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11

Comics Talk at the UST

Filed Under My Comics, Philippine Comics, Video Blogs | 13 Comments

The Illustrators Guild of the University of Santo Tomas, College of Fine Arts and Design invited me to give a talk on comics for their February General Assembly. I ended up talking about my experience entering and being in the comics industry, as well as present artwork by the great Filipino illustrators like Francisco V. Coching, Alex Niño, Nestor Redondo, etc.

It was a bit of an informal talk. I didn’t even prepare anything to say, except for a few sentences from which I could begin talking with. It was rather quite enjoyable for me, which is surprising. I’ve long avoided things like this because I’ve always felt I won’t be as effective talking as I am doing the work I’m here for, which is writing and drawing.

I look at it now as a great opportunity to not only try to guide young artists to start with the basics before doing anything else, but to also introduce/reintroduce them to our rich history of komiks art. I’m always very glad when young people come away very impressed with a piece of art by Alex Niño or Alfredo Alcala or Nestor Redondo.

There were some surprises. My brother showed up just to hang out. Marius was also there, and I didn’t realize (or maybe even remembered) that he is currently studying at UST.

I put together a video (I’m sure you’re not surprised) of the day’s events, and then some. The video below is hosted on Live Video, which gives a much better video quality.


Comics Talk at the UST, February 10, 2007

If you prefer You Tube, click here.

Comments

13 Responses to “Comics Talk at the UST”

  1. Jonas on February 11th, 2007 8:35 am

    Aba, mas maganda nga ang quality ng Live Video, ano? :)

  2. Gerry Alanguilan on February 11th, 2007 8:53 am

    Yes, laki ng ganda ng quality over You Tube. :D

  3. Azrael on February 11th, 2007 5:06 pm

    ahhahahha galeng!!!
    madalas ako naglalaro dun sa paligid ng arc
    dun ko din nakikita yung mga FA students na nagdro-drawing
    dun ako nagstart ma inspire maging illustrator nung elementary days

  4. Raule on February 11th, 2007 6:18 pm

    Hola, Gerry!
    Me llamo Raule y soy un guionista de Barcelona (España). Ya te escribí personalmente hace unos meses. Me quejaba de lo difícil que es encontrar comics de autores filipinos en Filipinas. Quiero darte la enhorabuena por tus trabajos como artista y por tus esfuerzos en divulgar el noveno arte entre las nuevas generaciones. Cuando viaje a Filipinas por tercera vez, prometo ir a visitarte a San Pablo.
    http://aspiranteasonambulo.blogspot.com
    http://eltebeonauta.blogspot.com
    Un fuerte abrazo. Paalam!

    My wife Lucy translate:

    Hello Gerry,
    Ako si Raule at ako ay manunulat ng komiks dito sa Barcelona, Spain. Sumulat na ako sa iyo by few months ago. Sa totoo lang ako ay nahirapan na makakita ng komiks, Pilipino writer diyan sa Pilipinas. Congratulate for your works bilang artista at sa iyong effort, para ituro ang magia at ang sekreto ng mundo ng komiks in the new generation. Sa pangatlo kong pagbalik sa Pilipinas, I promise to visit you in San Pablo.

    Regards!

  5. pedz on February 11th, 2007 7:11 pm

    hello mr. gerry alanguilan, I’m pedz from college of fine arts in ust also. thanx for posting this video. di po kasi ako nakarating sa talk nyo. Thanx po sa pagvisit sa ust. thanx for inspiring the young artist of our college.

    -PRO
    ILLUST

  6. Marius on February 12th, 2007 1:53 am

    Congrats po sir! >:D

  7. Rey on February 12th, 2007 3:23 pm

    Hi Gerry,

    Glad that you have a comment thread on this new blog. That’s a good talk you have there with the kids.

  8. Gerry Alanguilan on February 12th, 2007 3:49 pm

    Thanks for the visit Raule! Natutuwa naman ako na nakadalaw ka. :)

    Salamat Pedz! Sabi nga ang iba sa inyo may class. Pakisabi na lang sa iba about this video para makita nila.

    Marius! Kita kita ulit!

    Rey, it was very enjoyable actually. I think with age comes with the confidence to share knowledge, a confidence I didn’t have before kaya panay na lang tanggi ko sa mga speaking engagements. I look forward to doing more of these things in the future.

    Az! Nag USTe ka pala?

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  10. Azrael on February 13th, 2007 11:49 am

    @gerry
    yup USTe ako. grade 1-6 hahahah
    di ako nakapag high school, nasaraduhan kasi ako ng slot..pati college din :(
    pero ok lang.. FEU astig din e.madami puno

  11. louie escauriaga on February 14th, 2007 7:47 am

    Hi Gerry,

    Malaki na pala ang pinagbago ng UST.
    Galing din ako sa Uste, Fine arts adv. ’86.

    Congrats on your successful komiks lecture.

    Louie

  12. Gerry Alanguilan on February 14th, 2007 2:58 pm

    Salamat Louie! 3 years ahead ka lang pala sa akin. :D

  13. auggie on June 15th, 2007 3:04 pm

    Gerry,

    Nagkausap ba kayo ni Dean Jimmy de los Santos ? how about Rhoda Recto ? Violini Venturanza ? itong dalawang huli eh kaklase ko sa Fine Arts diyan din sa Pontifical U.