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Smiling tattooed man in glasses holds a ceramic cat-head sculpture at his tattoo convention booth, Dickfish Melbourne banners hanging on the wall behind him.

A Dickade of Dickfish

Paul Tuyen Tran has spent a decade being overshadowed by his own joke. The joke, as it turns out, is one of the most recognisable bodies of work in Australian tattooing.

By GOOD DAMAGE — Staff Writer 10 Jul 2026
Tattoo artists, vendors and crew pose together on the timber grandstand steps at the Cairns Showgrounds during the Rainforest and Reef Invitational, many wearing leis and band shirts.

The Closest Tattoo Expo Was a Flight Away — So Cairns Built Its Own.

No competitions. No corporate backing. No website. No bullshit. Jake Straat built Far North Queensland's first tattoo expo on word of mouth and sheer will — and the artists are already calling it the best in the country. This is how Rainforest & Reef came together.

By GOOD DAMAGE — Staff Writer 10 Jul 2026
A stack of well-worn vintage tattoo magazines, covers showing tattooed figures, sitting on a cloth-covered table at a tattoo expo.

The Quiet Death of Tattoo Magazines

Nobody announced it. Nobody held a funeral. One day they were just gone.

By GOOD DAMAGE — Staff Writer 10 Jul 2026

GOOD STORIES LEAVE A MARK.

For tattooers and everyone else — free to read, good to support.

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