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2011

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It’s just a few hours away from 2012, and as usual at this time, I try to think of all the things I was a part of during the past year. I have to say that it’s been a great year for me. I would have to say it’s one of my best years ever. [...]

Dec

3

The 3rd San Pablo Comics Festival, December 3, 2011 (UPDATED!)

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The 3rd San Pablo City Comics Festival is happening TODAY!! See you there! Click for Super Large Image YES! The 3rd San Pablo City Comics Festival is finally happening. You may recall the first festival happened in 2003 at the Mariño Residence along Sampalok Lake. The second one in 2009 at Lion’s Club, also along [...]

Nov

29

Vinyl+Splash Event Raised 125,000 Pesos for the UN World Food Program!

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Last Saturday I was at Fully Booked at Bonifacio High Street to participate in the Vinyl+Splash, The Ultimate Collectibles and Comics Convention. However, the primary purpose of the event seemed to be a series of auctions of artwork donated by comics, street and vinyl artists to benefit the United Nations World Food program. At the [...]

Nov

21

At KOMIKON, the 7th Annual Philippine Komiks Convention (UPDATED II!)

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The crowd at Komikon yesterday, right on top of this post, just to give you an idea of how crazy it was. I was taken quite by surprise by the sheer amount of people who showed up. Having gone to this thing for years, I have a fair idea of the amount of people who [...]

Nov

19

KOMIKON 2011 is Today! (UPDATED)

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Spending the day getting ready for the 7th Annual KOMIKON, the Philippine Komiks Convention. I can’t believe it’s already seven years running. Not only is this thing still going strong, it’s even expanded to include a special Summer Komikon every May or April for the last couple of years. That’s two KOMIKONs a year! That’s [...]

Nov

12

See you at the 7th Annual Komikon!

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This coming Saturday, November 19, is the 7th Annual Komikon, the largest comic book convention in the Philippines. And yep! I’ll be there the entire day so if you have anything you wanted signed or if you just wanted to talk, I’m game! Click for Larger Image Thanks to Komikon for making me a guest [...]

Nov

2

Arlan and Me Drawing

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Rummaging through my old hard drive I found this video I had forgotten was shot, of Arlan drawing a page from “Where Bold Stars Go To Die” and me drawing Elmer while we listen to a comics podcast and trade ideas and stories. It’s a relatively quiet moment, intense as we were on what we [...]

Oct

29

Elmer Won the Quai des Bulles – Ouest France 2011

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News from my European publisher Serge Ewenczyk of Editions çà et là just a few minutes ago: Elmer has won the Quai des Bulles – Ouest France 2011. Photo of Serge above. I’m really just writing this down like a robot because my emotions are currently going ballistic and I really don’t know what to [...]

Oct

24

iPads Sport Pinoy Komiks Art

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…WHICH CAN BE YOURS FOR FREE! Photo by Jiggy Cruz Well, not exactly free. You need to buy either the ELMER 2nd Edition or Trese Book 4 at any branch of National Bookstore (make sure it includes the raffle stub), enter the raffle and one of these iPads can be yours! Those drawings are not [...]

Oct

16

Elmer 2nd Edition Book Launching

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Whew! The day I had yesterday was amazing. I woke up at 5 in the morning. Slept again. Woke up again at 5:30 because I remembered I had to BE somewhere really important. Me and Ilyn were out of the house and on the way to Manila by 6:30. Stopped over somewhere along the highway [...]

Oct

15

ELMER 2nd Edition Launch is TODAY! (UPDATED!)

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Time moves by so fast! The launch of ELMER 2nd Edition is on today! For those who are just arriving now, ELMER will have a launching/book signing today, October 15 at National Book Store’s Bestsellers, 4th Floor Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas at 5pm. And yes, I’ll definitely be there to sign books. National Book Store [...]

Oct

13

Two Days to Saturday

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It’s Thursday today and in two days will be the launching of the Elmer 2nd Edition book. To be quite honest, I’m rather nervous. Will people show? Well, hopefully! By this time a lot of people would have had their copies already, but I know there’s quite a few who haven’t yet, and have asked [...]

Oct

9

Comics and National Book Store

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National Book Store and I have had a very long comics related relationship. Back when I was just a kid living in San Pablo, our family would go to Manila monthly to buy groceries, eat out, and to just browse stores. Our favorite place to go to was almost always Makati. Makati back then wasn’t [...]

Oct

8

ELMER 2nd Edition Book Launching on October 15

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Elmer 2nd Edition will be launched this Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Bestsellers, 4th Floor Robinson’s Galleria, Ortigas at 5pm! Of course, I’ll be on hand to sign your books. National Book Store has graciously stepped in and offered to publish the 2nd Edition of Elmer while allowing me to retain ownership of my characters. [...]

Oct

7

More ELMER Nominations!

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My French publisher Serge of Editions çà et là informed me in an email about a couple nominations that Elmer received recently: “Good news: Elmer has been selected as contender for best comic book of the year award by two French festivals which are taking place later this year: Quai des Bulles ( http://www.quaidesbulles.com/ ) [...]

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