I’m extremely pleased to announce that my comic story We Wuz Robbed is in the newest German comic anthology, Mogo Mobo. The latest anthology is titled ‘Nacktscanner’, which, in the words of editor Thomas Gronle-Legron,

loosely translates into “Moga Mobos Body Scanner” (Body Scanners are the “Nude” scanners at airports). The theme of the book is the safety of our personal data, especially, but not only, on the internet.

I met Thomas when we were both invited to speak at the Seoul International Comics and Animation Festival, and he’s an incredible artist, animator, and game designer. You can see some of his rad stuff here, here, and at his website (be sure to check out his microfiche game in the animation section.) He also knows a bunch of amazing European, Japanese, and yes, American artists that make up the Mogo Mobo crew. I’m really proud to be a part of it now.

Moga Mobo’s Nacktscanner will be released at the German Comic Book Fair, the “Comicsalon Erlangen” , 3-6. June 2010. After that, it’s available all over Germany. Go! Pick one up! Now! I’ll wait.

]]> http://joealterio.com/2010/06/moga-mobo-mojo/feed/ 0 http://joealterio.com/2009/12/doyle-v-houdini/ http://joealterio.com/2009/12/doyle-v-houdini/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:28:14 +0000 Joe http://joealterio.com/?p=578 I’m pleased to finally reveal the project Matthew Battles and I have been working on for a long time, a comic exploration of the public spat between Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini, up now at BarnesAndNoble.com.

This was a really fun project to do, not the least reason that Matthew is a terrific writer, and it was easy to shape images around his words. This was one of the first times I’ve been strictly the artist, instead of the artist-writer-auteur of a comic, and I really enjoyed it; it some ways, it allowed me to focus on the graphics more, witout worrying about the prose. I still love writing, but I may pursue this more. It’s also the first time I applied this vintage-collage style to comics, and I think it works well, Barnes And Noble’s apparent technical limitations notwithstanding (no Flash? Come on, guys.) I think it works well, and it’s also something I’ll exploring more. Max Ernst, eat your heart out. No, not literally, you weirdo.

The Thames 1,2,3 Comic, on the inside cover of the new BLDGBLOG book.

The new BLDGBLOG book, with comics by yours truly, is to be released soon. Sweet!