Nov

30

Killing Timawa

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I think I’ll be killing Timawa today. All for a good cause.
Drawing above is by Whilce Portacio.

Jul

26

KOMIKON 2009 Awards Nomination

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I received some nominations for this year’s Komikon Awards! From the email from the organizing committee:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You and your works are nominated in the upcoming KOMIKON AWARDS 2009.
Nominations were held last July 01 – 15, 2009. You were nominated for the following categories:
For Best Graphic Novel / Anthology:
Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan (http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/878)
For Best Comic Series:
TIMAWA [...]

Jun

29

The Difficulty of Doing Superheroes in the Philippines

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The question of the superhero in the Philippine setting has always eluded me. And today I think I’ve hit upon one of the reasons why. I demand a lot from stories, specially my own. If I’m going to do a superhero story I wouldn’t just have him get bit by a radioactive salagubang and go [...]

Jun

26

TIMAWA and a Bunch of Naked Men

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Oh man, it looks like a room full of naked men. That’s what I immediately thought about looking at this detail of the Timawa finale. Timawa ended in the June issue of The Buzz Magasin, and from here, I don’t know what the future holds for this character. There’s no plans of compiling [...]

Jun

2

June 2 Ruminating

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It feels weird that at the end of the month there’s no Timawa for me to work on. For the past two years I’ve devoted this time of the month to do the comics series for The Buzz and I have to admit, I kind of miss doing it. But part of me [...]

Mar

27

TIMAWA is ENDING

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See Larger Image Here
(pictured is the SIDTAKA, the nemesis of TIMAWA)
Timawa will come to a close on the pages of The Buzz Magasin with the June 2009 issue. Unfortunately, it is ending prematurely. The Buzz Magasin, in alignment with The Buzz TV, is to undergo a wide scale revamp. Timawa will not be part of [...]

Feb

7

Larger Than I Thought

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In my previous post, I mentioned how huge Philippine comics will be in 2009 in terms of events. There’s the two Komikons, one in May and another in October, then there’s the Manila Comic-Con in August, Mangaholix in November, then the San Pablo Comics Festival in December.
After a meeting I had today with Mr. Hugo [...]

Jan

25

Sunday Morning

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Komikero meeting day! The sun is out and the weather is great! For a moment there I was worried because it had been raining a day or so ago. The rains were good in the end because the weather is cool once again. A lot of new guys will be coming over which should be [...]

Jan

12

Sorry Ed. Sorry KC.

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Adam David’s review of Elmer for the Philippine Free Press is now online and uploaded at my site as a scan. I redesigned the Elmer sub-site a little bit just to reflect the completion of the comic book.
I just got home from Manila. I was down there visiting Leinil Yu for one reason or another. [...]

Dec

30

2008: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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There are many things in Philippine comics that happened this year that I can distill into a few distinct events. I counted 5 (or so I thought), which I already listed for the ComicsReporter.com site, but I felt I need to expound on it here as there are plenty more to say.
2008 saw the release [...]

Dec

12

Arlan Esmeña’s Amazing Robots + Timawa!

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When I first saw these little robots… completely articulated… made from Bristol board, I freaked. Click on my friend Arlan’s Blog, click on the picture you find there to see a large photo of his bristol robot creations. That shadowbox display case by the way, is designed and created by Ilyn.
They’re about the same size [...]

Nov

23

Komikon 2008

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By 12 noon it was already quite difficult to go around. There were that many people. I don’t have a headcount, but it’s quite plain to anyone who was there last year that this year’s crowd was just insane. I’ve had little opportunity to go around myself as I was almost completely tied to my [...]

Nov

19

Yeah, that’s right! Barry Windsor Smith Original Art!

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And it’s all mine! And the strange thing is, I’ve had it for 10 years. At my parents’ house. Jammed inside my other junk in my old room. As anyone who knows me will know, I fall prostrate like a gibbering fan girl at the foot of Barry Windsor Smith. For those who don’t know [...]

Oct

28

Crazy October

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October 2008 will go down in my personal history as one of the most eventful. I’d rather not mention the more sordid events, but I can say that I was horribly sick at the start of the month. It took me more than a week to recover. A week later, my wife Ilyn fell sick [...]

Oct

25

Elmered

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Sorry for the lack of updates. All I’ve been doing lately has been ELMER.

I won’t say I’m all Elmered out, because I’m not. As I get closer to finishing it, I’m getting kind of emotional. I’ll definitely miss these characters when I’m done, but I’ll be glad to have finished it. I like stories that [...]

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