Tattooing: The Life and Times of Crazy Philadelphia Eddie, My Vida Loca; Vol 2 (Tattooing: The Life and Times of Philadelphia Eddie)

In the 1960s, Mr. Eddie Funk opened several tattoo shops in Chinatown, Philadelphia. Deemed as urban blight by city planners, this cityscape was home to bums sleeping on the streets where prostitutes worked, despondent drunks dwelling in flophouses, and industrious grifters and downtrodden--yet honest--characters hustling and gambling for easy fortunes. Among the handful of tattooers in this neighborhood, Eddie hung his flash on the wall, unpacked his stencils, mixed his inks, started tattooing, and joined the fray.

Bringing his Coney Island charm to Chinatown, Crazy Eddie made interesting friends, enjoyed drinks as several bars, found himself entangled in marital bliss, established himself as a tattooer in a new city, and cemented the permanence of his legendary moniker: Crazy Philadelphia Eddie.