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25

Sunday Morning

Filed Under Filipino Artists, Komikero Group, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Timawa | 14 Comments

Komikero meeting day! The sun is out and the weather is great! For a moment there I was worried because it had been raining a day or so ago. The rains were good in the end because the weather is cool once again. A lot of new guys will be coming over which should be interesting. I’m getting tired of seeing just Johnny and Jonas all the time.

I am struggling with a cold right about now which doesn’t seem to be so bad that I can’t go out. What actually makes me feel bad right now is that Alex Niño made an appearance in Manila for an exhibit, signing stuff, sketching, meeting fans… and I wasn’t even aware of it. I didn’t read it from the places I go to online, and any message letting me know if this never reached me. My friends probably weren’t aware themselves, or didn’t tell me because they assumed I knew. If I knew it I would have talked about it here, inviting people to come. In any case, I’m sure I’ll meet Alex one of these days.

January 31 deadline on Last Hope, and February 4 deadline on Timawa 16. A few people have invited me for talks that fall within those deadlines which I’ve had to decline. Which is too bad because they sound like some pretty good events. Apparently, there’s this comics-themed thing going on at UP Diliman on February 4. One event, two groups, and both invited me and some other guys to talk. Which could get difficult for them because I don’t know if these two groups know that they invited the same people.

However, I will be able to go to a talk on February 10 at the Philippine High School for the Arts in Los Baños. I’ll be there with Manix Abrera, Jonas Diego and Johnny Danganan. Well past any pending deadlines so it would be all right. I just hope I no longer have this cold by then.

All right, I’ll go get ready for today. Bracing myself for it.

Comments

14 Responses to “Sunday Morning”

  1. jerome dizon on January 25th, 2009 9:59 am

    Hi Gerry
    An artist friend of my mother in law told me when I was there in the Philippines for a month vacation that Alex Nino moved back to the Philippines for good. Is this true??

  2. Adrian on January 25th, 2009 12:32 pm

    Alex Niño in town?! How come no one talked about this? Dito ko lang nalaman to.

    When Tony DeZuniga was in Comic Odyssey, I remember telling somebody that “Si Alex Niño na lang, kapag na-meet ko siya, solved na ako”. Then I read this…

    sayang (hikbi)

  3. Martin Tobias on January 25th, 2009 12:40 pm

    If you don’t mind me asking sino po yung magpa-publish ng Last hope?

  4. Carlo P on January 25th, 2009 2:46 pm

    Ikaw din pala huhuhu… may nakapagbanggit sa akin na darating si Lord Alex, ang problema ibang direction yung keyword na pinagoogle sa akin… add to that di rin sya sure.
    Kaya nagka mild heart attack ako nung nabasa ko journal ni Randy

  5. Azrael on January 25th, 2009 4:29 pm

    andito nga sya! sayang hindi ko ito alam..

    heto video nya doing a sketch
    http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com/2009/01/alex-nio-in-manila.html

  6. Gerry Alanguilan on January 25th, 2009 8:44 pm

    Hey Martin! I can’t say who the publisher is yet… :D

  7. Gerry Alanguilan on January 25th, 2009 8:45 pm

    Adrian… I know how you feel. Big big fan ako ni Mang Alex. Siguro di lang talaga na publicize masyado. But I’m sure ma me-meet rin natin sya. :D

  8. Gerry Alanguilan on January 25th, 2009 8:46 pm

    I heard something like that Jerome. I can’t confirm for sure though.

  9. Clappy on January 25th, 2009 10:33 pm

    Thanks for linking the vid Azrael, that was great. Sir Gerry, sayang po di kayo nakapunta. I feel your disappointment. You would have posted a nice journal entry about that event. Sana po sa susunod, makaattend kayo, and please be sure to write about it. xD

  10. Rod Samonte on January 26th, 2009 10:30 am

    Gerry,
    Belated Happy Birthday pala. BTW, I have a new blog called Pilipino Comics in the U.S.A. Check it out here:
    http://pinoykomiksausa.blogspot.com/
    Rod

  11. auggie on January 26th, 2009 4:15 pm

    Gerry,

    Belated Happy Birthday din !

    Rod,

    Kailan pa itong bagong site mo ? yung isa i-update mo Andito raw si Alex Nino at si Tony Zuniga

  12. Rod Samonte on January 26th, 2009 11:39 pm

    Auggie,
    Bagong-bago lang, tingnan mo uli, may mga bago na. Dito na ang lahat tungkol sa komiks.
    Rod

  13. Budjette on January 27th, 2009 3:01 pm

    did you guys record a new podcast? :)

  14. Gerry Alanguilan on January 27th, 2009 5:12 pm

    Budj, di pa! Alang maisip na bagong topic! Too much Doctor Who in the brain. :D