Comments on: EXODUS, November 1994

By: jim

jim — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:06:57 +0000

maski nung struggling writer pa ko nun sa sonic at gasi, hanga na talaga ako sa grupo na yan, at oo, lalo na kay roy. i even remember him drawing a horror script of mine, a la jim lee’s deathblow yung style.
hanggang ngayon, i try na pakyawin yung mga issues niya ng WICKED na wala pa ako. dun yung pinaka magagandang gawa niya. sumunod yung wonderwoman. medyo “tame” na rin yung house of M.
sa mga dark at horror themes talaga siya astig!
sana nga tumanggap pa siya ng mga ganung projects.

By: Gerry Alanguilan

Gerry Alanguilan — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:18:22 +0000

Maraming salamat, Rod! :D

By: Rod Samonte

Rod Samonte — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:58:33 +0000

Gilbert,
Kaya nga mabuhay kayong lahat na nagpupunyagi at nagtataguyod sa ating komiks. Kung hindi sa inyo at mga tulad ninyong nagmamahal sa Pinoy Komiks ay maari ngang yumao na ito tulad ng laging nababanggit.
Rod

By: gilbert monsanto

gilbert monsanto — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:48 +0000

Rod and Vir: Sa tingin ko, kahit anong dekada, meron talagang work na di pa hasa. Dahil lahat naman ng mga nagsisimula ay saka na lang gumagaling sa pagdaan at pagpanday ng panahon.

Kahit ako wannabes noon. I’d like to think that I cleaned up and got my act together because that is what I needed to survive this industry.

Pero ang problema naman talaga ay hindi sa mga artists kundi ang mababang compensations sa lahat ng efforts nila. Kahit naman sino di gaganahan kung maliit lang ang page rate. In fact, dapat hangaan ang mga tao na sumoporta sa komiks noon hanggang ngayon. Dahil, nagpakabayani sila sa larangan na mahal nila.

By: gilbert monsanto

gilbert monsanto — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:50:29 +0000

Rave:

I am sorry, but hindi dahil Exodus ang pen name ni Mike Tan kaya yan ang ginamit namin sa komiks.

Exodus ang pangalan ng group at title ng book, dahil lumalabas kami sa makalumang paraan at pag-gawa ng komiks. We wanted something new, a big change. Kaya kahit na namulubi kami sa pag print nito, ginawa namin. 98,000 pesos lang naman ang print cost nito. Nagpitch in kami lahat galing sa mga savings namin just to produce this baby.

Mike Tan, sa huli na lang namin hiningi ang tulong niya. Matagal na namin siyang editor and malaki ang tiwala namin sa kakayahan niyang magsulat.

Kung titignan mo ang walking man sa logo, yan ang exodus!

By: Rod Samonte

Rod Samonte — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:29:20 +0000

Vir,
Thanks for correcting, I left the Philippines in 1979 (when I discovered excellent Pinoy illustrators working here, see my blog in Gerry’s blog roll under Rod Samonte), and I assumed what I said, since all the excellent Pinoy illustrators were here in the States. Let’s say, my historical perspective of Pinoy Komiks is awry, my nearly 40 years here in the States didn’t help any, of course, and my recent knowledge, come only from reading this Komikero Journal. Still, Gerry is showing all these quite excellent komiks (all of which I’ve never seen before), that appeared in the 90’s. If there were bad illustrations in Pinoy comics in the 90s, along with these quite excellent ones, no matter how bad, they were still contributing to a revival of what I had assumed was the moribund state of the local comics industry previous to that. I’d better not assume dates here, or that whether they were bad or good (since I can’t say that for sure if I haven’t seen them) from now on, but it would certainly help a lot if there were a book of the history of Komiks in the Philippines, but here again, I am assuming that there is none?
Rod

By: Vir

Vir — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:17:57 +0000

“bad illustration dominated the scene, probably in the 70’s and 80’s”

nasaan ka Rod noong mga panahong iyon?

90s ang maraming pangit na illustration sa local comics, just look at the pages of GASI’s horror comics, ginawang praktisan ng mga wannabes.

By: Rod Samonte

Rod Samonte — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:32:07 +0000

Gerry,
I have no doubt, the local komiks industry did die, when bad illustration dominated the scene, probably in the 70’s and 80’s. However, your last two or three entries show the rebirth, the renascence from its moribund state, a rising from the ashes, if you will or to use a more popular term a “Renaissance” of Pinoy Komiks, historically, an event we can place somewhere around the 90’s. I am ecstatic to see Pilipino Komiks in the hands of capable young artists and writers. Mabuhay kayong lahat.
Rod

By: Gerry Alanguilan

Gerry Alanguilan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:26:39 +0000

Jon, di naman lumabas yang lintik na Lakan na yan…

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:15:49 +0000

I like the second issue. Mas OK ang art and story, plus my sightings pa ng LAKAN (yun ang sayang at hindi na ako nakabasa o nakabili pa ng kopya).