R+M (9): FREDDY MERCURY, EWOK, BEST FRIENDS

By: Joe Alterio

ROBOT: “FREDDY MERCURY, EWOK, BEST FRIENDS” — art by JOHN MARTZ *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May […]

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R+M (8): VIVACIOUS, BIPOLAR, RAT-TERRIER

By: Joe Alterio

Monster: “Vivacious, Bipolar, Rat-Terrier” — by David Huyck *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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Charles M. Schulz

By: Joe Alterio

CHARLES M. SCHULZ (1922-2000) might seem an unlikely hero for HiLobrow.com, because his comic strip Peanuts and, particularly, the animated Peanuts TV specials, are so mainstream. A casual reader might even perceive Peanuts as a […]

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R+M (7): SUMMER, XI’AN, WARRIOR

By: Joe Alterio

Robot: “Summer, Xi’an, Warrior” — by Joe Alterio *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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R+M (6): GREEN, TREE, OCEAN

By: Joe Alterio

Robot: “Green, Tree, Ocean” — by D. Emory Allen *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by […]

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Parker Posey

By: Joe Alterio

Her acting career has garnered PARKER POSEY (born 1968) the moniker “Queen of the Indies,” but she deserves an upgrade. In the fantasy life of the young suburban boys who actually grow up to be […]

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R+M (5): CHICKEN, ORCHID, CHAMPAGNE

By: Joe Alterio

Robot: Chicken, Orchid, Champagne — by Matt Rebholz *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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Walker Evans

By: Joe Alterio

I lived in California for nearly ten years, and whenever I would take the interminable ride up or down The Five, I would stick my old Nikon F1 out the window and try to play […]

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R+M (4): PETITE, RED-HAIRED, OBSERVANT

By: Joe Alterio

Monster: “Petite, Red-haired, Observant” — by David Huyck *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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Ralph Bakshi

By: Joe Alterio

If the sexualized children’s gardens of white gloves and dildos sharing the same animation cel are old hat to today’s otaku-obsessed hipsters roaming the pop-surrealist galleries, we have auteur animator RALPH BAKSHI (born 1938) to […]

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R+M (3): PILOT, HAPPY, BALANCED

By: Joe Alterio

Robot: “Pilot, Happy, Balanced” — by Adam “Apelad” Koford *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by […]

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R+M (2): ENORMOUS, RETRO, SNOB

By: Joe Alterio

Robot: “Enormous, Retro, Snob” — by Joe Alterio *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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R+M (1): SPICY, GREEN, OUTGOING

By: Joe Alterio

Monster: “Spicy, Green, Outgoing” — by Joe Alterio *** Robots and Monsters, a website that swaps custom-designed cartoons and pop art in exchange for a donation to charity, was field-tested in May 2007 by our […]

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Buster Keaton

By: Joe Alterio

At one point in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950), we find washed-up silent film stars literally and figuratively playing out their last hands. A small ashen-faced man declines to bid on consecutive hands, and with […]

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Dave Arneson

By: Joe Alterio

“Who am I?” “You’re DAVE ARNESON (1947-2009), who some claim was the true visionary behind modern role-playing games — though your partner, the more business-minded Gary Gygax, has superceded you in RPG mythology.” “OK, I […]

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