Chicago, IL (AHN) - A Chicago area tattoo artist who was sued last month by his customer over a misspelled "CHI-TOWN" tattoo claims he has many customers flocking to him who are now asking for the misspelling deliberately.

Tattoo artist Sam Hacker garnered media attention last month when a customer named Michael Duplessis sued him after Hacker accidentally made a tattoo that read "CHI-TONW" instead of "CHI-TOWN."

Following the incident, Hacker claims about 20 people have received "CHI-TONW" tattoos and more requests are pouring in. The Chicago Sun-Times quotes Hacker as saying, "I feel really good about my friends standing up, and the family of tattoo artists."

Hacker himself has a "CHI-TONW" tattoo on his leg. Many of his friends stood up in his support by first getting them tattooed with "CHI-TONW" when the suit was filed against him.

Showing off his "CHI-TONW" tattoo, a 19-year-old student Kyle Ward of Addison said he got his on Monday, above an ankle. "Each letter is an individual piece of art.'' Hacker claims to have three more "CHI-TONWs" this week at Rising Phoenix.