The short- Graphic novel about Adam Sueerte's 20+ year career in the NY Tattoo Trade.

The long- In the early 2000’s Adam Suerte made a 4 part comic about his year long tattoo apprenticeship (in 1999). This book is the continuation of his story and depicts the last 20+ years of his career and co ownership of Brooklyn Tattoo with his partner Willie Paredes. It illustrates a time when there was only a handful of shops in the city, social media was in it’s infancy, world of mouth was how a tattooer and tattoo shop made it’s way, and follows all the way up to the pandemic. The shop moved 3 times in the past 20 years, all in the same 12 block radius, so it’s also serves as a love letter to the South Brooklyn neighborhoods they set up shop in. businesses and people who are and aren’t around any longer make cameos throughout the book.

Suerte’s Appredíz books #1 was nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2002 and #3 was given a ‘ Notable Comics’ mention in the Great American Comics volume #10

Books 2,3,and 4 are available on this site, #1 is out of print but if you google it you can fins other platforms that sell it.

8X10” 155 black and white pages

With guest artists Mark Bodē, Sophie Crumb, Jason Mitchell and Myke Maldonado. Each guest artist contributed 3-5 pages of a story about their connection to the shop (or Sophie’s case, sketchbook drawings from when she was an apprentice under Willie and Adam.

The first 27 pages are a recap of the apprentice books.

All nooks signed By Adam Suerte