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John Beatty Signing, Komiks Congress Update

Filed Under My Comics, Philippine Comics | 9 Comments

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That’s me with John Beatty above, and on top, there’s John doing sketches for his fans. John is well known to comics fans all over the world as the inker on many popular comic books including Batman, Deadman, Captain America, Punisher, Secret Wars (the first one!) and many more. He’s in town for a vacation and although it wasn’t originally in his plans, he decided to do a signing for Comics Odyssey in Robinson’s Galleria, Ortigas today.

John and I had been corresponding on and off for many years, dating back to an old inker’s mailing list, but this is actually the first time I met him in person. I wish I could have brought my old Punisher #1, which had already been signed by Steven Grant, but I couldn’t find it in the house.

I also took this opporunity to meet with a few Filipino comics creators and interview them, for a video presentation at the upcoming Komiks Congress, which is now moved to early March.

An art exhibit will be held at the venue of the Congress, at the lobby of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts or the NCCA, located along General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila. The art exhibit will be officially opened on February 22 at 2:00pm, and will serve as a lead-in to the congress itself. The list of artists included in the exhibit are:

NAR CASTRO
VIC AURE
JOMARIE MONGCAL
JUN LOFAMIA
AL CABRAL
STEVE GAN
JESS JODLOMAN
CARL COMENDADOR
PERRY CRUZ
FLORENCE MAGLALANG
RENN MAGLALANG
ROD SANTIAGO
RENE CELEMENTE
RENE CORTEZ
DING ABUBOT
YONG MONTANO
AL SANCHEZ
HANNIBAL IBARRA
REY ARCILLA
FERDEEE BAMBICO
DANTE BARRENO
LAN MEDINA
RUDY VILLANUEVA
ALFREDO ALCALA
FEDERICO JAVINAL
MAR SANTANA
ERNIE PATRICIO
NESTOR MALGAPO
ARNEL AVETRIA
MANDING DE GUZMAN
JUN DE FELIPE
TONY ANCHETA
RANDY VALIENTE
NAR CANTILLO
VIC POBLETE
ABE OCAMPO
MARIO MACALINDONG
JOEY CELERIO
JUNE GABRIEL
TONY ANCHETA
JOSEPH VILLAMAR
VAL PABULOS
DON SANTOS
RUBEN YANDOC
NAR CANTILLO
JOHN BECARO
DANNY ACUNA
BERT GABIANO
JOJO GALICIA
JIMMY PABULOS
LARRY GALVEZ
NAR DE MESA
ARTURO DOMINGUEZ

Greater emphasis was given to the work of the older generation of artists, and it’s nice to see that artists who have passed on like Alfredo Alcala (Voltar), Ruben Yandoc, and Mar Santana (Lastikman) shall be represented by their artwork.

Notable on this list is Lan Medina, who is old enough to have been actively involved in the old komiks industry, and is now enjoying much international recognition for his work on DC’s Vertigo and Marvel.

Comments

9 Responses to “John Beatty Signing, Komiks Congress Update”

  1. The Comic Blurb » Blog Archive » The John Beatty Signing on February 19th, 2007 6:17 am

    [...] To John Beatty, it was nice meeting you and hope to talk to you again sometime soon. Check out Gerry’s post about John here. Filed: Comics « WANTED: Manga Artists [...]

  2. Rafael Kayanan on February 19th, 2007 8:04 am

    That’s so surreal! Wish I was there – Beatty’s the man!

  3. Gerry Alanguilan on February 19th, 2007 8:45 am

    Hey Rafael! John talked a lot about you. Do you have plans of coming over for a visit?

  4. Azrael on February 19th, 2007 10:08 am

    hehehehe..nice to see you all again!!
    astig ni mr. john beatty!!! and cool din kasi blogger sya hhahaha

  5. Gilbert Monsanto on February 19th, 2007 6:39 pm

    Wow! finally met the man who inked the best cover I’ve seen when I was 12 picking up Secret Wars. Sayang lang at di ako nakasama sa dinner hehe. Fatherhood duties calling :)

    I think he’s really cool!

  6. Rafael Kayanan on February 20th, 2007 7:20 am

    Hi Gerry,
    Someday – it’s one of my goals for the immediate future! I met John at my first comic convention when I was 16 years old, his inking was already so smooth I couldn’t believe it was from a guy my age. He just kept getting better and better.

  7. Sandy Sansolis on February 23rd, 2007 11:30 pm

    A big THANK YOU to Gerry for setting up the John Beatty signing. John stayed 2 hours longer than the scheduled signing to accomodate all the fans. I got to spend a little time with John and I must say, he is a genuinely nice fellow…very patient, humble, and easy to get along with. THANK YOU VERY MUCH John for your appearance at Comic Odyssey…

  8. John Beatty on March 6th, 2007 9:47 pm

    I want to thank everyone who came out to see me and talk while I was visiting the Philippines!

    Sandy and his wife were great hosts and helped Bella and I beyond the show and I greatly appreciated their help! Salamat!

    Gerry, thanks for helping put this signing together…it was a lot of fun, I wish you could have stayed for dinner!

    Az-
    Good to meet you and great job with the photos…I hope it’s ok if I use a few on my own blog when I update it?

    Raf-
    Yeh…you need to get over their sometime…hook up with the Komiiker’s!

    Again…I had a great time and met many wonderful fans and people!

    Ingat!
    -John Beatty

  9. Jojie M. Casiao on July 30th, 2007 7:47 pm

    Iam also a comics illustrator, i miss my job. currently iam working as a grahic designer here in UAE and KSA . ive been working abroad when our comics industry settle down. editors also like my style.