Andrew Drilon's Kare-Kare Komiks : “GRINWIT”

Andrew Drilon is back again in publishing comic short stories at the Chemistry Set website features another story that taste likes our favorite pinoy dish - Kare Kare



read Grinwit comics here 

David Hontivero's online novel "Pelicula"

David Hontiveros had just released his new work online and the web heads are happy to know it, because it is free and more better than downloading ebooks and scanlation of comics.  Its a brand new Pinoy superhero story that I'm sure everyone will love him.

About "Pelicula"

"Fame is a power many dream of possessing.

It is a power Luis Conrado is very familiar with, especially when he assumes his super-powered alter ego Habagat.

Having the power to fly with the eagles, the strength of a hundred men, and the ability to withstand pain and injury can sometimes pale in comparison to the shining, blinding power of fame.

Standing in that blazing spotlight for too long, Luis does not notice the ones standing in the shadows. The architects of his fame.

The ones who hold the true power."

to read the online novel visit http://www.davidhontiveros.com/

also you can see the  art gallery featuring the character Habagat, created by our Filipino comics creator and artists
visit http://www.davidhontiveros.com/art.html

Arnold Arre's new comics project "Martial Law Babies"

a sample panel from Martial Law Babies

I just saw his comic proofs last sunday at the Neil Gaiman event, and Arnold showed the proof samples to Leinil Yu, when I was about to approached them, Leinil told me, "Hey Az, this is confidential, Arnold's new comic project", I was surprised to know about that from him, and I looked at Arnold and I was laughing and told them, "its okay! I wont blog it". Then Cynthia Arre told me and Mark Cerbo about the story and the title - Martial Law Babies!. and i just found out that I belong to that era - Martial law years and 30 yr old kids!.

Now that the news came out already frm Luis Katigbak's blog, I guess its already okay to post and publish it here.
and thanks to Mr. Babbling Point  aka Budjette Tan for posting it in Alamat ML :)

but the  greatness of this project ( no longer a secret hehehee ) - yes I'm going crazy and already forgotten the news about Andong Agimat the movie.

“I'm in the process of developing two stories,” Arnold tells us. The first is Martial Law Babies, “a coming-of-age story about a group of 30-somethings. We follow the lives of the characters, from their childhood memories to a present-day setting. It's a very personal story, and it came to me during one of those conversations with college friends over coffee. I also wanted to tackle some issues like where have our peers gone, what did they become? Why are we losing more and more talented people to first world countries? What role do we play in society? And aren't the younger generations getting better breaks in terms of work since they're adept in technology and from our perspective, more pampered? So I guess in a way another take on the title is that of us being trapped, we're under Martial Law so to speak. It's nearing completion, so hopefully we’ll get to see it in printed form sometime soon.”   - Arnold Arre

 Read more about Martial Law Babies here

Gilbert Monsanto's Digmaan poster art

Gilbert Monsanto made a fan comics merging all Filipino comics characters, from classic characters up to modern superheroes and villains characters. The digital comics was titled "Digmaan" means War. It is a war of superheroes and super villains stripped out from the old and new pages of comics. Its like merging different kind of worlds but all are happening only in the Philippine comics universe.

The poster artwork he did is unfinished and Monsanto still want to add 20 more characters for the superhero-villain mash up.

click Download to preview the poster in a large version

visit Gilbert's art and blog pages at
http://gammaknight.deviantart.com
http://gilbertm.multiply.com
http://gilbertmonsanto.blogspot.com/



Page 32 - Maskarado Vs. Captain Barbell

for the Digmaan comics, click here for Page 1 up to Page 63 

Are we ready for another Bomba komiks ?

Super Hot Komiks #187, 1995
(image from: Pilipino Komiks blog)

I was informed 8 months ago about the another attempt of a local publisher to release a comics suited for mature readers and adults, also we know it as a bold or bomba komiks. I was surprised to know the publishing company and I expect that it will come out soon. But then after months of waiting, no sign of bomba komiks or bold comics.  Or am I getting late and not aware that it is already been published already?.

and my questions were answered last Komikon, I just met the guy behind it and was surprised to know his vision about having a comics for adults here in the Philippines. He said that the comics is not bold or X rated, he just gave an example like Heavy Metal Magazine and some European comics that  have mature and graphic content. Meaning that it is not a trash comics display porn stars and other non related topics for the comics. It is more about the art and eroticism.

