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Batman in Tagalog

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Published in the Philippines in 1994 by Mahal Kong Pilipiinas, Inc., the 4-issue “Batman Year One” was notable in that art enthusiasts can see David Mazzucchelli’s elegant artwork in glorious black and white.

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One almost wishes the words and balloons were not there just to see David’s beautifully composed illustrations.

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14 Responses to “Batman in Tagalog”

  1. Reno on July 19th, 2009 4:55 pm

    What’s Mazzuchelli up to nowadays? I hope he comes back to comics (but then again that’s a pretty narrow possibility).

    What was horrific about these reprints were the lettering. It was pretty painful to the eys. And some of the translations were very lousy.

    MKPI also had a game show,remember? The one where the middle-aged host was dressed up as Robin. :P

  2. Ed on July 19th, 2009 6:56 pm

    I remember going to their little office. Too bad they had crappy lettering.

  3. Gerry Alanguilan on July 19th, 2009 8:16 pm

    Hey Reno, David Mazzucchelli has a brand new graphic novel entitled “Asterios Polyp” published by Pantheon Books. I can’t wait to get my copy! :D

  4. Jose Mari Lee on July 20th, 2009 9:45 am

    Hahaha!

    Ano ito… tagalog ni BAROK?

    Kabaliw! Akala ko, hindi tagalog, eh.
    Masyadong stilted!

    :(

  5. Reno on July 20th, 2009 10:28 am

    Wow! Thanks for the heads up, Gerry!

  6. Gerry Alanguilan on July 20th, 2009 10:52 am

    hehe. JM, di ko na lang binanggit yung translation kasi wala lang ako masasabing maganda. :)

  7. Markus on July 20th, 2009 1:44 pm

    This brings back many memories. Haha! I used to collect these too but then again, like many others, baha ang naging kalaban ng mga komiks kong yun :D

  8. raipo on July 20th, 2009 2:15 pm

    Andito pa ata sa aking yung Harbinger and Phalanx saga ko in Tagalog ng MKPI. Mahalungkat nga.

  9. rocky villena on July 20th, 2009 9:17 pm

    Hindi naman talagang writer sa komiks yung mga translators at mga letratista. Wala rin silang background sa komiks at formal training. Limited lang din yung space ng mga balloons dahil as is yung size ng balloons.’Yung english text lamang ang tinatakpan nila at sa tracing paper na ginagawa ang mga text. Hindi nga maganda ang resulta lalo’t may hinahabol na deadline. Isa pa, di rin maayos magpalakad ang may-ari.

  10. Azrael on July 21st, 2009 8:16 am

    haahahaa meron pala nito noon

  11. Jam on July 22nd, 2009 8:37 am

    They translated it. Dunno…seems better in English.

  12. Gerry Alanguilan on July 22nd, 2009 10:36 am

    Frank Miller wrote it. It’s definitely much much better in the language he wrote it in. The translations in the other pages are so literal that it misses the point completely.

  13. Carlo P on July 23rd, 2009 7:43 pm

    “Johnny, munting Johnny. Malaki ka ng lalaki. Malakas.”

    that’s… Creepy… LOL

  14. Kapihan ni Qroon on August 3rd, 2009 8:59 pm

    Mayroon ako dating mga MKPI komiks! Nakatatawa nga ang pagsasalin. Ngunit gaya ng nasabi na ng isa dito, maraming dahilan kung bakit ganito ang kinalabasan. Isang salin sa isa kong komiks:

    “Trabaho ito ni Superman!”