29 Responses to “Tagalog Komiks #1 Cover by Lan Medina”

1. Jose Mari Lee on August 9th, 2007 9:27 am

   Señor Don Alanguilan:

   All I can say is: WOW!
   Kung ganito naman kaganda lagi ang mga drawings sa komiks ni Caparas, maski na RECYCLED ang mga stories, bibili pa rin ako.

   Though I still want to see the younger generation komikeros to do regular work in the revived komiks. Kailangan talaga ang mga bagong dugo para naman hindi maging stagnant ang calidad ng Philippine komiks. Sterling should welcome the young ones to do work for them and the RP komiks industry will once again be as glorious as it was when Coching, Redondo, Alcala, Alcantara, Carillo, Caguintuan, et al – were painstakingly doing their art as if every page they were doing were the last ones they will ever draw.

   Wow. Itong art ni Medina makes me feel so ORGASMIC. He-he.

   Sana magpatuloy itong “LOOK” na ito. Ipagbawal sana ni Carlo Caparas ang KINAHIG NG MANOK style para naman hindi mababoy ang kanyang komiks. Naku ha, baka mahalikan ko sa pisngi si Direk Masacre sa ganda ng illustrations sa komiks niya. Talagang napakaganda nitong cover na ito. Gandang i-kwadro nito.

   Sana MAGPASIKATAN ang mga artist natin para lalong gumanda ang mga obra. Hmmm… mukhang masaya na ang aking demeanor na tulad ni Comrade Randy Valiente. He-he.

2. Josel Nicolas on August 9th, 2007 9:43 am

   while I have no problem with amazing art like that. The komiks that are coming out seem to harken back too much to the past. I hope that at least one tagalog title seeks to experiment with art styles and stories.

3. Ed on August 9th, 2007 9:54 am

   Grabe! Sobra’ng galing talaga ni Lan no? Classic na classic!

   -ed

4. Gerry Alanguilan on August 9th, 2007 10:15 am

   “Though I still want to see the younger generation komikeros to do regular work in the revived komiks.”

   Hello JM!

   I think darating din tayo sa panahon na yun. Tama si Reno in saying that most of these artists have retired. When I talked to Mang Hal a few months ago, sabi nya ayaw na nya mag drawing. I think nabuhayan lang sya dahil mabubuhay na ulit ang industry. And it’s great no, seeing how a lot of these artists still have great passion in them for comics.

   Later on, I think younger people will come in to take in the reins because there’s no other place new artists will come from but the younger generation. And Josel, when they come in (who knows you might be one of them), it will infuse the medium with new sensibilities and new artistic directions.

   Ed, salamat nga pala.

5. Gio Paredes on August 9th, 2007 10:21 am

   With this kind of quality art coming from an international and world renound artist like Lan Medina. I felt heart broken for the compensation that they are getting. P500 a page(penciled and ink)? Anak ng patuka sa manok.

   Sana man lamang may konting incentive. Royalties man lamang. Or hopefully they could raise the rate per page on the succeding months to come.

6. Gerry Alanguilan on August 9th, 2007 10:26 am

   Gio, di ko sure kung talagang P500 ang page rate, kasi the only thing I heard was that the rate was a little better than Liwayway rates so it might be in that area.

   In the old days, they actually got rate scales, and the artist got a rate which corresponds to his “ranking”. Class C, Class B, Class A, Class Super A. Those in the Super A category got the best rates. I don’t know if they have such a thing instituted now.

   Lan is a Super double A, as far as I’m concerned.

   Also, I’m not sure if it was instituted in local komiks, but artists should get a much higher page rate for covers.

7. auggie on August 9th, 2007 10:57 am

   Hmmmmm, magaling pala talaga itong si Medina, kaya hindi kataka-takang ni-la -lionize dito sa website mo Gerry. This is my first time to see his work, and I’m impressed. It reminds me of the works of a Redondo clone, Nestor Leonidez. Kung baga sa basketball squad, this guy is definitely, a first-stringer, kaya dapat iba ang rate. Mr. Caparaz, are you reading this ?

