Robert Ito has written for the Village Voice, Salon, and the New York Times. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Hyunu, and his son, Ezekiel.

• January 2010: Speak, Memorates
  Were the ghosts and demons described in a Japanese folklore classic real? And why is nearly everyone in the stories so very mean?
• August 2007: Divine Justice of the Weirdo Gods
  Fletcher Hanks was an alcoholic wife-beater, couldn’t draw proportional bodies, and stands beside Herriman and Segar in the comics pantheon.
• December 2005/January 2006: Enormous, Fleshy Piñatas