Description Author Details “Does it hurt?” When you’re a tattoo artist, that’s the most universal question. For Chris MacDonald, the answer is simple: hurts less than a broken heart. Those words are painted above the entrance to his shop, Under My Thumb Tattoos, as a reminder. Chris and his brothers were as wild as the wind, in their house among the fields of Alliston, Ontario, when their parents divorced. Shell-shocked, they were uprooted and brought to Toronto by their dad. Their mother’s mental illness worsened in the aftermath, and she disappeared. As a teenager, Chris left home and found himself immersed in the city’s underbelly, a world where drugs, skateboarding, and punk rock reigned. Between the youth shelters, suicidal thoughts, and haunted apartments, a light shined: and it was art. He eventually found himself following the path of his brother
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher
ECW Press, A Canadian Indie Book Publisher