Mario Barth, Angelina Jolie, Shaq and the director from Miami Ink are more influential to tattooing than Bob Roberts??!! Someone should kick Bob Baxter in his pussy!
I can't believe I just got sucked into that. FML
Yes, that book has been a great resource for info. This book would not have been possible without Chuck Eldridge and Dana Brunson. So many people have been very helpful in piecing together everything. Right now I think we are close to having all the material needed for the book but we are still trying to track down any photographs of Zeis (they are hard to come by). One thing we really need is an original copy of a Zeis supply catalog. The one I have is a copy and I want to scan a few things off the OG catalog. If anyone has one you would be willing to loan me for use in the book please contact me. Here is a small list of artists (not all, still working out the details) that are contributing paintings of commercial flash sold by Zeis.
Scott Sylvia
Theo Mindell
Scott Harrison
Chad Koeplinger
Jason Brooks
Robert Ryan
Timothy Hoyer
Mike Wilson
Tim Lehi
Nick Colella
Valerie Vargas
Stewart Robson
Bryan Burk
Steve Byrne
Tony Hundahl
Nick Rodin
Jay Chastain
Danny Reed
Shag
Cory Lenherr
Aaron Coleman
Jay Chastain
Thomas Morgan
Charlie Roberts
and a bunch more...
Again its humbling how many people have been willing to help with this project. Zeis's influence on the tattoo world is much greater than I had expected. I hope we can do him justice and preserve his legacy for others.
Aussie Tom got a reaction from abees in Panther Tattoos