Comments on: Philippine Daily Inquirer Review of Francisco V. Coching’s EL INDIO http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135 OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF COMIC BOOK WRITER AND ARTIST GERRY ALANGUILAN. JOURNALING FROM THE PHILIPPINES, SINCE 1997! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: auggie http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36978 auggie Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:31:27 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36978 Gerry, At last! eto na ba ang RENNAISANCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE? Sabi nga ni Chairman: " LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOOM," sana lumabas ng lahat iyan. Mababasa ko na rin yung mga na-miss ko! Gerry,

At last! eto na ba ang RENNAISANCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE? Sabi nga ni Chairman: ” LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOOM,” sana lumabas ng lahat iyan. Mababasa ko na rin yung mga na-miss ko!

]]> By: Pinoy Comics USA http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36970 Pinoy Comics USA Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:46 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36970 The same thing happened in our films. Many classic movies are all gone with no copies to be restored. At least in komiks, collections and copies abound that can be digitally restored. Nobody in the Golden Age of Komiks and Film foresaw the coming of the Digital Age. The same thing happened in our films. Many classic movies are all gone with no copies to be restored. At least in komiks, collections and copies abound that can be digitally restored. Nobody in the Golden Age of Komiks and Film foresaw the coming of the Digital Age.

]]> By: Gerry Alanguilan http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36969 Gerry Alanguilan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:45:59 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36969 The good news is, Borgy, it seemed to spark an interest in collecting even more classic stories. Another group, with the cooperation of the Coching family, is compiling and publishing other Coching masterpieces. Vibal themselves is preparing to restore Barbaro, and is looking for other classic stories from other creators to publish. Grace Jodloman, daughter of Jess Jodloman, is currently restoring her father's masterpiece RAMIR. The thing is in full color so the restoration if rather painstaking. The Ravelo family also started the wheels turning on getting Darna compiled and published. Of course, I myself was inspired when Dennis Villegas did a reprint of the very first comics "book", "Album ng Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy", in 2004, which was first published in 1934. Of course there's the awesome book "The First One Hundred Years of Philippine Comics and Cartoons" and the upcoming "Life and Art of Francisco Coching". I think it's an insanely optimistic time for the preservation of old komiks and I for one and I'm just ecstatic. The good news is, Borgy, it seemed to spark an interest in collecting even more classic stories. Another group, with the cooperation of the Coching family, is compiling and publishing other Coching masterpieces. Vibal themselves is preparing to restore Barbaro, and is looking for other classic stories from other creators to publish. Grace Jodloman, daughter of Jess Jodloman, is currently restoring her father’s masterpiece RAMIR. The thing is in full color so the restoration if rather painstaking. The Ravelo family also started the wheels turning on getting Darna compiled and published. Of course, I myself was inspired when Dennis Villegas did a reprint of the very first comics “book”, “Album ng Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy”, in 2004, which was first published in 1934. Of course there’s the awesome book “The First One Hundred Years of Philippine Comics and Cartoons” and the upcoming “Life and Art of Francisco Coching”. I think it’s an insanely optimistic time for the preservation of old komiks and I for one and I’m just ecstatic.

]]> By: Borgy http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36968 Borgy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:36:18 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36968 @JM As long as that aggression is directed to you-know-who I got no complaints :p I'm glad Cochings' opus is getting much deserved (albeit very late) recognition... I still feel extremely disappointed that there are generations worth of stories and artwork lost to negligence or circumstances that could have been avoided. And not just the really old works from the golden age... I'm sure there are folks out there who would have loved to read about Dax, Mahimud and Darmo/Adarna from the Funny komiks of old or Devil Car from Holiday, Blusang Itim from Hiwaga, the list goes on... *sigh* @JM As long as that aggression is directed to you-know-who I got no complaints :p

I’m glad Cochings’ opus is getting much deserved (albeit very late) recognition… I still feel extremely disappointed that there are generations worth of stories and artwork lost to negligence or circumstances that could have been avoided. And not just the really old works from the golden age… I’m sure there are folks out there who would have loved to read about Dax, Mahimud and Darmo/Adarna from the Funny komiks of old or Devil Car from Holiday, Blusang Itim from Hiwaga, the list goes on… *sigh*

]]> By: Gerry Alanguilan http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36963 Gerry Alanguilan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:56:58 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36963 oo nga pala... about this cover... This was my proposed cover to the EL INDIO compilation. It was originally used as the cover to an issue of Pilipino Komiks in which El Indio was being serialized. It was restored, the original title, price, and other text were removed. I didn't recolor this. This is the original colors albeit enhanced slightly in Photoshop. All the elements of the cover, including the Title and Coching's name, were gathered from material Coching created himself. oo nga pala… about this cover…

This was my proposed cover to the EL INDIO compilation. It was originally used as the cover to an issue of Pilipino Komiks in which El Indio was being serialized. It was restored, the original title, price, and other text were removed. I didn’t recolor this. This is the original colors albeit enhanced slightly in Photoshop.

All the elements of the cover, including the Title and Coching’s name, were gathered from material Coching created himself.

]]> By: Gerry Alanguilan http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36961 Gerry Alanguilan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:35:40 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36961 Rod, the Coching family themselves provided material for the exhibit, in cooperation, I assume, with the Philippine embassy there. Thus the venue. Rod, the Coching family themselves provided material for the exhibit, in cooperation, I assume, with the Philippine embassy there. Thus the venue.

]]> By: Pinoy Comics USA http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36960 Pinoy Comics USA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:22:34 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36960 Oscar, Gerry, I saw some Dumagit in the New York exhibit from photos sent by a friend. He says they're originals. I wonder who owns them and who organized that show? Rod Oscar, Gerry,
I saw some Dumagit in the New York exhibit from photos sent by a friend. He says they’re originals.
I wonder who owns them and who organized that show?
Rod

]]> By: Gerry Alanguilan http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36959 Gerry Alanguilan Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:07:27 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36959 A few Coching originals have been saved, but most of them have been destroyed, mostly by publishers who believed the artwork belonged to them, and wanted to keep the art exclusive to their company. A few Coching originals have been saved, but most of them have been destroyed, mostly by publishers who believed the artwork belonged to them, and wanted to keep the art exclusive to their company.

]]> By: oscar http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36958 oscar Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:19:38 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36958 "Rod, unfortunately, no El Indio originals exist anymore." WHAT?!! Mahabaging langit, and all this time what I know it was reprinted from the original works. Howcome they have originals of Coching's work at New York exhibit? I think we need to make awareness campaign for original sequential arts, maybe somone in their closet has it, they just don't know it. “Rod, unfortunately, no El Indio originals exist anymore.”

WHAT?!! Mahabaging langit, and all this time what I know it was reprinted from the original works.

Howcome they have originals of Coching’s work at New York exhibit?

I think we need to make awareness campaign for original sequential arts, maybe somone in their closet has it, they just don’t know it.

]]> By: Gerry Alanguilan http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2135/comment-page-1#comment-36953 Gerry Alanguilan Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:06:26 +0000 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/?p=2135#comment-36953 Rod, unfortunately, no El Indio originals exist anymore. Rod, unfortunately, no El Indio originals exist anymore.

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