About the Artist

My name is Chris Rogers, and I've been an artist my entire life — though for the last 22 years, my canvas has mostly been skin.

Tattooing has taken me everywhere. From cute fun Chibi characters that make people smile to sprawling, epic projects that take months to complete, I've spent over two decades pouring myself into the art of making something permanent, something meaningful, something that matters to the person wearing it. That relationship between art and the person it belongs to — that's what drives me.

But outside the studio, I'm a collector. Always have been. Mugs, specifically. There's something about a great mug — the weight of it in your hands, the way it becomes part of your morning ritual, the way it says something about who you are without you having to say a word. I've hunted for mugs everywhere I've traveled, and for a long time I kept running into the same problem: where were the good nerdy mugs? The ones made for people who actually care about the fandoms, the characters, the stories that shaped them?

I couldn't find them. So I made them.

That's how Mug Tales was born — not from a business plan, but from a genuine gap I felt as a fan and a collector. But I didn't just want to make a mug you reach for every morning without thinking about it. I wanted to make something you felt like collecting. Something you'd see and think — I need that one. The kind of mug that sits on your shelf and means something, that you show people, that you hunt for the way I hunt for pins at every con and every city I pass through. A daily driver, sure — but also a piece worth owning.

Every mug I design carries the same intention I bring to every tattoo: make it personal, make it real, make it something worth holding onto.

And honestly? I'm just getting started.

I'm also a pin collector — obsessively so. A while back I even created my own line called HotHeads, and like a lot of passion projects, life had other plans. But that chapter isn't closed — it's just been waiting. HotHeads is coming back, and this time it's coming with pins you can actually get your hands on. More on that very soon.

Thanks for being here. Every mug really does have a tale — and I'm glad you're part of this one.

— Chris