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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 [...]

Dec

5

A Comic Book Convention in Iloilo

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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 [...]

Jul

14

Komikon’s Indieket 2012

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Today was the first Komikon Grand Independent Komiks Market convention or “Indieket”, at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig, Metro Manila. It’s basically a Komikon, but emphasis on locally produced independent komiks. I was there today to give a talk on how Elmer developed from it’s inception to right up to it’s international recognition. Hopefully, those [...]

May

28

EPIC Comics Weekend

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“Epic” is such an overused word, but to be honest, there’s really no other way to describe this past weekend. It was truly epic. A once in a lifetime event or more appropriately, a series of events. May 26, Saturday, with Summer Komikon at the Bayanihan Center. The crowd at its peak was just INSANE. [...]

Nov

29

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

Filed Under Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Elmer, Filipino Artists, Philippine Comics, Photographs, Video Blogs | 5 Comments

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!)

Filed Under Bold Star, Comic Book Signings, Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs, Video Blogs | 11 Comments

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 [...]

Apr

19

The Third Summer Komikon, April 16, 2011

Filed Under Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Filipino Artists, Komikero Group, Philippine Comics, Photographs | 2 Comments

It’s a couple of days late (I had to finish off killing, I mean inking a Superhero), but here it is, my photo blitzkreig of the 3rd Summer Komikon held at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig, Metro Manila, last April 16, 2011. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to shoot the video as I was planning, but [...]

Jan

1

The Year That Was 2010

Filed Under Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Dr. Rizal, Elmer, Filipino Artists, General, Humanis Rex!, Komikero Group, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs, Timawa, Video Blogs, Wasted | 19 Comments

It’s the evening of January 1, 2011 as I write this, feeling slightly depressed. Unlike many people, I loved 2010 and I’m sad to see it go. I understand that 2010 was a bad year for a lot of folks, but it was a very good year for me. It’s quite a relief because 2007 [...]

Nov

17

KOMIKON 2010 (Updated!)

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The first batch of photos from Komikon are now up. This one is from Jose Gamboa, creator of the Manny Pacquiao comic book. Looks like he’s selling a lot, which is fantastic. KOMIKON 2010 – Nov 13, 2010 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32099&id=129669377054175 Selected tweets: jiggycruz Jiggy Cruz Came from the 6th KOMIKON at Starmall. Congrats to the organizers! [...]

Jul

15

“Pinoy Komiks” at St. Paul University, Manila

Filed Under Dr. Rizal, Elmer, Humanis Rex!, My Art, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Photographs, Timawa, Video Blogs, Wasted | 13 Comments

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!

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