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Joe Alterio's blog on illustration, comix, design, animation, and other bouts of total awesomeness.

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      • July (1)
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    • 2012
      • February (2)
        • Game Change: Videogames as Art Medium and Inspiration, (0)
        • Tower of Memory, (0)
      • January (1)
        • There's No One There News, (0)
    • 2011
      • December (1)
        • Life Under Occupation, (0)
      • November (3)
        • Second OWS poster, (0)
        • Cloudy Collection 2012 Calendar of the Impending Apocalypse, (0)
        • The Great Machine Unhinges at MIX, (0)
      • October (1)
        • #OWS Poster 1, (0)
      • August (2)
        • Grooveshark Wallpapers, (0)
        • Strong Encryption Saves Lives, (1)
      • July (1)
        • There's No One There, (1)
      • June (1)
        • Wage Slavery, (0)
      • May (2)
        • Did you hear something?, (0)
        • iPhone Wallpapers on Poolga, (0)
      • March (1)
        • Kirb Your Enthusiasm, (0)
      • February (4)
        • Crazy Boat in Forbes!, (0)
        • Cablegate Comix are in The Atlantic!, (0)
        • Crazy Boat in the New York Times, (0)
        • Crazy Boat Launch!, (0)
    • 2010
      • December (2)
        • On The Radio, (0)
        • Cablegate Comix, Boinged and Elsewhere, (0)
      • November (1)
        • Papercraft Anniversary, (0)
      • September (1)
        • Bring The Gradient, (0)
      • August (1)
        • It's okay if I use this, right?, (1)
      • July (3)
        • Phaedrus silkscreen available on Etsy, (0)
        • Physics Posters featured on io9!, (0)
        • Get Physical!, (14)
      • June (2)
        • Moga Mobo Mojo, (0)
        • Weegee Illustration, (0)
      • May (2)
        • Back to the Future, (0)
        • HiLoBrow Illustrations, (0)
      • April (1)
        • Out Like A Lamb, and In Art Forum, (3)
      • February (2)
        • Quarantine Opening Invitation, (2)
        • Middleground, (0)
      • January (1)
        • R+M Reopens, Is Boinged, (0)
    • 2009
      • December (1)
        • Doyle v Houdini, (0)
      • November (1)
        • Well, That's Depressing, (0)
      • October (1)
        • R&M + SXSW = WOOT, (1)
      • September (1)
        • Quarantine Studio Announcement, (0)
      • August (2)
        • Go Vote for Robots and Monsters at SXSW 2010!, (0)
        • This Time From The Right Side, (1)
      • June (1)
        • Things I Don't Enjoy That Others Seem To, (1)
      • May (2)
        • Your Teeshirt Designer of The Year, (1)
        • BLDGBLOG Book, soon in stores, (0)
      • April (1)
        • Onwards, (1)
      • March (1)
        • Teeshirt Designer of the Year Nomination, (0)
      • January (4)
        • Starewicz' "The Mascot", (0)
        • Starewicz' "The Mascot", (0)
        • BLDGBLOG COMX, (1)
        • Shameless Commerce, (0)
    • 2008
      • December (2)
        • Auld Lang Sign, (2)
        • Cartoonification, (1)
      • November (6)
        • 97Bottles.com Poster, or How to Make A WPA-Style Poster, (3)
        • A Letter to Mike, (1)
        • It's the pictures, stupid., (0)
        • It's the pictures, stupid., (0)
        • Tying The Knot, (2)
        • Moment of (design) truth, (1)
      • October (7)
        • Nan, (3)
        • Back In Black, (0)
        • Call Me Ahab, (0)
        • io9 features Robots + Monsters, (0)
        • Concept Art for Robots and Monsters Book, (0)
        • Douglas Rushkoff name-drops Robots + Monsters on Boing Boing!, (0)
        • Security Envelope Patterns, (0)
      • September (7)
        • Robots and Monsters RELAUNCH, (1)
        • Paranoia 1, (0)
        • Japanese Kamikaze pilot survives but then grenades himself, (0)
        • Not There Anymore, (1)
        • Quirky and Fun!, (2)
        • Koko the Clown and the Cures, (0)
        • We Wuz Robbed, (0)
      • August (5)
        • Buy Me, Buy Me, Buy Me, (0)
        • idol, (0)
        • Red Hot Riding Hood, (0)
