Sep

2

Remembering Arlan

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When Komikero Ryan Toledo posted this photo up at his Facebook, I couldn’t help but shed a tear. It’s been a while since I saw a “new” old photo of Arlan, and it reminded me of just how much I missed him. Those of you who bought “Where Bold Stars Go To Die” know Arlan [...]

Aug

3

I Shouldn’t Have Had That Cappuccino

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Really. But they had this awesome coffee machine that spits out all kinds of coffee just like that and it was just too tempting to decline when I was offered a cup. And now here I am several hours later with a rumbling stomach, wide awake at 2 in the morning. Well, I am up [...]

Jul

21

What’s in the BOX?!

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Working on a new project at the moment. It seems quite superior to a lot of the other stuff I’ve done lately. Yeah, kinda superior. It’s not a boast. It’s a fact. Come October 2010 you’ll see. You’ll ALL see. *cackle* I’m taking a quick break to talk about SOMETHING. Not anything specific, but something [...]

Apr

4

The Thing About Creating Comics

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is that it’s all about work. And that it takes one to work as a comic book artist to fully understand the job. I say this because a lot of people have some pretty funny ideas of what it’s like to be one. One indisputable fact about us: we really don’t have all that much [...]

Feb

1

Flat in Bed

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The last couple of days I was flat in bed with fever and an erupting stomach. I missed the Komikero meeting last Sunday. I wasn’t able to work, which bummed me the most. I’m feeling a bit all right today to start working again, and there’s lots of stuff to do. But for a couple [...]

Jan

20

What is the meaning of life?

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Nov

4

Electrical Conundrum

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Electricity has been very unstable recently due to the weather. I used to have a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) attached to my computer, but since that thing gave out, all that’s standing between my computer and the naked socket is a voltage regulator. But since Voltage Regulators just, well, regulate, I’ve had to buy a [...]

Nov

2

I Will No Longer Be Selling on Ebay

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Auction Update: Apologies to those who we have promised to assist, but the the money is still being transmitted from abroad, and once it arrives, Mr. Hugo Yonzon and I will be meeting to make an accounting of all moneys collected. We should be able to start releasing directly to the intended people hopefully by [...]

Oct

27

Email Screwup

Filed Under General, Internet | 1 Comment

If you had sent me important emails to my yahoo address within the last 12 hours, please resend them to my gmail address. Same username @gmail.com Apparently, Yahoo Mail is screwing up on my end, and has not been sending through emails for the past half day. I hope this is only temporary. Yahoo is [...]

Oct

23

Shameful, Unnaceptable Incompetence

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In the light of what you will read on this blog: http://mabuhaygirl.multiply.com/journal/item/1104/WTF_is_going_on_Blog_Ni_Ella I want to assure everyone who donated to help the Typhoon Ondoy Flood victims via the auctions held online, the the PICCA, at the Komikon and elsewhere, your help will go DIRECTLY to the victims and will NOT be coursed through incompetent government [...]

Oct

2

What Gets Me Through The Day

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This piece of music gets me through the day every day for the past week. Composed by English composer Murray Gold specially for the fourth series of new Doctor Who.

Oct

1

How To Help (October 3)

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(October 3 Update) Red Cross Paypal Confirmed! I’ve confirmed with the Philippine Red Cross that they do accept donations via Paypal. Use this email address: give@redcross.org.ph Or you can go to their Paypal Donation Page here. Original Comics Art Auction to benefit Komikeros affected by the flood: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkomikeroQQhtZ-1 (October 1 Update): UPDATED LINKS Alerts and [...]

Aug

14

Carlo J. Caparas is a National Artist (Lord, Have Mercy!)

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The strange nature of blogs has us reading events starting with the end, and ending with the beginning. I thought I’d put together this special page where visitors to this blog can follow my posts, and the accompanying comments, in chronological order. I was first alerted to the news that Carlo J. Caparas has been [...]

Aug

7

Carlo Caparas Stamps

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A Statement from Ramon Orlina ******************** Dear All, HOW CAN CARLOS J. CAPARAS BE NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS WHEN HIS COMICS ARE NOT ILLUSTRATED BY HIM BUT BY OTHER ARTISTS? I was a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Philippine Postal Corp for many years, and the Chairman of the Designing [...]

Aug

6

National Artists Awards: Two NCCA Commissioners Speak Up

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Elected NCCA Commissioners Speak Up on the National Artist Awards Controversy August 4, 2009 Of Truth, Honor and Delicadeza or How to Bake Your Cake and Eat It, Too By Elmar Beltran Ingles, NCCA Commissioner for Cultural Dissemination “The leak did it. Whoever leaked the results of the deliberations is a criminal.“ This was the [...]

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