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May 5, 2025 1 hr 24 min

030: Julio Ávila — Part 2

from Tattoo 408 Hosted by Ethan Gregory Dodge

Ethan Gregory Dodge sits down with Milwaukee tattooer Julio Ávila about his start in tattooing and how his career brought him to the 408. Julio lives up to the stereotype of a storied tattooist with some truly wild stories. In fact, he just published a book detailing many of them. Support him by picking up a copy 👇🏻 ⁠Tales of a Tattoo Apprentice by Julio Ávila⁠ --- Support the Show ⭐ Rate & Review – A quick 5-star rating on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ helps a ton and only takes a few seconds. 📢 Spread the Word – Share this episode with your friends, your artist, your cousin who’s obsessed with ink—let’s grow the 408 tattoo fam. 💸 Leave a Tip – Want to support the pod directly? ⁠⁠Drop a tip here⁠⁠—every bit helps. Connect with Tattoo 408 📲 Follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ to see the faces behind the voices and keep up with the scene. 📬 Want some free Tattoo 408 stickers? DM your address—Ethan’s got you. Shoutouts 🎨 Logo by the incredibly talented ⁠⁠Tessia Spisak⁠⁠ 🎵 Theme music by ⁠⁠mint.beats⁠⁠ 🎙️ Produced by ⁠⁠Ethan Gregory Dodge⁠⁠ © 2025 Ethan Gregory Dodge. Released under the ⁠⁠Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License⁠⁠. Share it, remix it, just don’t sell it—give credit where it’s due.

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