Robots And Monsters: A Charitable Menagerie

RobotsAndMonsters.org was originally a solo effort, but it rapidly became apparent that Joe needed some help. Luckily, kick-ass artists usually come with some kick-ass consciences.

Robots and Monsters strives to be a community effort: it can only be as enagaging as the creative community that supports it. To that end, our Special Contributors run the gamut, from world-famous to virtual unknowns. The only thing they have in common is that they're all incredible craftspeople.

At the right is our current drop of Special Contributors. It's a rotating roster, with each artist contributing the amount of work they think they can handle out of their busy schedules. All of the artists reap the benefit of the wider exposure through R and M: feel like joining our motely crew? Drop Joe an email and have a chat.

joe (at) joealterio.com

Joe Alterio is a San Francisco-based illustrator and comic artist. His editorial and advertising clients includes Rolling Stone, Current TV, Napster, The Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, XXL, Rush Magazine, and Other Magazine. His illustrations can be seen at www.joealterio.com, and his comics can be found at Clickwheel and The Basic Virus. He lives with his girlfriend Molly and their cats Jezebel and Chickenbone, Cat of 1001 Mischiefs.

D. Emory Allen is a 23 year old creator of things. He, along with his girlfriend, produce whatever idea that pops into their heads. He currently live in Salt Lake City and am employed by Axiom Design Collaborative. He's available for freelance and commission work: his personal site is Ocular Invasion.

Adam Koford is a freelance cartoonist based in Central Florida. He has contributed to several online collaborative art projects including the 700 Hoboes Project and Conan vs Bear. When he isn't drawing hoboes, Conan, or bears, he's busy churning out his online comic strip, the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats. You may know Adam by the online moniker "Ape Lad" but you don't have to call him that to his face (unless he has the costume on, complete with mask and cape).

Matt Haley is a freelance comic book artist and illustrator: his projects includes comics for both DC and Marvel, illustration for the SciFi Channel and LucasArts, as well as a wide variety of clients. You can see all his work at www.MattHaley.com

Lawrence Yang wrestles with informational abstractions by day and paints the demons out of his head by night. This suits him fine, as these two conflicting pursuits balance out and he actually comes off as a reasonably sane person. To view his work, feel free to check out his site at www.suckatlife.com. Lawrence currently lives in San Francisco, enjoys wheat beers and is absolutely abysmal at dancing.

Michael Gabriel is a painter, printmaker and illustrator. He has specialized in art direction and background painting for many internationally acclaimed animated films including 'The Snowman', 'Pink Floyd, The Wall', 'Famous Fred', 'The Wind in the Willows', 'The Bear', 'When the Wind Blows', 'War Game', and three 'Asterix' films. He was background director for the award winning series 'The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends'.