Mar

15

Komikon Summer de avance is Next Month! (Image Updated!)

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Komikon Summer de avance (or Summer Komikon) is on April 17, 2010! That’s only less than a month from now. I’ll be there to pimp both ELMER and Bold Star, and to launch a new title: UMLAUTS and ATOM BOMBS #1, my return to photocopy comics!
By the way, apologies to everyone for not showing up [...]

Mar

10

Renaissance Book Tour, Comic Odyssey Sale

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Renaissance goes on the road! Our first stop is this Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the National Book Store branch in the new Glorietta 5. I’ll be on hand to sign and sketch for a cause. Hey, Tony De Zuniga is going to be there!

I always make it a point to support our local comic [...]

Mar

8

To Comics Fans in Cebu and Baguio

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From Jonas Diego:
Cebu and Baguio
I will be in Cebu this coming March 16, 2010 Tuesday and in Baguio on March 18, 2010 Thursday for a business trip.
If anyone from the local Cebu and Baguio comic book industry (creators, publishers, retailers, and fans) are free, maybe you guy would want to hang out, talk comics, and [...]

Mar

7

Philippine Adventure & Romance Stories #1 at Summer Komikon!

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Some of you may remember me talking about this title back in September 2009:
Philippine Adventure and Romance Stories Preview
http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/1998
The first issue has finally been printed and was soft launched during Renaissance at SM Megamall on February 21. A few local creators were on hand to promote and sign copies including Rico Rival, Abe Ocampo and [...]

Mar

3

Umlauts and Atom Bombs #1 at Summer Komikon

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Umlauts and Atom Bombs is a collection of short comics stories, illustrations, doodles and whatnot, worked on between the deadlines. It’s like a grown up Crest Hut Butt Shop, but not really.
This first issue features “Mitch and Mischa“, written by me and illustrated by veteran komiks illustrator Marivi Hilos-Nepomuceno, whose specialty was drama/love stories for [...]

Feb

27

Fascinating Coincidence

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Flipping through a 1953 issue of Liwayway Magazine, I was immediately struck when I saw this illustration.

Illustration signed by “Leynes”
To my eyes, the couple looks so much like Arlan and his wife May. Arlan only looks slightly similar, but May looks almost exactly the same. You can see for yourself in the tribute video of [...]

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:

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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!

Feb

21

Renaissance is TODAY!

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February 21 Update: Renaissance is TODAY, but I will be late. Lots of work stuff still to finish. I’ll be there around 11:30am onwards.

The first thing that people ask is… what is “Renaissance”? There seems to be some confusion as to what it is, I know. Even the posters that have come out have been [...]

Feb

18

Arlan Esmeña, December 8, 1973 – February 18, 2010

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February 18, 2010 Arlan passed away at 5:30 this morning. :(
Thanks for all your comments. Arlan was very appreciative of all the messages posted for him on this blog. I printed out the comments and gave it to him, and he read them all himself just a few days ago.

The Art of Arlan Esmeña
http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/1939
Arlan’s [...]

Feb

14

Autobiographical Comics in the Philippines

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Autobiographical comics, or diary comics, is probably the one remaining genre of comics that have yet to be explored fully in Philippine comics. It is a genre virtually unheard of in the old industry, and it is a genre that very few modern day creators have tried.
Is it because Filipinos don’t really want to talk [...]

Feb

13

KomiksTrip 2010

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Photos from the recently concluded KomiksTrip 2010, The First University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Comics Convention, February 13, 2010
Flickr Photo gallery here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/komikero/sets/72157623301456907/
Same Gallery at Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=151342&id=552301105&ref=mf
Uber Massive!! Photo Gallery here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jwed2501/KomiksTRIP#

Feb

13

KOMIKSTRIP at UPLB is TODAY!

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KOMIKSTRIP, the first UPLB (University of the Philippines, Los Baños) Comics Convention is today! I’ll be on hand first thing in the morning to give a lecture on the History of Philippine Comics for the workshop, and then pretty much for the entire day I’ll just be peddling chickens and bold stars.
More info here!
http://jonasdiego.com/komikstrip/
The [...]

Feb

7

KOMIKSTRIP: The First UPLB Comics Convention is This Saturday!

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Take a Trip to the KOMIKSTRIP: The First UPLB Comic Book Convention happening this February 13, 2010 Saturday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Presented by the UP BUGKOS and JONASDIEGO.COM in cooperation with the 101 Boutique and the Graphic Literature Guild.
Special guest include Manix Abrera, Gerry Alanguilan, Hazel Manzano, Carlo Pagulayan, Harvey Tolibao, Lyndon [...]

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