8. Henry on August 9th, 2007 11:25 am

   Galing talaga…

   Nakaka-inspire magdrawing…

9. Ed on August 9th, 2007 12:10 pm

   Ah! Oo nga pala, speaking of cover rates…sana triple ang rate kung interior page is P500.

   Gerry, no problem!

   -ed

10. cev on August 9th, 2007 2:44 pm

    i just hope that the younger artists who are going to eventually replace the experienced masters aren’t just your run off the mill manga / anime hacks / copycats. if i remember correctly before the mass market komiks went kaput the art was mostly made up of evidently rushed cartoony manga / anime art. sana naman di bumalik sa ganon.

11. Gerry Alanguilan on August 9th, 2007 3:10 pm

    Cev, without turning this into a debate about art styles, this is simply something the Sterling representative told me about the subject, without having to discuss it with me. Although he assured me then that he does not make creative decisions, he did make an exception by stipulating that manga is something that will not be used in these komiks.

12. Garro on August 9th, 2007 4:07 pm

    Hi Gerry,

    natawa ako nung nabasa ko na may Class A, Class B, etc. na artist. Parang classifications ng halimaw sa Ghost Fighter hahahaha. Yung mas mataas sa Class A would be Class S. :)

    parang halimaw na nga rin sila. nakakasindak!

13. Reno on August 9th, 2007 4:15 pm

    Sana di masira ng colors ang art ni Lan Medina.

    Regarding naman sa younger creators, Mang Hal was inviting me to one of their meetings with Sterling last Friday. Mag-submit din daw ako. Di lang ako nakapunta kasi may work. That means open naman sila sa mga baguhan. Di naman sila “veterans only” club. Nangyari lang siguro na puro beterano ang vreators ngayon dahil sila nga naman ang mga kakilala ni Carlo J, kaya sila ang nilapitan.

14. Joel Chua on August 9th, 2007 6:50 pm

    It looks so Pinoy, and very classical.

15. John Beatty on August 9th, 2007 8:10 pm

    Wonderful work! I’ll be looking to pick up some of these new Komiks when I’m there in October!

    I have long regarded many Pilipino comic artists’ as my favorites!

    I have much respect for them and the work they have done. I understand that the amount of work they produced was becz of the low page rate, and needed to put out a lot of work, just to make a living…still…the work did not suffer. I’m amazed at the level of workmanship and detail many put into their work.

    This cover is classic Pilipino! The drawing, design, etc…

    Readership MUST be wide in varity of customers, not just teen boys! The girls market needs to be tapped, the older man and woman…I know that those Tagalog Romance pocket books are so popular, you have to compete with them for the money being spent to “read” a story!

    The hard work is coming together now. I’m excited for you all there in the RP and hope it will be sucessful for the publisher.

    Here in the USA, comics are only a source now for “movies” and “merchandise” the stories and art for the most part are not of a high quality.

    I “love” the medium of comic books for telling stories…I only wish to see more of them done well!

    Salamat, friends!
    -JBeatty

16. rizaldy manrique on August 9th, 2007 9:35 pm

    Maganda! Magayon!

17. auggie on August 9th, 2007 10:16 pm

    Uragon ano boy ? nata ta daing Bicolanong nakalaog diyan ?

18. jose mari Lee on August 10th, 2007 12:04 am

    Auggie:

    Bakong haloyunon nang panahon na nagdarampunog an mga Bicolano sa komiks? Puro pa ngani mga uragon. Matibay mag-drawing. Huyaon si Emil Rodriguez, si Fer Tenedora, si Carlos Baldorado, Floro Dery na aqui kan Kapre. Halata man si Rizaldy ta basi magbida man, ano Rizaldy. :)

    Masala ngani ako kun dai magkadaragit an kadaklan digdi sa pagbikol ko na ini. Mapusta kamo? He-he.

