It's about that time of year again!!! If you're stumped as to what to get someone for Christmas this year... WE HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES!!! Stop by and pick one up for your loved ones, co-workers, friends etc... One of these bad boys will be sure to light up their face. We have them available in any amount you wish. Cash or all major credit cards accepted.

In other news we added some more photos to our piercer Tim's online portfolio. You can view those by clicking here.

Thanx to everyone that participated in the Star 104 tattoo redo contest. We will have pictures of all of the redos and cover ups very shortly. They came out pretty cool!

9/14/08 - Summer is winding down and as always there’s a lot going on at Ink Assassins. We’ve got all new tattoo portfolios up from all of our artists. Besides the talented likes of Metal Mike, Jake Miller, and Thorns there are a few names that you might notice that are new to our crew here. Over the years we’ve worked hard to bring into our shop guest tattoo artists from all over the country to leave their mark on Erie. Well it turns out that a few of them loved Erie so much that they’re back full time. These hard working guys are putting out some amazing looking tattoos that are nothing short of world class. So please stop on by and give a warm “Welcome back to Erie” to Dillon Hild, Justin Jarrell, & Suga Bear. Check out their tattoo work, you won’t be disappointed.

On August 2nd the staff here at Ink Assassins partook in the “Tattooing to Save Babies” organized by Black Anchor Tattoo in Denton, MD. All proceeds from that day were donated to the March of Dimes. So a huge thank you to all of our kind clients who came in that day and helped out. Between all of the tattoo shops involved over $10,000 was raised.

In piercing aftercare news Ink Assassins is now carrying H2Ocean. H2Ocean Piercing Spray helps to cleanse all your piercings and body modifications. H2Ocean helps to safely remove dried discharge and lymph secretions when used every 3-4 hours on your piercings and body modifications. You can pick up a 4oz. bottle at Ink Assassins for almost half of what other area stores.

We have a few new sweet shirt designs in stock for all of you out there looking for some new gear. You can order them right here from our website of just stop on by our headquarters. We’d love to see your smiling faces! In fact we're actually running a coupon for a FREE T-SHIRT right now. Click HERE for the merch section to see more photos and order online.

5/22/08 - Coming up really soon on Friday, May 30th is a really great Charity Art Show / Auction @ the Brewerie in downtown Erie, PA. It will feature a silent auction of various mediums of art including paintings, photography, and even tattoo time. Many talented local and national artists will be featured. All proceeds will be donated to Safenet Domestic Violence Safety Network here in Erie (www.safeneterie.org). Much props to Eerie Eric, Metal Mike, and Jake Miller for dedicating their time and energy to a really good cause. It should be a really neat event so stop on by between 7-11 and do what you can for your community. Here's the flyer for more details, help spread the word:

3/11/08 - Ink Assassins is excited to announce a new addition to our fold here. After a long & hard apprenticeship we are proud to announce our new member to IA's piercing crew (drum roll please)... ladies and gentlemen, we give you KRISTY! Do you know what that means? We will have piercing 7 days a week at all times of the day now!!! We are extremely excited about that! So come on by and have Kristy poke a hole in your skin.

Check out some of our overseas servicemen showing off their love for Ink Assassins!