Dec
31
It’s just a few hours away from 2012, and as usual at this time, I try to think of all the things I was a part of during the past year. I have to say that it’s been a great year for me. I would have to say it’s one of my best years ever. [...]
Oct
9
Comics and National Book Store
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National Book Store and I have had a very long comics related relationship. Back when I was just a kid living in San Pablo, our family would go to Manila monthly to buy groceries, eat out, and to just browse stores. Our favorite place to go to was almost always Makati. Makati back then wasn’t [...]
Jul
11
100 Araw ng Komiks: Download and Read WASTED for FREE!
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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
1
100 Araw ng Komiks: WASTED, The Comic Book That Saved My Life
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Apr
30
Back to Inking!
Filed Under Comics Artists, COMICS CONVENTIONS, Dr. Rizal, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Art, My Comics, Wasted | 8 Comments
I come back to inking in a BIG way with Ultimate Comics Avengers 2, #1! The issue is already out, and Leinil Francis Yu and I will be launching the title tomorrow during Free Comic Book Day, at Comic Odyssey, Robinson’s Galleria. We’ll be signing, along with Edgar Tadeo, and possibly Jay Anacleto, from 1-3pm. [...]
Mar
19
Reading Wasted Online is FREE! (UPDATED!)
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Don’t be conned into buying an ebook of WASTED from here: http://bit.ly/bhsZyJ because you can read it entirely for FREE here: http://wastedonline.blogspot.com DUH?!! UPDATE! The OLX site has since taken down the item. Good for you OLX! However, the person who is selling Wasted is still offering unauthorized copies of Wasted for sale at his [...]
Mar
5
New Wasted Story
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When the Komikero Artists Group launched our (impossibly) regular series “Komikero Komiks Anthology” (now on it’s 6th issue) early last year, I thought I would create a new stand-alone WASTED story. I’ve always tried to avoid creating anything new with regards to Wasted because I wanted to create new things, other things. Having been happy [...]
May
14
At the Summer Komikon
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Summer Komikon is this Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City. If you’re not sure where that is, you can download this file and open it in Google Earth. I’ll be at the venue from 10pm until 7pm. My party includes myself, Ilyn, Zara and Arlan. [...]
May
13
The Face of Death
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Summer Komikon 2009 Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City May 16, 2009
Mar
9
Signature Story
Filed Under Creating Comics, Elmer, My Art, My Comics, Wasted | 7 Comments
Over at Twitter, Charles Tan asked the question, “Which published story of yours would you like to be known for as your ‘signature story’“? I had replied that I would like to think I haven’t written it yet. After all, I’ve so far published only very few stories. There’s Wasted, Elmer, Timawa, Humanis Rex! the [...]
Jan
28
Comics Career Interview + ELMER and Other Free Comics
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My interview at ComicsCareer.com is now up: http://www.comicscareer.com/?p=410 Thanks to Tom Spurgeon at the Comicsreporter.com and to Forbidden Planet UK for mentioning the free ELMER #1 download! If you’re just tuning in, the first issue of my self published comic book series ELMER is being offered for free! You can download a copy here. I’ve [...]
Dec
16
Wasted in Russian
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I received an interesting fanzine today (in PDF) from Russia where they had translated Wasted into Russian. The title of the fanzine is RCFZ (Russian Comics Fan-Zine).. Browsing through the fanzine it looks like a pretty well made mag with, I assume, articles on Russian comics as well as reviews of American and European comics. [...]
Nov
23
Komikon 2008
Filed Under Comics Artists, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Comics, Online Comics, Philippine Comics, Timawa, Wasted | 12 Comments
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 [...]





























