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"Support has been growing for the Chicago tattoo artists who botched the spelling of a tattoo on a man's chest.

Michael Duplessis filed a lawsuit recently against Jade Dragon Tattoo and Body Piercing, at 5331 W. Belmont Ave., over a tattoo that he said was supposed to read CHI-TOWN in capital letters. He says it came out CHI-TONW.

As a show of solidarity on Thursday night, several tattoo artists got the CHI-TONW tattoo themselves, on purpose.

"My friends are supporting me by saying, 'Hey, you know, it happens. We've done it. You just got, you know, blown up on it," said tattoo artist Sam Hacker, who gave Duplessis the tattoo.

Hacker admits he made the mistake two years ago, but offered to fix it. He said Duplessis never came back.

Hacker is offering the tattoo to customers at Jade Dragon for free this Sunday. So far, eight people have already signed up.

Duplessis, who is a mechanic, filed the lawsuit earlier this month in Cook County Circuit Court. The suit sought monetary damages, and he claims suffered "emotional distress from public ridicule."

Duplessis -- who is a mechanic -- says he paid $250 for the 2005 tattoo."

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wow, that's fucked up, he should be out of business.

bottom line, if they fucked up, they should give the guy a refund and cover the tat for free......Nothing they're going to say or do will make them come out ahead on this one, so they need to make good.  Personally, if I went to a shop and they acted like that after fucking up one of my tattoos, I'd burn the place to the ground...

 (note that I did not say I intend on burning anyplace to the ground...if police come knocking on my door and try to wake me up, i'm going to be pissed)

fuck them all, kill him and burn that shop down, now that would be fun!

Just kidding people.

Seriously though, I got my chief tattoo on my leg and when the artist showed me the stencil, I was like dude you spelled it wrong, he felt like ass for misspelling it but luckily it was just the stencil and I just said "fuck it, no one is perfect"

Why the fuck would you wait almost two years before filing a lawsuit? Surely if you were that upset, you'd run to your lawyer straight off, right? Sounds to me like someone's been told they could make some money out of it.

And the tattooist... Stupid fucker! If you're gonna mark someone for life, you'd kinda make sure that their tattoo was spelt right. Or at least I would