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25

Mad and Monstrous: The Nick Manabat Sketchbook

Filed Under Comics Artists, Filipino Artists | 9 Comments

I think it’s about time I did this, after planning on doing so for a few years. I’ve uploaded a gallery of Nick Manabat’s sketches and published illustrations and placed them online as part of the museum. Nick was a natural talent as these sketches came easily for him as breathing. He was quite a unique individual, awesomely talented and extraordinarily gifted.

The Nick Manabat Sketchbook
http://alanguilan.com/museum/nickmanabat/

This year marks his 13th death anniversary. He would have been 36 this month.



Comments

9 Responses to “Mad and Monstrous: The Nick Manabat Sketchbook”

  1. Ed on September 25th, 2008 3:14 pm

    I just wish WildStorm release a never-before-seen artworks of Nick…or maybe local publisher like you, Gerry. :D

  2. Gerry Alanguilan on September 25th, 2008 3:43 pm

    Maraming rights kelangan i-clear, pero it’s possible! Photocopy lang yun nasa akin, pero si Mang Alex, malamang mga originals nasa kanya.

  3. adam! on September 25th, 2008 3:51 pm

    katuwa naman. ten minutes ago ko lang ulit nahanap ang kopya ko ng ALAMAT 101 at dinedicate niyo kay Manabat yung isyu at naisip ko na sana me maglabas ng collected works niya, kahit kaunti lang naman talaga. haha! salamat, señor! nakakaiyak isipin kung ano kaya ang nangyari kay Manabat (at sa komiks natin) kung buhay pa siya hanggang ngayon.

  4. adam! on September 25th, 2008 3:53 pm

    meron akong kopya nung WETWORKS SOURCEBOOK na binili ko dati sa Cartimar at tuwantuwa sa kaseksihan lang ng gilid ng pantalon ni Red dati, haha.

  5. Pat on September 25th, 2008 6:50 pm

    This guys loved to draw! I like his lines. Thanks for sharing.

  6. Rod Samonte on September 26th, 2008 12:00 am

    Gerry,
    Hanep, this guy’s amazing. Awesome. Not really familiar with his works, but I’m sure I’ll find that Wetworks Sourcebook here. He would have been a star illustrator here had he lived. His drawings and art of course lives on with us.
    Rod

  7. jim on September 26th, 2008 6:34 am

    i’m always amazed at how he can draw with heavy shadows and yet, you can see all the details in there, and man that’s a lot of details!
    that’s feat which i find rare among the latest generation of comics artists. well, maybe mark texeira, but that was before he started painting instead of crosshatching.

    i still have the complete 4 issue run of Cybernary, serving as back up for deathblow. i only stopped buying deathblow after they made it a full issue. i didn’t know anything about Nick’s health status then. i consider his published works among my treasured possessions.

    BTW sir Gerry, do you have an idea what Nick used for inking cybernary? is he a brush or quill guy? and who are his influences in drawing. because back then, he really was ahead of his time.

  8. Gerry Alanguilan on September 26th, 2008 9:08 am

    Jim, as far as I know, Nick was a tech pen guy. When I saw him, he had a row of different Rotring points on his shirt pocket. When he started doing Cybernary, I think they urged him to use quills and that’s probably why his published work looks slightly different from his previous unpublished work.

    Nick had a lot of art books so his influences were many. But I think one of his favorite artists was Simon Bisley. He was the other hot guy back in those days, aside from Jim Lee. And of course, Frank Frazetta.

  9. Arnaldo on October 8th, 2008 10:00 pm

    I’m living under a rock as far as the comic scene is concern, after stopping with collecting, around mid 90′s – I never bothered to check on our Filipino comic hero Nick, NGAYON KO LANG NALAMAN NA PATAY NA SIYA!

    All these years I would look back at some of my old ‘image’ comic where Nick was one of its finest mainstays! The Cybernary of course, a favourite.

    Man, can’t believe it. I even bought a logo from the NU Rock Awards, because I heard he designed it.

    Your the best Nick!