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Not a historian, technically speaking, but curious enough to find a few possible answers:
So that's why "mom" became a popular subject in tattoos; either you really did love your mother, or you were trying to convey the concept of stability, or you were using the concept of "mother" to represent everything you hold most dear.
As for why they appeared on cartoon tough-guys, we can only speculate (without further, better historical evidence) that there were two reasons for that being so prevalent:
That last bit I don't have sources for, but I hope my including it will inspire someone else better equipped to find some and back me up. I personally can't help but think of Popeye, but his tattoos were of anchors. Does anyone have examples of cartoons that actually show this tattoo?
Edit: oops, put my "heart" in the wrong place.
Oh yes, sorry, how stupid of me.
Bodies of Inscription: a Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community and Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World, both by Margo DeMello.