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May

16

A Look Into Black Ink Comics

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It was last year when I first heard the rumblings of what is now known as Black Ink Comics. It was quite a big surprise when the publisher was revealed to be Precious Pages Corporation, the same publisher of the popular and commercially successful Precious Hearts Romance pocketbooks. Immediately, the significance of this was apparent: [...]

May

6

Filipino Komiks Illustrator Jesse Santos Passes Away

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Tomador, Pioneer Komiks, 1968 Veteran and pioneer Filipino Komiks illustrator Jesse Santos passed away last Aoril 27, 2013 according to his grandson Geoffrey De Vera. He passed away just shy of 84 at his residence in San Fernando Valley in California. Jesse began working in comics for the very first Philippine serialized comic book “Halakhak” [...]

May

5

Free Comic Book Day 2013

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Dr. Rizal, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Video Blogs | 6 Comments

Blown away by how many people showed up at Comic Odyssey and Fully Booked’s Free Comic Book Day celebration at Bonifacio High Street! I arrived around 8:30am and there was already a huge line snaking around the Fully Booked building. I’m told by pal Johnny Danganan that the earliest people in line were actually there [...]

Apr

30

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY EVENTS! (UPDATED!)

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After Summer Komikon, it’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (FCBD) on May 4! Just as the title of the event says, if you attend this event, you’ll get FREE comics! Specially if you come early. And just like Komikon, FCBD in the Philippines has slowly become bigger and bigger. As far as I know, there are [...]

Apr

14

Summer Komikon 2013 Report

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Filipino Artists, Philippine Comics, Photographs, Video Blogs, Wasted | 20 Comments

Click for Larger Image. Photo by Skyworld. “Insane” is such an overused word to describe Komikon. I used that word a lot. But I’m honestly at a loss to use any other word to perfectly describe it. Well, perhaps “INSANER” would be apt. Because that’s just how it was. This thing just keeps getting bigger [...]

Apr

11

Summer Komikon 2013

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Wasted | 3 Comments

This Saturday is Summer Komikon 2013. By all indications, the biggest Summer Komikon so far. This is based on the amount of new releases, and the increased amount of exhibitor space that can be seen on the map. They’re also starting to regularly feature foreign creators as guests! I can already tell that the Bayanihan [...]

Dec

5

A Comic Book Convention in Iloilo

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs | 12 Comments

Click for Larger Image Iloilo is a place I just love to visit again and again. This is already my third time to the city, and it was a no less enjoyable experience. And to be there for it’s first comic book convention made it a more awesome stay. The first time was there was [...]

Nov

28

Iloilo Bound

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Inking, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics | 1 Comment

In a few days I’ll be in Iloilo for the first Iloilo Comics Convention. That’s not just the reason though, it’s also a bit of a vacation time for me and Ilyn. A bit of food tripping, a bit of ghost hunting, a bit of sightseeing. But mostly food tripping. I liked my last two [...]

Nov

26

Rogue December Issue Comics Article Rebuttal (UDPATED!)

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The December issue of Rogue Magazine carries with it a one page comic strip depicting a short history of Philippine Comics. In it, the writer asserts that Carlo J. Caparas was responsible for the rise of independent comics like my Elmer and Carlo Vergara’s ZsaZsa Zaturnnah. This is absolutely, any utterly UNTRUE. Carlo J. Caparas [...]

Nov

25

“Komiks Is Dead” is a DEAD Issue (UPDATED)

Filed Under Comics Artists, Filipino Artists, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics | 3 Comments

An article I wrote came out in the Philippine Daily Inquirer not too long ago. I will be posting the complete unedited article after my post below. I almost declined writing the article because I was too busy, but I immediately realized the opportunity to talk positively about the state of Philippine comics. TWENTY YEARS [...]

Nov

15

Elmer #1 Japanese Translation

Filed Under Elmer, Internet, My Art, My Comics, Online Comics, Philippine Comics, Wasted | 6 Comments

Out of the blue a week or so ago, I was approached by a Japanese going by the name of Harukichi (he gave me his real name but I think he prefers to be called by his handle), who said he had bought and read ELMER and seeing that Elmer #1 was being offered for [...]

Nov

5

The First Iloilo Comics Convention

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The first Iloilo Comics Convention is going to be held on December 2, 2012 at the Robinson’s Place Iloilo, Corner De Leon & Quezon Streets, Iloilo City. The event will be from 10am to 9pm. I’ll be there to promote ELMER. National Book Store will be on hand of course, and although there’s no definite [...]

Nov

4

Saving the Komiks Industry Should Never be the Goal

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Click for Larger Image Beyond Komikon: Young creators bring komiks to life http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/280371/lifestyle/literature/beyond-komikon-young-creators-bring-komiks-to-life Just a few years ago, many people were stumped on how to revive the Komiks industry. Here on this blog, I said that we should stop dreaming of ever expecting komiks to go back to the old golden days where komiks sold [...]

Oct

30

Komikon 2012 Post #3: Comics for Kids!

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Click for Larger Image It was a pleasant surprise to see a few titles that were content appropriate for young children at the Komikon. Curiously enough, they were on booths next to each other. I would have to explain my choice of Robert Magnuson’s “Porcupirate Plans the Day” and “Boom Boom Clang” (with Maloi Malibiran-Salumbides) [...]

Oct

28

Komikon 2012 Post #2: The Rise of the Indie TPB

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Click for Larger Image Only a few years ago, a lot of the independently produced comic books were of the photocopied and stapled variety. But over the last couple of years, printed trade books collecting such work started to appear with books by Gio Paredes, Michael David, Lyndon Gregorio and Tepai Pascual. At this year’s [...]

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