Jul

15

“Pinoy Komiks” at St. Paul University, Manila

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Last July 10, 2010, I was invited to attend the freshmen initiation at the St. Paul University in Manila. The theme of their initiation was “Pinoy Komiks”, and I had been invited to give a talk on the history and the state of the Philippine comics industry. I did not hesitate to agree because more [...]

Jun

28

Scenes from a Movie Screening

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Last night was the first public exhibition of the “Tin-tin, 15″ short film, directed by Lem Garcellano, which features a few Komikeros for actors including myself as “Bossing”, Jonas Diego, Johnny Danganan and Neil Amiel Cervantes as beerhouse patrons. “Tin-tin, 15″ is produced by Plan International to raise awareness of human trafficking, specifically trafficking of [...]

Apr

18

Summer Komikon 2010, Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman

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For the first time in all my years of going to these comic book events here in the Philippines, I FORGOT to bring my camera. Worse, the semi-official photographer for these events, world class comic book artist Carlo Pagulayan, couldn’t make it to the event as well. And my friend and collaborator Marivi Hilos-Nepomuceno, who [...]

Mar

20

Neil Gaiman and ME, Manila 2010

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View the set manually here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/komikero/sets/72157623529364161/ And of course I had to have video too! View on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGPEjKoZFLQ Neil Gaiman’s Journal Neil Gaiman’s Twitter As I said in the video, Neil Gaiman is one of the very few writers I would take so much trouble to line up for and meet. I’m really [...]

Mar

12

Where I Was Last Night

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With Cresencio “Bum” Tenorio Those are REAL clay pots!! With Rachelle Gerodias and Bum Glad to be home. I’m still feeling sick, but I didn’t feel it too much today. It was maybe the adrenaline. It was awesome to finally meet Rachelle Gerodias, who “met” me at You Tube. She’s an honest to goodness soprano [...]

Feb

23

Renaissance: Comics Convention for Charity

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Flickr Gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/komikero/sets/72157623365279479/ Photos from Edgar Tadeo http://www.edgartadeo.com/?p=1917 Mcoy’s Photos http://mcoy.blogspot.com/2010/02/renaissance-megamall-pics-n-stuff.html Carlo Pagulayan’s Photos http://caloyski.multiply.com/photos/album/50/Renaissance Turns out, comics colorist for Marvel Jay David Ramos is a ROCK STAR! Oh, yeah!

Feb

13

KomiksTrip 2010

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Photos from the recently concluded KomiksTrip 2010, The First University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Comics Convention, February 13, 2010 Flickr Photo gallery here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/komikero/sets/72157623301456907/ Same Gallery at Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=151342&id=552301105&ref=mf Uber Massive!! Photo Gallery here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jwed2501/KomiksTRIP#

Dec

7

The Second San Pablo Comics Festival in Pictures

Filed Under Architecture, Bold Star, Comics Artists, Family, Filipino Artists, Komikero Group, Philippine Comics, Photographs | 27 Comments

We had the venue, the Lion’s Club of San Pablo, for only ONE day. So we had planned to bring all the tables, chairs, mobile, tarpaulins, decorations, exhibits and exhibit panels early in the day before the doors opened at 10am, and pack them all up by 6:00pm. We were at the venue at 6:30am. [...]

Oct

19

The Madness that was Komikon 2009

Filed Under Bold Star, Books, Comics Artists, Elmer, Family, Filipino Artists, Komikero Group, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs | 21 Comments

Live Auction for Flood Victims That’s Jonas Diego and me on stage yesterday, auctioning a variety of stuff including original artworks, signed sketchbooks by Leinil Yu, etc. The online auctions, the live auctions, as well as the caricature auctions conducted by Mr. Hugo Yonzon at the Podium have so far raised more than 80 thousand [...]

Aug

10

Metro Comic-Con Photo Gallery

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The Komikero Artists Group Photo Gallery at Facebook: http://bit.ly/15eXKm Just got home from Day 2 of Metro Comic-con. Whew! Tired. Exhausted. Not much commentary this time. But I had a great time! Thanks to all those who dropped by and said HI, and thanks to all those who bought stuff! There are a lot of [...]

May

30

Posing for FHM Philippines. Oh Yeah.

Filed Under Comics Artists, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs | 17 Comments

I’m an off and on reader of FHM Philippines. For the *ahem* articles. Well, not just the articles. I need it for reference. That’s right. Reference. I’m an artiste after all. *ahem*. And for a long time after seeing FHM feature all kinds of ordinary Filipinos from all walks of life including balut vendors, fish [...]

May

17

Komikon Summer Fiesta 2009

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My small group which includes Arlan Esmeña, Zara Macandili, Pilar Esber, Ilyn and me left San Pablo at six in the morning. We arrived at the venue relatively early at 8 am. We had a quick set up so I had plenty of time to go around and talk with people I knew before the [...]

May

3

Awesome Free Comic Book Day Photos by Carlo Pagulayan

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Mico Suayan, Gilbert Monsanto, me, Leinil Francis Yu, Edgar Tadeo Wilson Tortosa More Photos at Carlo Pagulayan’s site.

May

3

Free Comic Book Day 2009

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My plans for going to Manila early was a bust. I left the house around half past 9, and arrived at Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas at around 12:30pm. Time flew in the bus as they showed Rambo 4. As far as I know, all Rambo did was mope a lot, shoot some arrows, run like [...]

Mar

18

At Sputnik in Cubao

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Earlier today I was at SPUTNIK, a comics specialty shop located at the Cubao Shoe Expo (Formerly Marikina Shoe Expo) in Cubao, Quezon City. It’s co-owned by filmmakers Lyle Sacris and Quark Henares. It’s managed by a good friend of mine, Chez Fidelino. I dropped by to deliver copies of ELMER 2-4, as well as [...]

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