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13

Didn’t You Say You Wanted To Be a Comic Book Creator?

Filed Under Creating Comics, Philippine Comics | 3 Comments

As I mentioned in my previous article waaay back in 2006, one of the easiest ways to create comics is to write and draw it yourself (or with a partner), photocopy your work, staple the pages, and there you go! You’re very own comic book! It’s as simple as that.

That’s how comics are made nowadays, they are self published. Gone are the days of the big publishers who can give you jobs. Now, you have to create your own jobs. You have to find ways to get your comics out there on your own. I can’t give you a job. Budjette Tan or Arnold Arre or Carlo Veragara can’t give you a job working on their comics. You have to create your own, and you have find your own way of getting yours out there and into the hands of people who like to read them.

In 2010, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to do this through events wherein which you can promote and sell your comics. The first event is the KOMIKSTRIP: The First UPLB Comic Book Convention on February 13. Based on my experience, conventions like this are great venues for you to get in touch with people who love comics. Your potential audience is right there just waiting to give you money in exchange for your work.

Interested? Click here for more info.

If you can’t make it this time, hang on, as more events for this year are going to be announced.

Comments

3 Responses to “Didn’t You Say You Wanted To Be a Comic Book Creator?”

  1. Ryan Parreno on January 13th, 2010 10:16 pm

    I’ve kept this secret for a longtime, but it’s time I brought this to your attention. Sir Gerry, I have a friend who’s been posting an online comic for years.

    http://www.forthewicked.net/

    She was doing this almost full-time for a while, but as you had noted before the vagaries of monetizing online comics, she’s been posting intermittently as she’s taken on one of those real jobs. (ugh.)

    Anyway, she’s been long a fan of comics and komiks, but never really promoted her work as distinctly Pinoy, either online or in the komiks conventions she regularly attends, in her own modest way. I’m quite proud to know her and her work and hope you enjoy this!

  2. chummy on January 15th, 2010 10:37 am

    thanks to you sir gerry and the likes of sir budjette we are very much inspired here in Cebu.we are slowly resurrecting the indie comic book scene with our do-it-yourself comics via Super Debil Robot (http://superdebilrobotcomics.blogspot.com) publication

  3. kristine on January 20th, 2010 5:32 pm

    i’ve been “investigating”,searching and finding everything about pilipino komiks,komiks in general in the ph. and pure pinoy/pinay artist….i also took a look at the link of R. Parreno…..please tell your friend that the comic is good!!! ^o^

    it makes me want to draw too,since i havent see hangang now the style that i use in drawing(influenced by mangas-also-known-as-japanese-comics-and-not-the-delicious-fruit-we-have-in-ph.)…i cross my finger and hope that the day when i put my immagination to the paper,will come sooner….