“Ink Master” is Spike TV’s tattoo competition series seeking to find the America’s greatest tattoo artist. With Dave Navarro hosting, and Chris Nunez and Oliver Peck serving as judges, the competition is now in week three. Ink Master is on Spike TV on Tuesday nights 10/9 Central.

Seen on the streets of New York City, Spongebob Squarepants left as roadkill.

Source: Lost at E Minor

The television commercial for Fiat starring Jennifer Lopez which features her in her hometown of the Bronx was actually shot in LA studios. Now it’s also started a copyright dispute involving the TATS Cru who’s copyrighted ”I HEART BRONX” mural was featured in the ad.

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HBO has made a deal with New York’s Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) to roll out prohibition-era subway cars to help promote the second season of “Boardwalk Empire“, a drama set in 1920s Atlantic City.

The vintage cars will run in Manhattan on weekends in September, and will feature images of the TV show and period-appropriate paraphernalia. HBO paid the MTA $150,000 to run the large-scale advertisement.

Source: Design Taxi, Wall Street Journal

On Sunday, February 27th the latest episode of the Simpson’s will feature the stencil artist Banksy in their awards show. Banksy has been featured on a Simpsons episode in the past.

Here’s a video trailer for a show called “Making Luck”. The show is about teens that have been told they can’t succeed. It’s time to leave the past behind and make their own luck.

In the trailer a young teen mentions the Los Angeles graffiti writer Augor is someone who inspires him and some he could look up to.

The street artist Shepard Fairey makes an appearance on the Colbert Report to help add value to a Colbert portrait. Watch the video clip here.

A t-shirt designed by the graffiti artist Cope2 was featured in the latest episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

In season 6 episode 9, three students are picking on another student for being a Juggalo and painting his face like a member of the Insane Clown Posse. Charley steps in to stop the boys from picking on the kid with the painted face. One of the three boys is wearing a black t-shirt with a Cope2 throw-up on it.

How does he not realize the storm cloud looks like a giant penis? Does no one filming this realize either?

The stencil artist Banksy makes his mark in the intro of The Simpsons episode. Banksy was recently asked to storyboard his own take on The Simpsons intro.