I had a friend who died recently in Iraq. He was a huge HUGE Neil Gaiman fan, both of the graphic novel as well his other works. My friend had a tattoo of the key to the gate of Hell on his calf, and while I thought about using this same design to memorialize my friend with a tattoo of my own, Google hasn't turned up any really decent pictures, at least for me.

So, could someone please link me to a picture of this, or if you have other ideas based on Gaiman's work that would look good as well, please feel free to share.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Et voila.

I know an ex- US Navy type, a member of another forum, who has that exact motif tattooed on his arm- forearm, I think. He tells this story of shipboard life...

"Hey, Padré; ask Seaman Sloth over there what that tattoo on his arm is."

"All right, sailor; so what is it?"

"Key to HELL, Sir!"

I'm gonna send him a link to this thread, and ask him if he has a picture handy that he wouldn't mind me posting.

That would be it, yes.

Kind of you, mr. nothing.

Sweet!

Splendid! and MoM is just so eloquent that I can almost hear/imagine that exchange he mentioned.