19. auggie on August 10th, 2007 7:53 am

    JM,

    Didn’t know that Charlie Baldorado & Fer Tenedora were from Bicol. Thanks for the info. Where are they now ?

20. rizaldy manrique on August 10th, 2007 9:21 am

    Auggie and JML,

    Wow! Naoogma ako ta igwang mga kapwa Bikolano digdi. I’m glad to know I have fellow Bikolanos who visit this website…this is really great news for me. Dios mabalos sa info about sa mga Bikolano Komikero, I will definitely research on the names you mentioned. In the same vein that Gerry Alanguilan was inspired when he discovered that Whilce Portacio is Filipino, I think many Bikolano kids will also be inspired to create and draw komiks if they have Bikolano idols. It is important that here in Bikol, we start giving due recognition to both veteran and contemporary komiks creators and illustrators:)

21. auggie on August 10th, 2007 10:55 am

    Zaldy,

    Time to unleash the legendary Urag. You start with the epic HANDIONG, try to do some tweakings so that it can be adapted into comics form. Also time to do research on the Bicol mythological creatures to be adopted into graphic novels, example : The Tandayag.Also, some horror stuff incorporating the SANTIGWAR, into a story, ala Stephen King. Try to do a story that is visually compelling. Also do some reasearch on the ASTILLEROS ( Ship building of the world- class GALLEONS during the Galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco)in the Bicol peninsula, particularly along the coasts of Sorsogon, and Burias islands. You can write fiction about a Bicol Boy who rode the Galleon up to Mexico, into Spain. The possibilities are endless. I-discuss mo sa mga barkada mo diyan sa Naga.

22. Robby Villabona on August 10th, 2007 1:34 pm

    Ang ganda. Sana hindi nga masira ng coloring. Nakita ko kasi yung malabong picture ng mga coloring nung ibang covers, hindi bagay.

23. josie on August 10th, 2007 7:10 pm

    Grabe sa ganda! Nakaka-inspire tuloy na seryosohin ang muling pagkukuwento sa komiks.
    Thanks, Gerry, for letting us see Lan’s superb art.

    p.s. Pero pag nakita ninyo ang trabaho ni Mang Hal (Santiago) for CJC komiks, mai-impress din kayo. Bahagya na lang akong nakasingit noon sa crowd ng artists na nagkagulo sa pagtingin sa isinabmit na illustration ni Mang Hal.

24. rizaldy manrique on August 11th, 2007 1:44 am

    Auggie,

    Great, great advice, thanks for the very interesting insight!:)

25. rizaldy manrique on August 11th, 2007 10:15 am

    Auggie,

    Great advice, thanks for the insight!:)

26. joal on August 13th, 2007 6:22 am

    glad komiks is back… i remember the days back on province when i use to “kupit” my mothers coin purse just to rent a komoks from a sari-sari store nearby… haaaays..

27. Ed on August 14th, 2007 11:11 am

    Ah, speaking of comics rental. I just hope there won’t be anymore like that when these great ones come out. I think yun ang isa sa mga dahilan ng pagkamatay ng komiks. Walang bumibili’t sumusuporta kaya nalugi ang mga publishers.

    Sana naman wala ng ganun ulit.

    -ed

28. gibbie on October 1st, 2007 10:15 am

    gud day!!! pmangkin ako ni charlie baldorado at andun lng sya sa bhay at tambay…bk pwede nyo p bgyan ng works at mgaling p dn nman sya…slamat!!!

29. Gerry Alanguilan on October 1st, 2007 12:03 pm

    Gibbie, kilala ko ang gawa ni Charlie, magaling sya! Kung gusto mo tulungan mo sya at magdala ka ng sample ng gawa nya sa mga office ng Sterling o email mo sila sa sterling.publishing (at) gmail.com