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Jan

10

First Post of 2012

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We’re 10 days into January and I haven’t posted anything yet! Anyway, it’s a new year and I’m still working. And I’m extremely grateful for that. I never forget how lucky I am to be working at all, in an industry that I just love to death. A new year comes with new projects! Finally [...]

Nov

29

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

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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!)

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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 [...]

Nov

19

KOMIKON 2011 is Today! (UPDATED)

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Spending the day getting ready for the 7th Annual KOMIKON, the Philippine Komiks Convention. I can’t believe it’s already seven years running. Not only is this thing still going strong, it’s even expanded to include a special Summer Komikon every May or April for the last couple of years. That’s two KOMIKONs a year! That’s [...]

Oct

29

End of October

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November is just around the corner and pretty soon, it’s 2012! 2011 has been another eventful year for me personally. A LOT of changes. A few health issues have forced me to look very closely at and prioritize the most important things in life. Family and work, basically. In that order. I lost a LOT [...]

Oct

19

The Next Big Komiks Event: GTMACCON 2011!

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Click for Larger Image The next big Komiks event of the year, GTMACCON 2011 comes this Saturday, October 22 at SM San Lazaro. Tickets are available at Comic Odyssey branches. This event is unique in that it’s the very first komiks convention that features a cosplay event that would feature only creator owned, Filipino indie [...]

Jul

15

Why Comics Matter

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The following video playlist was uploaded by SequartTV. It features a really interesting lecture on why comics matter by Dr. Julian Darius, delivered 5 January 2006 at Glen Carbon Centennial Library (Glen Carbon, Illinois).

Jul

8

100 Araw ng Komiks: The ELMER Documentary by Edgar Tadeo

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100 Araw ng Komiks (100 Days of Comics) is an online event organized for the purpose of spreading awareness of Philippine Komiks through Twitter, Facebook, DeviantArt, blogs and other online venues. Click here for the event page on Facebook. The Komikero Comics Journal will be posting everyday for the month of July news, opinions and [...]

Jul

2

Elmer Wins at the Prix Asie-ACBD 2011 (UPDATED!)

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Elmer had been nominated for the Prix Asie-ACBD 2011, an award given to the Best Asian Comic Book published in France, along with other comic books such as Kamui Den by Sanpei Shirato, La Plaine du Kantô by Kazuo Kamimura, Le Voyage de Ryu by Shôtarô Ishinomori, and Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura, Kurokawa. Elmer [...]

Apr

8

It’s Friday and I’m Happy

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Because I’m incredibly happy today (and the fact that it’s Friday), I just wanted to share this with you all. I have you have fun!

Apr

1

The Sad Tragic Truth About Johnny, Jonas and ME

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Watch on You Tube What can I say? It was starting to get ridiculous you know? Every year I do an April Fool’s Gag right on this day for the past 6 years or so. It’s become a tradition. The bad thing about traditions is people start to expect it. Whatever I do or say [...]

Mar

27

Elmer #2 Video Diary (Tagalog)

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Rummaging through old DVD-roms I stumbled upon a series of video diaries I took way back 2006 where I talked about creating Elmer #2. I had forgotten taking them and was only reminded when I saw the DVDs. Taking a deep breath to listen to them (I still can’t watch myself and my own voice [...]

Jan

1

The Year That Was 2010

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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 [...]

Sep

29

At the 1st Cebu Comics Convention

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The 1st Cebu Comics Convention was held at the Ayala Mall in Cebu on September 25, 2010. I have been corresponding with a few comics creators from the area and I’ve always known there was a lively community of creators and fans over there for many years. I finally met John Amor, one of the [...]

Sep

23

Ramon Marcelino Tribute, Coching Exhibit Plus CEBU!

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An illustration from Roni Escauriaga, creator of Superdog. Thanks Roni! This is an awesome tribute. ************* Marco Arnel Coching Exhibit Marco Arnel Coching, grandson of of the late master artist-writer and Dean Of Philippine Illustrators, Francisco V. Coching, will hold his first one man show of abstract and modern painting in acrylic and oil. With [...]

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