Cablegate Comix (1)
By: Joe Alterio | Categories: Popular, Read-outs

First in a series of mini-comics recounting true stories that came to light on November 28, 2010 — when WikiLeaks published confidential documents of detailed correspondences between the US State Department and its diplomatic missions around the world.

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This series would not be possible without HiLobrow contributor Alexis Madrigal’s Cablegate Chronicles, an ongoing series launched last week at TheAtlantic.com.

To view a gallery of Alterio’s illustration work for HiLobrow, click here.

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Joe Alterio is an illustrator, animator, comic creator, and artist interested in narrative structure, interactive creativity, and the physical manifestations of story-telling. See more at JoeAlterio.com.

10 Comments to “Cablegate Comix (1)”

  1. Luc says:

    Yeah! More!

  2. Jason Grote says:

    That last panel is brilliant.

  3. benjamen walker says:

    So great! love the dancing man

  4. Josh Glenn says:

    It’s going to be a terrific series. We’re planning to publish one of these comix per week — more often than that if possible, but Joe has a very busy schedule this winter.

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  6. Colleen Werthmann says:

    Wow. That is fantastic. I love how sweaty and sad he looks.

  7. Joshua Glenn says:

    We’ve been gearfused!

    PS: Am I the first to use “gearfuse” as a lower-case “boingboinged”-style verb?

  8. winds of magic says:

    this is SO GOOD.

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