A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

It’s the End of the World


Mark Gibson of Monki Do Studio in Belper, Derbyshire, England, sent in this piece he did on “Tom.” The good news is that it’s well done, if somewhat creepy. The bad news is that PETA has started picketing us for promoting cruelty to animals. The good news is that, to make up for it, we have agreed to pose naked in one of their “provocative” advertisements! Everybody wins!

Update! Astute reader Paraplugs notes that this is in fact a modification of the cover of an album called This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For by British deathcore band Bring Me The Horizon. Thanks!

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Comments

84 responses to “It’s the End of the World”

  1. AmiiMetalFace Avatar
    AmiiMetalFace

    LOL @ 10
    Oli Sykes can suck my imaginery root. I met him once at a Bleeding Through gig when they were less-famous boys with hair. He was an arse.

    I love the tat though 🙂

  2. AmiiMetalFace Avatar
    AmiiMetalFace

    LOL @ 10
    Oli Sykes can suck my imaginery root. I met him once at a Bleeding Through gig when they were less-famous boys with hair. He was an arse.

    I love the tat though 🙂

  3. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    great tattoo,
    AWFUL BAND, saw them before they were big in wolverhampton, they sucked and then when they came to nottingham the lead singer threw wee on a girl who wouldnt have sex with him.
    love the tattoo, actually this studio isn’t TOO far away from my house….
    i just might pay them a visit

  4. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    great tattoo,
    AWFUL BAND, saw them before they were big in wolverhampton, they sucked and then when they came to nottingham the lead singer threw wee on a girl who wouldnt have sex with him.
    love the tattoo, actually this studio isn’t TOO far away from my house….
    i just might pay them a visit

  5. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    great tattoo,
    AWFUL BAND, saw them before they were big in wolverhampton, they sucked and then when they came to nottingham the lead singer threw wee on a girl who wouldnt have sex with him.
    love the tattoo, actually this studio isn’t TOO far away from my house….
    i just might pay them a visit

  6. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    great tattoo,
    AWFUL BAND, saw them before they were big in wolverhampton, they sucked and then when they came to nottingham the lead singer threw wee on a girl who wouldnt have sex with him.
    love the tattoo, actually this studio isn’t TOO far away from my house….
    i just might pay them a visit

  7. VOMIT Avatar

    I don’t get it…

  8. VOMIT Avatar

    I don’t get it…

  9. VOMIT Avatar

    I don’t get it…

  10. VOMIT Avatar

    I don’t get it…

  11. katy prost Avatar

    paraplugs had a great stretched labret! (ya i lurked. hard.)

    Recap: Paraplugs=awesome. Peta= can lick my vag

  12. katy prost Avatar

    paraplugs had a great stretched labret! (ya i lurked. hard.)

    Recap: Paraplugs=awesome. Peta= can lick my vag

  13. katy prost Avatar

    paraplugs had a great stretched labret! (ya i lurked. hard.)

    Recap: Paraplugs=awesome. Peta= can lick my vag

  14. katy prost Avatar

    paraplugs had a great stretched labret! (ya i lurked. hard.)

    Recap: Paraplugs=awesome. Peta= can lick my vag

  15. Ashlyn Avatar
    Ashlyn

    Oh, there are so many things I could say about PETA but what hasn’t been said at this point? In any case, I hardly see this tattoo as supporting animal cruelty.

    If you want to talk about cruelty, how about the fact the PETA does support the owning of domestic dogs and cats. Some of those assholes even suggest that we should release domestic dogs and cats “back into the wild where they belong.”

    Of course, the other side of that PETA arguement is all the weeping cunts in VA telling us down in Athens, GA that our Catch, Spay/Neuter, Vaccine and Release Feral Cats programs is also cruelty to animals.

    Wankers. The lot of them.

  16. Ashlyn Avatar
    Ashlyn

    Oh, there are so many things I could say about PETA but what hasn’t been said at this point? In any case, I hardly see this tattoo as supporting animal cruelty.

    If you want to talk about cruelty, how about the fact the PETA does support the owning of domestic dogs and cats. Some of those assholes even suggest that we should release domestic dogs and cats “back into the wild where they belong.”

    Of course, the other side of that PETA arguement is all the weeping cunts in VA telling us down in Athens, GA that our Catch, Spay/Neuter, Vaccine and Release Feral Cats programs is also cruelty to animals.

    Wankers. The lot of them.

  17. Ashlyn Avatar
    Ashlyn

    Oh, there are so many things I could say about PETA but what hasn’t been said at this point? In any case, I hardly see this tattoo as supporting animal cruelty.

    If you want to talk about cruelty, how about the fact the PETA does support the owning of domestic dogs and cats. Some of those assholes even suggest that we should release domestic dogs and cats “back into the wild where they belong.”

    Of course, the other side of that PETA arguement is all the weeping cunts in VA telling us down in Athens, GA that our Catch, Spay/Neuter, Vaccine and Release Feral Cats programs is also cruelty to animals.

    Wankers. The lot of them.

  18. Ashlyn Avatar
    Ashlyn

    Oh, there are so many things I could say about PETA but what hasn’t been said at this point? In any case, I hardly see this tattoo as supporting animal cruelty.

    If you want to talk about cruelty, how about the fact the PETA does support the owning of domestic dogs and cats. Some of those assholes even suggest that we should release domestic dogs and cats “back into the wild where they belong.”

    Of course, the other side of that PETA arguement is all the weeping cunts in VA telling us down in Athens, GA that our Catch, Spay/Neuter, Vaccine and Release Feral Cats programs is also cruelty to animals.

    Wankers. The lot of them.

  19. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Hey Vomit! Pay a little more attention in class next time and you might start to get it.

  20. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Hey Vomit! Pay a little more attention in class next time and you might start to get it.

  21. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Hey Vomit! Pay a little more attention in class next time and you might start to get it.

  22. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Hey Vomit! Pay a little more attention in class next time and you might start to get it.

  23. Squig Avatar

    i like it! and yeh i agree with the sentiment of fuck PETA! they go too far

  24. Squig Avatar

    i like it! and yeh i agree with the sentiment of fuck PETA! they go too far

  25. Squig Avatar

    i like it! and yeh i agree with the sentiment of fuck PETA! they go too far

  26. Squig Avatar

    i like it! and yeh i agree with the sentiment of fuck PETA! they go too far

  27. Jaimes Avatar
    Jaimes

    Seems like people today lack common sense.

    Nice work on the tattoo.

  28. Jaimes Avatar
    Jaimes

    Seems like people today lack common sense.

    Nice work on the tattoo.

  29. Jaimes Avatar
    Jaimes

    Seems like people today lack common sense.

    Nice work on the tattoo.

  30. Jaimes Avatar
    Jaimes

    Seems like people today lack common sense.

    Nice work on the tattoo.

  31. FuckingClassy Avatar

    I love blood tattooed on.
    😀

  32. FuckingClassy Avatar

    I love blood tattooed on.
    😀

  33. FuckingClassy Avatar

    I love blood tattooed on.
    😀

  34. FuckingClassy Avatar

    I love blood tattooed on.
    😀

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