May

15

FREE Comic Book Creation Workshop

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If you want to learn how to create and publish your own comic book, you can attend the FREE workshop conducted by Jamie Bautista, creator of Cast (Komikon Award winner) and Private Iris (Anvil Award Winner) and publisher of Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion (National Book Award Winners). Jamie Bautista with Arnold Arre Advanced tips [...]

May

5

The Need for Serious Criticism 2

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My first article on the need for serious criticism in local komiks sparked a torrent of discussion not only on this blog but on several other places online. It’s made me consider a lot of the things I’ve said in reaction to the comments. What came out of it is a second article in the [...]

Apr

5

The Need For Serious Criticism

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Comic book creators seem to be driven paranoid by the thought that there are people “out there” that are saying bad things about independent comics. I’ve actually been thinking about this for a long time, and talking with a few friends in the industry, about the need for serious, intelligent and proper criticism of the [...]

Jan

13

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

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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 [...]

Jan

6

Comics Creation Seminar this January!

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It turns out there’s a much earlier comics event this year, which is even much better! Wilson Tortosa tells us of a 2-day comics creation seminar from Glass House Graphics this January 30-31 at the College of St. Benilde. Wilson gives tips on how you can get FREE TICKETS at this blog. More more info [...]

Aug

8

Metro Comic-Con Is TODAY!

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Before we forget, pre-occupied as we are with this CJC issue, TODAY is the start of Metro Comic-Con! You know, a convention that’s part of a comics industry that CJC doesn’t even know exists. After all, he believes komiks is DEAD without him right? (cue laugh track). The Metro Comic-Con (Formerly Manila Comic-Con) is on [...]

Jul

24

A Different Publishing Route

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By Komikon in October I’ll have the compilation of ELMER ready. I’ve been debating with myself (and a few people) what to do with the book and how to distribute it. I’ve always maintained that I would be bringing ELMER to the big bookstores once it’s compiled. I’ve reasoned that bringing ELMER to bookstores as [...]

Jun

29

The Difficulty of Doing Superheroes in the Philippines

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The question of the superhero in the Philippine setting has always eluded me. And today I think I’ve hit upon one of the reasons why. I demand a lot from stories, specially my own. If I’m going to do a superhero story I wouldn’t just have him get bit by a radioactive salagubang and go [...]

Mar

9

Signature Story

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Over at Twitter, Charles Tan asked the question, “Which published story of yours would you like to be known for as your ‘signature story’“? I had replied that I would like to think I haven’t written it yet. After all, I’ve so far published only very few stories. There’s Wasted, Elmer, Timawa, Humanis Rex! the [...]

Feb

2

Last Hope – Work in Progress 2

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Last Hope – Work in Progress 1 Before coloring the page, I made some adjustments to the drawing, specifically the last panel. I felt that the close up shot in the last panel needed to be much more close up to emphasize a dramatic point in the story. The finished last panel is actually the [...]

Jan

30

Last Hope – Work in Progress

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“Last Hope” is an 8-page superhero story I had been working on during the last week. The problem was to come up with a story substantial enough for 8 pages. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought because as soon as I sat down to write, keeping my mind blank and free from distraction, ideas [...]

Dec

15

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

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That is a question I get asked a lot. It’s the one question I wish people wouldn’t ask because it’s probably one of the most difficult things to answer. Well, someone did come up and ask me at one of our talks during Komikon week at the University of the Philippines last month. Where do [...]

Nov

16

Komikon Week

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Tomorrow kicks off a week long comics event concluding with the comics convention on Saturday. I’ll be at the University of the Philippines for two days of talks. My first day is on Monday, November 17, where I’ll be talking about “Komiks in Education” from 1-4pm, and I’ll be back on Thursday, November 20, to [...]

Nov

10

KOMIKON Schedule of Activities

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KOMIKON: The 4th Philippine Comics Convention is not limited only to November 22. It will be a week-long event which includes panel discussions, exhibits and workshops, all happening within the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City. THE FOURTH ANNUAL PHILIPPINE KOMIKS CONVENTION with UP LUNAROCK and UP GRAIL brings you a week [...]

Nov

8

Podcasts, Creating Comics, Komikon, Video

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“Tres Komikeros” is a comics podcast website by a group of Cebu based comic book fans (and starting pros) which I listen to while I work. They’re mostly fans of Marvel, DC and independent comic books so if you’re going to listen to them, expect that they review newly released stuff from titles like Superman, [...]

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