The second issue of Noir Nation, which we have been calling the “Tattoo Issue” from its inception, has been generating worldwide buzz. (More on that in a future post.) We are especially delighted that the international tattoo community has begun to embrace the issue. It seems a match made in heaven, as tattoo artist and crime fiction writer Julia Madeleine suggests in her recent blog. A snippet of it is below. Click on the image to see her full post.— The Editors.