        • What We Talk About When We Talk About Mad-Cow Disease, (0)
        • The Love Is Strong In This One, (1)
      • July (3)
        • Finally Done, (1)
        • Sketchblog: WInter Hook Logo, (0)
        • When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, (0)
      • June (6)
        • Costs Of War, (0)
        • Effing brilliant., (0)
        • Amos Goldbaum, (1)
        • The Truth, (0)
        • I feel euphoric over the potentials of the internet., (1)
        • I Met The Walrus, (1)
      • May (8)
        • History Shots, (0)
        • Microfiche Poster, (1)
        • The Biggest Drawing In The World, (0)
        • That's the Whole Story, (0)
        • That's the Whole Story, (0)
        • Design Sausage Factory #3: Done Got Hitched, (0)
        • Big Man Japan Trailer, (1)
        • My New Favorite Awesome, (0)
      • April (6)
        • A Lesson In Message Control, (1)
        • Tom and Jerry - The Rocketeers - 1932 Cartoon, (0)
        • Food Fight, (0)
        • My Space Marine Chaplain Failed His Fear Roll, (4)
        • The Whitest Boy! Golden Cage! by Geoff McFetridge, (1)
        • Sketchblog 4/4/08, (1)
      • March (6)
        • Chromophobia, (0)
        • One Hour Comix, (1)
        • Little Panel, Big Screen, (0)
        • Stop Motion Tron, (1)
        • Sketchblog 3/18/08, (2)
        • Toutes les autos de Tintin, (0)
      • February (7)
        • Kid Koala- Fender Bender, (0)
        • Sketchblog 2/28/08, (2)
        • Sketchblog, (0)
        • Sausage Factory: Done Got Hitched, Part 2, (1)
        • The Conquest of Space, (0)
        • Coffee Poster, (2)
        • The Troubles, (0)
      • January (9)
        • Sausage Factory: Done Got Hitched, Part 1, (5)
        • New work, (0)
        • Printing's Alive, (0)
        • Printing's Alive, (0)
        • Cardboard is Murder, (0)
        • Tractorbot, (0)
        • Sketchblog 1/19/08, (1)
        • Your Monster Is Leaking, (0)
        • How To Draw A Face, (0)
    • 2007
      • December (8)
        • Year's End, (1)
        • Year's End, (1)
        • Lurvely Spam, (0)
        • The Sum of Our Years, (0)
        • Rest On Your Laurels, (2)
        • Jazz's St. James Infirmary Blues, (0)
        • Jazz's St. James Infirmary Blues, (0)
        • St James Infirmary Blues, (1)
      • November (7)
        • Fever Dreams, (0)
        • Sketchblog 11/14/07, (0)
        • Dreams of A Rarebit Fiend: The Movie, (0)
        • Dreams of A Rarebit Fiend: The Book, (1)
        • Sketchblog 11/7/07, (0)
        • All Dressed Up, (0)
        • Back In The Saddle, (1)
      • October (1)
        • A New Member of the Fleet, (0)
      • September (4)
        • Clickwheel relaunch, (1)
        • Faster Than A Speeding Bullet, (3)
        • Silhouette Maker, (2)
        • "A slime draws near. Command?", (2)
      • August (10)
        • Don't Get Too Comfortable, (0)
        • Don't Get Too Comfortable, (0)
        • Oh My Freakin' God, (2)
        • Oh My Freakin' God, (2)
        • Obey the Orb, (0)
        • Worst. Movie. Ever., (1)
        • We're all so damn smart, (0)
        • We're all so damn smart, (0)
        • The Big Mutation, (3)
        • Across The Finish Line, (2)
      • July (5)
        • The Virtual Tour of Hell, (1)
        • Other Magazine Cover, (0)
        • Tintin And The Race Race, (1)
        • "But, man, could that guy paint.", (2)
        • Yeah, they totally killed the black Transformer., (2)
      • June (5)
        • Sketchblog 6/22/07, (0)
        • Sketchblog 6/21/07, (2)
        • Infinite Canvas, Infinite Schmanvas, (0)
        • Nerve Comix Issue, (0)
        • Sketchblog 6/3/07, (0)
      • May (10)
        • Tintin in the Land of Hollywood, (1)
        • Homeward Bound: The Uncomfortable Journey, (0)
        • Im n yr Korea, eatin yr Kimchee, (1)
        • Touchdown, (3)
        • bOINGED to death., (1)
        • Robots + Monsters in Wired!, (0)
        • Robots and Monsters and the 100th Post *UPDATE!*, (3)
        • Cartographica, (0)
        • The internet as a force of destruction, (4)
        • The Hijinx Ensue, (0)
      • April (8)
