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 [...]
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 [...]
Jul
14
A Chance to Talk About Comics
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The popularity of the Hey, Baby! video (below), retitled “Lakas Tama ni Manong” on Facebook was great for it gave me the opportunity to talk about Philippine comics to a nationwide audience. For some reason, this video really took off online, and came to the point that it was even being shown on regular TV. [...]
Jul
12
Welcome Everybody!
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Hello and welcome to Komikero.com! I’m sure you heard about this website from somewhere, specially today. And so you went here, and here you are! Welcome! Thanks very much for giving me a bit of your time. This website is basically a regularly updated journal of the things I want to write about Philippine comics [...]
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 [...]
Jun
23
Tin-tin, 15 FREE Screening at Mogwai, June 27, 2010
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“Tin-tin, 15” will have its first public exhibition for FREE! at Mogwai in Cubao X at 9:00pm, June 27, 2010. Please check out the official movie site for more info, map, and RSVP. There will be at least three consecutive showings depending on how many people show up. Around 30 people can be accommodated at [...]
May
13
Tin-Tin, 15 Short Film
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During the first week of May, I was involved in making this short film on child trafficking and prostitution, directed by Lem Garcellano (Batibot) . I don’t think it’s a film for commercial purposes as it will be used for information rather than entertainment. I wrote a little bit about it here. Naturally, I made [...]
Apr
24
Jazz Maynard by Raule and Roger
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The other day I received a package in the mail from my Spanish comics writer friend Raule. In the package are three hardcover French translations of his comic book Jazz Maynard with artist Roger. Yes, these guys go by just one name. I have a one-name for myself, but Ilyn absolutely freaks out when I [...]
Apr
1
“Three Days” Short Film
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At 42 minutes, Three Days is a not so short film that my friends Maya Salas, Jonas Diego, Johnny Danganan, and dog Boney helped me make during periods when I wasn’t working on my comics stuff. Thanks guys! I shot it over the past couple of months, doing a few minutes here and there. Ok, [...]
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
16
How to Save Newspapers
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Stop the Presses: How to Save Newspapers by Ted Rall and David Essman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7qd8v8v2qk I saw this video via the Comics Reporter. The video is funny, but the subject matter not so much. The fate of newspapers is pretty grim. We don’t feel it yet here in the Philippines, but technologically advanced countries like the [...]
Feb
25
Komiks Documentary (In Tagalog) from 2006
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This video is actually a school project by students of De La Salle University in Dasmariñas, Cavite. They interviewed me, along with many other comic book people in 2006 for this project. They had given me a copy, and reviewing it again recently I thought that it would be such a waste to just let [...]
Feb
24
KomiksTrip Video by Flippish.com
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Taking you back a couple of weeks to KomiksTrip because Flippish.com did this really extraordinary video of the event: http://www.flippish.com/komiks-trip/2010/02/18/ KomiksTrip 2010 http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/2404
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!



























