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May

25

Exactly Where I Want To Be

Filed Under Comics Artists, My Art, My Comics | 12 Comments

Designing houses, that’s what I should have been doing. Not my first choice, but that could have been the career I’ve had. In my life I’ve designed several houses, a couple of restaurant interiors, an apartment, and a resort. Some of them are still standing. But even while I was an active practitioner of Architecture, [...]

May

20

Underpass #1 by A.S. Vel and Nestor Redondo

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I’ve been remiss in updating this page with classic Pinoy komiks art. Since I have a bit of a break, I thought I’d go and scan a few pages from Tagalog Klasiks #338, cover dated June 16, 1962. As with any Filipino comic book of this era, it’s a bi-weekly anthology containing 5-6 four to [...]

May

17

“Nothing Can Be Original Anymore” -Don’t You Believe It!

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“Nothing Can Be Original Anymore” is a mantra that’s often recited in creative circles. I hear it so often that I just want to scream. Supposedly, all ideas have already been thought of, all stories have already been written, and nothing original can be made up anymore. And people seem to so readily accept it. [...]

May

6

UNWANTED: The Komikero Artists Group Podcast #1: All By Myself

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Due to some unfortunate technical difficulties, I’m all by myself in the premiere podcast of UNWANTED: Ang Podcast ng Komikero Artists Group. Johnny Danganan, Jonas Diego and I recorded the podcast a few days ago, but the recording turned out to be crap. Since we were recording separately through Skype, the audio was ridiculously uneven. [...]

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May

3

Free Comic Book Day and Why It is Important

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We’ve been having Free Comic Book Day in the Philippines for many years now, and many local comic book stores and major book stores in the past have participated in it. By far the biggest supporter of Free Comic Book Day in the country is Sandy Sansolis of Comic Odyssey. For several years now he’s [...]

May

2

Free Pinoy Indies at Free Comic Book Day, Comic Odyssey! (UPDATED!)

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The Philippine Independent komiks community has banded together to create “Indies Maximus”, an anthology/sampler comic book to be given away at Free Comic Book Day, May 7, 2011 at Comic Odyssey, Robinson’s Galleria! Only 220 copies will be produced so be sure to get there early! Thanks to Sandy Sansolis of Comic Odyssey for helping [...]