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.

Toycutter has a new logo

I've mentioned Joe Alterio's work many times before, and strongly encourage you to commission one of his terrific Robots and Monsters. He designed a new logo for my custom toy site, Toycutter. The logo's available on various merchandise over at Zazzle, where I made the items as cheap as Zazzle would let me.

If you've never used Zazzle before, please note that you can change the color and style of the merchandise, choosing amongst various t-shirts, tanks, and sweatshirts.

And while I'm talking about my toy site, here's some recent posts:

1. Earthworm Jim Lego minifig.

2. Heavily tattooed Yakuza Munny.

3. Master Chief Munny.

4. Move over Mr. Potatohead, here's a custom lightbulb toy.

*Find a huge selection of toys at the Big Bad Toy Store.

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.

Pandas and Mao by Joe Alterio

Someone commissioned a whole bunch of Panda and Mao-themed robots by Joe Alterio:







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

*Previously: Panda Kaiju t-shirt.

*Buy Panda-Z toys at eBay.

Nuclear powered aristocratic bowler

Inspired by the words "nuclear, aristocratic, bowling," Joe Alterio came up with this:



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

*Previously; Trash collecting robot of the future.

*Buy toy robots at eBay.

Steam-powered city builder

Inspired by the words "Huge, steam-powered, and useful" Joe Alterio created this forest-eating, city-creating robot:



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

*Previously: Trash collecting robot of the future.

*Buy toy robots at eBay.

Trash collecting robot of the future

To further commemorate my oldest boy's trash truck obsession, I asked Joe Alterio to draw me a "futuristic, trash, collector." Here's what he came up with:



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



And while I'm talking commissions, here's a retelling of The Hills Are Alive by Jim Rugg, featuring zombies:



Contact Jim to request a commission.


Finally, I'm jealous of Vy Tran's sketch collection





*Previously: Lego robots.

*Buy toy robots at eBay.

Kobe Bryant is Black Mamba

I am awfully jealous of whoever thought to ask Joe Alterio to draw him Kobe Bryant as a Black Mamba:




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

*Previously: Kobe compares himself to the deadly Black Mamba.

*Buy books by Phil Jackson at Amazon.

Monstrous armored four-eyed sand cat

Monstrous armored four-eyed sand cat by Joe Alterio. You can order your own robot or monster painting here. And you can see the robot he made for me last year, here.

*Previously: Cyclopean Money Cat.

*The "LOLcat Colleckshun" is 20% off at Amazon.

Joe Alterio is taking robot and monster commissions

Last year, in exchange for a charitable donation, Joe Alterio created this for me (I said I wanted something based on the words "super punch little"):



He's once again taking commissions. $50 will get you a custom-drawn and painted robot or monster, and by ordering a commission, you'll be supporting The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which "is at the forefront of protecting citizens rights in digital media." Go here to place an order. There's also a t-shirt and poster available.

*Previously: Christopher Walken robot by Joe Alterio.

*Buy toy robots at eBay.

Samurai Private Eye

Another terrific creation by Joe Alterio.

Samurai Panda Robot vs. Tentacled Monster

Joe Alterio keeps knocking them out of the park. Flick link.

Christopher Walken robot

Another gem by Joe Alterio. You can see the illustration he made for me here.