Nga po pala, nanghihinayang po ako kasi hindi ko nabili ang Bold Stars. Kasama ko po kasi ang kapatid kong menor de edad e. Sayang, pero saan ko po kaya pwedeng mabili ‘yon?

but look where it first got noticed. we shouldn’t hang our hopes too much on a system that relies primarily on SELLING, as once it doesn’t SELL (or even doesn’t SEEM WILL SELL), none of it will be in the market. look at sterling. look at anino.

but then look at ELMER, and IRIS, and SACRED MOUNTAIN, and CAST. even CULTURE CRASH was an independent effort.

and a big publisher doesn’t always equal a nationwide distro, as evidenced by the lack of pinoy poetry books in most bookstore shelves. university publishers – and anvil – release quite a few of it (certainly more than our komix) but you never really see them on the shelves.

i’m hoping it’ll be under someone who actually KNOWS and RESPECTS and LOVES komix, and not just see it as a cash cow (ie, not Summit, or Anvil, or any other publisher for that matter – why does it even have to be a giant company? we really lack the economic infrastructure to support such a giant [ie, caparas' failed stunt a few years ago]) me, i’d rather we have a healthy zinedom DIYing their efforts a la Komikero, and those zinesters and manga peeps we see annually … we already HAVE that. yun muna ang suportahan.