Never punch a man with a face tattoo

May 9, 2006 9:23 AM

This shouldn't be too tough, but I can't find it: I'm looking for a book whose cover is a teenager or man with a tattoo of Mickey Mouse's profile accross his face. It was incredibly shocking when I saw it, but the title didn't stick with me and googling isn't turning anything up.

I think the subject matter included gangs, possibly russia, youth criminals, etc. It may or may not have been a photography book. I'm not 100% positive that it's the cover of the book, it may have been inside the book.

posted by mike_bling to media & arts (2 comments total)

Not your answer, but maybe helps narrow things down:

"In El Paso and the Southwestern United States the letter "M" is now commonly used in connection with the word "Mexican" as part of a gang name. Some members of the Mexican Mafia gang sport a Mickey Mouse tattoo in order to substitute for the two "M's" of their gang name."

From this page.
posted by jerryg99 at 10:15 AM on May 9, 2006

Didn't find it, but one of the books mentioned on this page might have it:
http://www.needled.com/archives/2005/07/russian_prison.php
posted by felix at 2:55 PM on May 9, 2006