Nov

28

Creating Comics

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During the early days of my site, I had a “Comic Book Art Tips” section. Unfortunately, it was hosted in my old Laguna.net site, which has gone offline when I closed my account. Of course, I could easily re-upload it to Alanguilan.com, but reading through it again, I realized that there’s a lot about it [...]

Nov

26

Sterling Komiks Turns a Corner

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Martin Cadlum, a very strong driving force behind the revival of Komiks has left as Sterling Publishing’s Business Manager, leaving a lot of speculation as to his reasons, and the fate of Sterling Komiks.
I’ve met Martin and I know how progressive his mind can be when it comes to comics. He is open to new [...]

Nov

26

Neil Gaiman in Manila. And I Missed It.

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But I’m at least glad that good pal Azrael was able to give Neil a copy of my latest Elmer issue. Thanks Az!! You’re the man! I wish I could have gone to the Fully Booked event, but I’m home working on the Graphics Classics deadline, for which I’m already rather late for.
Neil Gaiman was, [...]

Nov

24

Jonas Diego: Watch Out For This Guy

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Jonas Diego paid me a visit today, which was timely, since I was home. I wasn’t able to go to school today, partly because of concerns about the weather, and mostly because I didn’t think I was well enough to make the trip to Manila and back. I haven’t been feeling all too well the [...]

Nov

23

Battening Down

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There’s a huge typhoon coming, and as of this hour, it looks like a direct hit for the Southern Tagalog region where I just happen to live. It’s supposed to hit sometime tomorrow or Sunday and I’ve spent the morning doing some preparations. I went to town to buy supplies like rice, canned goods, candles [...]

Nov

22

Turning a Corner

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Today marks a new day in my life. It’s not my birthday, nor is it the new year. But in many ways this is a whole new year for me. I feel grateful that it was still within my choice, and that I was still able to make that choice, and that decision, to change [...]

Nov

20

Timawa #3, Post Komikon Thoughts

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Timawa continues on the pages of The Buzz Magasin this December! The third installment is now out, cover dated December 2007. You’ll know it’s the issue when you see the image above hovering above Piolo Pascual’s sensitive area on the cover.
That is probably the first ever Timawa drawing I ever drew, way back November 1993. [...]

Nov

19

CHICKEN JOY: The Elmer Comic Book Documentary

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Edgar Tadeo created this documentary on Elmer, and I guess on me as well. When he first approached me about this, I thought sure! It could be fun. I didn’t realize Ed was going to go completely hardcore on me with this documentary stuff. Holy Shit! When I first saw a semi finished version of [...]

Nov

18

Komikon 2007 Report

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Me and Ilyn. Photographs by Edwin Fornoles
The Komikon has certainly become one of the most important dates within a year for Philippine Comics. Without government support, without big publishers, with no real compensation other than the satisfaction that people want to read your work, comics are relentlessly produced by Filipinos and Filipinas that hold a [...]

Nov

18

Back from Komikon

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Just got back from the Komikon. Well, it feels I just got back. All we could do after we got home from Manila last night was just collapse into bed and fell straight to sleep. I’m still recovering from what I can definitely say to be the best Komikon so far. In spite of the [...]

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