        • The Great White APE -*UPDATED!*, (1)
        • The Art of Manufacturing Nightmares, (0)
        • Episode 4 is up!, (1)
        • The Storyteller Speaks, (3)
        • Humanspeed..., (1)
        • Kim Dietch Interview, (0)
        • Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau, (0)
        • Traffic Magazine blurb on yours truly, (0)
      • March (9)
        • "Waters Red" wins award, (1)
        • Sterescopic Photography, (1)
        • Sketchblog 3/23/07, (2)
        • MOMA (heart)'s Comix, (0)
        • MOMA (heart)'s Comix, (0)
        • Onward and Upward, (0)
        • AIDS is SO last century., (0)
        • Brilliant, (0)
        • Remixology 101, (3)
      • February (8)
        • Sesame St. Animation, (1)
        • Form Is Content, (3)
        • Seoul Int'l Cartoon and Animation Festival, (5)
        • Seoul Int'l Cartoon and Animation Festival, (5)
        • "Escalation" by Ward Kimball, (0)
        • Clip/Stamp/Fold, (0)
        • Edisyn album artwork, (0)
        • Game Over, (2)
      • January (10)
        • Duck Tales, (0)
        • The Love of The Game, (2)
        • Sin City- For reals, this time, (0)
        • Creature Feature, (0)
        • Sketchblog 1/25/06, (1)
        • Remind Me, Remind Me, Remind Me, (1)
        • Housecleaning, (1)
        • Sketchblog 1/15/06, (1)
        • Episode 3 is up., (0)
        • Sketchblog 1/7/07, (1)
    • 2006
      • December (7)
        • In the spirit of the season, (1)
        • Tripping Over Words, (3)
        • Ward-O-Matic, (0)
        • Sketchblog 12/15/06, (2)
        • Sketchblog 12/6/06 II, (0)
        • Sketchblog 12/6/06, (0)
        • Sketchblog 12/3/06, (1)
      • November (9)
        • Comics is good for something, after all., (1)
        • Sketchblog 11/26/06, (1)
        • Motherland Comix, (0)
        • Drawger is Coolger, (2)
        • Props from The Street, (0)
        • Yip Yop, yo., (0)
        • A quick refit, (1)
        • "Episode 2 off the port bow!", (2)
        • Pretty, pretty sea creatures, (0)
      • October (7)
        • The Tyranny of Ideas, (3)
        • Skeleton Crew, (1)
        • A good fellow captain, (0)
        • Peaceful waters, (0)
        • Sketchblog 10/26/06, (0)
        • A new figurehead below her bow..., (1)
        • Sketchblog 10/2/06, (4)
      • September (2)
        • A quiet night on ice., (0)
        • Finally....finally finally finally., (0)
      • August (2)
        • Refitting The Ship, (1)
        • Sketchblog - 8/5/06, (0)
      • July (7)
        • Sketchblog 7/28/06, (0)
        • Waters Red, (1)
        • To diversify, or not to diversify., (1)
        • "Narwhal off the Starboard side!", (0)
        • Sketchblog - 7/9/06, (0)
        • What be this RSS? Some kind of sea beast?, (0)
        • Episode 1!, (2)
      • June (2)
        • Sketchblog off the port bow!, (1)
        • Holy Smokes!, (1)
      • May (7)
        • A (belated) cannon salute, (0)
        • Another good ship, (0)
        • The Master Pilot, (1)
        • A sailor's dilemma, (0)
        • A sailor's dilemma, (0)
        • Animatic? Comiccast? Podcomic? Avast!, (3)
        • Boarding The iTunes vessel, (0)
      • April (3)
        • Land Ho!, (0)
        • The OG Sailor, (0)
        • A Weak Hull, (3)
      • March (10)
        • St. Elmo's Fire, (1)
        • St. Elmo's Fire, (1)
        • A Frog in the galley, (3)
        • A glimpse of land, (1)
        • Troubling Horizon, (1)
        • A Speech from the Poopdeck, (0)
        • A few good sailors, (1)
        • ...And Around The Horn, (0)
        • In Her Majesty's Port of Call, (1)
        • In Her Majesty's Port of Call, (1)
      • February (3)
        • ComicCast.net, (0)
        • Message in a Bottle, (1)
        • The mermaids rejoice, (1)
      • January (3)
        • Around The Cape, (0)
        • Dive, dive!, (1)
        • Into the abyss, my dear sailors..., (0)
    • 2004
      • July (1)
        • Robot Revolution gets the bOING bOING treatment, (0)

Joe Alterio draws pictures, writes comics, designs websites, creates animation, and makes art in New York City.