New Neatorama monsters (link roundup)

New Neatorama monster and robot by Joe Alterio.

And a few more links:

1. Stephen King's son Joseph Hillstrom King writes as "Joe Hill" and has met with success.

2. Governor Schwarzenegger with his sword. (California's revenues are already a billion behind estimates for the year, by the way.)

3. The timeless silhouette of Porsche's 911 Carrera. Via.

*Previously: Hot tub ad says, "Because you can only fit one woman in a Porsche."

*Buy books by Joe Hill at Amazon.

New and improved Robots and Monsters site

As I've mentioned many times in the past, I'm a big fan of Joe Alterio's Robots and Monsters site, where you can commission any sort of wild robot or monster drawing you can think of. Up until now, he's drawn the creatures himself, but today he announced that several additional artists will be available for commissions. The group is like a who's who of my favorite artists and I think I've featured each of them in the past, with two exceptions. So, let me remedy that by mentioning those two:



Business cards by David Huyck.




Many-armed barbarian by Robin Ator.

So, if you're interested in a victorian werewolf detective, or a fire-fighting futuristic robot, head over and commission something now. There's also desktop wallpapers and icons at the link.

*Previously: Victorian werewolf.

*Buy werewolf toys at eBay.

Poster for Miranda July (link roundup)

Poster by Mike Mills for a performance by Miranda July. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Reebok gave Orlando Magic backup center Marcin Gortat a shoe contract, not realizing he had a large Air Jordan tattoo on his leg.

2. Purple ninja magician.

3. Lest you forget California's governor likes to exercise, California's new government waster reporting site is called "Waste Watchers."

4. Vintage ad for Contra arcade game.

*Previously: Beastie Boys poster by Mills.

*Buy arcade machines at eBay.

Smoke Ninja

Smoke Ninja by Joe Alterio, who recently posted a bunch of new robot and monster commissions in his Flickr gallery. You can commission your own here.

*Previously: Plush ninja.

*Buy plush ninjas at eBay.

New robots by Joe Alterio

Two recent robot commissions completed by Joe Alterio:


"Jewish, rainbows, puppies"


"Insatiably curious, contrarian, affectionate"


You can order your own robot or monster illustration by Alterio here.

*Previously: Maltese puppies.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Ewok driving a velociraptor

Joe Alterio hits two more commissions out of the park:


Robot: "Awesome, velociraptor, ewok"


Robot: "Space exploration, newborn girl, baby sitting"

You can order your own robot or monster illustration by Alterio here.

*Previously: Weird Ewok protoype action figures.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Vintage news report from 1970 features footage of Dr. Manhattan in action (link roundup)

Vintage news report from 1970 features a short retrospective on Dr. Manhattan's career to date. I wonder if there will be similar films for the other characters.

And a few more links:

1. Brandon Bird has created Law and Order-themed Valentines, as well as a Guernica/G.I. Joe mashup. (Guernica's on my list of classics that suck.)

2. Bryan Lee O'Malley draws Shadowcat.

3. Joe Alterio has created a comic for the upcoming BLDGBlog book depicting London as an "archipelago of flood walls and fortresses."

4. Ad encourages you to say "F** you Earth" by buying plastic cups.

*Previously: Scott Pilgrim stars in birthday poster.

*Buy Watchmen toys at eBay.