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Hectic

Filed Under Comics Artists, Dr. Rizal, Elmer, Filipino Artists, Komikero Group, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Timawa | 11 Comments

That’s a photo from the signing at the opening of Planet X last Saturday. More photos from Budjette Tan, Jonas Diego, norby ela, Andrew, Angie Dumalus, and Richard Esguerra.

The last three days have been incredibly hectic. It’s only a preview of what my October is looking like. There’s tons of things to do. In just the next few days I’ll be writing an article about Francisco V. Coching for the Coching Art and Essays book, I’ll do an Ibong Adarna commission, a Batman sketch, I’ll finish an album cover, and an installment of Timawa for The Buzz Magasin. Then for the rest of October it’s full throttle on Elmer until I finish it.

I’ve got this big US comic book gig coming in and I wanted to finish Elmer before taking it on. I can’t talk about it yet, but it’s huge. Well, not Marvel and DC huge, but it’s close. For the past 2 years I’ve devoted myself to doing comics here in the Philippines. Although I will still continue to do Timawa, The Marvelous Adventures of the Amazing Dr. Rizal and my other personal projects here in the Philippines, I would have to do them as sidelines to this upcoming job. I do make a promise to my editor KC Cordero that whatever happens, I’ll still make my Timawa deadlines.

I’ll still continue to update this blog, which I’ve done so even under the most punishing deadlines, but perhaps not as often as I would like.

Thanks to Whilce Portacio for the stuff he sent to me via Gilbert Monsanto. He sent a Limited Edition signed print of Superman and Batman, as well as a San Diego Convention 2008 Sketchbook. Thanks Whilce!

And thanks to Gilbert for the chickens!

I also met Simon Santos, the webmaster of Video 48, who turned out to be the son of Mauro Malang Santos. He gave me a book of his father’s cartoons, signed by Malang himself! I thought that was so awesome. Thanks Simon!

Sandy Sansolis of Planet X also gave me the first issue of Alex Niño’s “Dead Ahead”. Thanks Sandy! Looking over the comic book I have to say it’s Alex’s best work in the last 5 years. Better than Orc’s Treasure and better than God the Dyslexic Dog. Alex has still got it, and it’s amazing.

A few friends came over to the house yesterday for an informal gathering. Actually it was planned as a drunken singalong. It was about time some drank those 2 gallons of lambanog I’ve had fermenting for the last 3 years. The videoke machine was somewhere in Cebu, and we ended up just eating and downing half a glass each of lambanog. We’re not really drinkers, to be honest. I cooked my new recipe “Tonnato Ala Komiquero” (he.he.), Zara brought Kinilaw na Hipon, Jonas brought Chicken, James brought embutido and in spite of not having a singalong and nobody getting even close to being drunk, we had a great time anyway.

Comments

11 Responses to “Hectic”

  1. Jonas Diego on September 29th, 2008 3:37 pm

    It’s always a treat rummaging through your archives of videos and photographs. I can imagine us decades later still doing the same thing. :D

  2. Azrael on September 29th, 2008 3:53 pm

    ahhaaha…Wils getting drunk…

  3. jerome dizon on September 29th, 2008 5:24 pm

    hahahah Wils!! Gerry, it’s funny kase nung nagpunta dito sa Sydney si Whilce, sabi sa akin ng asawa nya eh katipo ko daw si Ed Tadeo..meron din akong limited edition print at sketchbook..ang pag ka iba lang eh..binili ko yung sa akin hehehehe..

  4. gilbert on September 29th, 2008 10:14 pm

    Ewan kung napansin mo na may star trek na card sa loob na nakuha ko sa SDCC, di ko nga lang alam kung tatalab sa pinas, dun kasi pagpinasok mo yung code sa internet malalaman mo kung anong crew ka sa enterprise makakapasok :) pagkaalam ko siniksik ko diyan sa sketchbook ni whilce :)

  5. Gerry Alanguilan on September 29th, 2008 10:23 pm

    Gilbert! Maraming salamat, nakita ko. Inspector ako. he.he. Papalaminate ko at gagawin kong part ng ID ko sa Komikon. he.he.

  6. gilbert on September 30th, 2008 3:53 am

    Wow inspector :)

  7. kc cordero on September 30th, 2008 10:19 am

    Uunahan ko na si mang rod… sino ‘yung naka-black sa harap ni ilyn?

  8. Rod Samonte on September 30th, 2008 3:42 pm

    kc,
    Hahahahaha. Nakita ko nga, at itatanong ko nga sana. Naunahan mo ako. Hahaha. Sino nga ba Gerry?
    Rod

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  10. Henry on October 8th, 2008 4:28 pm

    Ingit ako… :D

  11. Dan on October 18th, 2008 6:01 pm

    “I’ll finish an album cover” I hope thats ours your talking about! Ha!!

    Dan
    Crescent Shield.