Joe Broderick has lived in Latin America most of his life. In Colombia he has worked as a freelance writer and illustrator, published dozens of educational pamphlets and comic strips for a variety of non-governmental organizations. His work as a political cartoonist has a special form that he explored when founding the magazine Alternativa. Photography, photomontage, caricature, interventions, and even the making of posters in each issue energized the written content, and made critical reading about the national reality more attractive.