So my questions is, are we ready? or will the community accept the coming of another era for erotic comics?

I just want to wish that this bomba comics won't be like a fly by night operation just like in the old days. I just read that from here about the old bomba komiks.

If anyone of you has a copy of the new bomba comics, just give us a note here

Stanley Chi in QTV 11 this Thursday

here's an email message from Chopsticks comic creator and Topak Humor Magazine editor, Stanley Chi

Hi there!

I'll be guesting at QTV Channel 11's Sobrang Gud Nite Show with Jojo A
this Thursday (Nov. 29, 2007)  11PM. I'll perform stand up comedy and promote Topak magazine, Please watch it!  Thanks!!!

Stan :D

Me, Neil Gaiman and Elmer

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Here I am having a short chat with Neil Gaiman and my mission is complete for I gave him my extra copy of Elmer issue 3 a komiks by Gerry Alanguilan. That was my plan ever since the comic was released last Komikon and Gerry gave a extra copy of it and even that I'm going to surprise Gerry for giving a copy of it, it seems that  Gerry reads my mind ! hahahaha.

I was given a chance to have a one on one interview with Neil Gaiman, but I wasn't prepared that time and I just slipped 2 oppourtunities for a one on one intervie, but its nice that he remembers me as the guy who blog the event and send him email for his visit here once again. And yes.. it all began when he sent me an email, thanking me and everyone and glad that he reads my blog .  Wow !

And I'm happy to know that he said that he always recommend the comics Elmer and he said it was a good book to read.
too bad that I left my issue 2 in my other home and he said that he haven't read issue 2, but then Gerry told me via email that he will send Neil Gaiman a copy of issue 2

whew! mission accomplished !

Caparas Komiks, Sterling Publishing and Martin Cadlum

Komiks.ph reports the mass sms message of Martin Cadlum to all comic creators and komiks dealers after his resignation from the position as a Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Sterling Publishing.

read the full report here at Komiks.ph website

Neil Gaiman in Manila 2007 - Live blogging

read more here

Caparas Komiks - the end ???

I read a news flash from Randy Valiente's blog and he just shared to us what is happening inside the Sterling Publishing and the Caparas Komiks. It seems that the local comics title of Carlo J. Caparas will be reformatted under a new manager or will it be discountinued?

Martin Cadlum, The business manager for the comics of Sterling Publishing, resigned from his job at Sterling and according to Randy, that there is a problem happening between the business partnership and deal of Carlo J. Caparas and Sterling Publishing. And now we ask this question - Is this something going to do with the new comics title of the young and new comic creators ? Is it manga comics ? or something from the vision of Caparas?

read the news at Randy's blog

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AME Gakuensai anime event Photo Coverage

Another big bang of Anime, Manga and Cosplay at the AME GAKUENSAI
comic artist in costumes! People with bunny and cat ears, mysterious costume beings, fan art, doujinshis and japanese pop culture. All of these can be found at the event of University of the Philippines - Anime and Manga Enthusiasts, is the first ever recognized collegiate anime organization in the Philippines and the AME event is one big anime school fair.

read more and check out the 2 photo event coverage album


at 1pm


Funny fight scene of Ultraman, Wild Force Power Ranger and Spider-Dan of kiko Machine band


Glass House Graphics


Cosplay photo shoot

Neil Gaiman in Manila 2007 update 4

Hello everyone!
time for a short update and Im here googling some scoop on what happened this afternoon at the subic event. I'll be posting hyper links to blogs and also a photo of Neil Gaiman doing a speech in Subic courtesy by bloggers.

click here  for  the Neil Gaiman in Manila 2007 - Video Live Streaming Page

Filipino artist Ariel Padilla, illustrator of Tomo: I Was an Eighth-Grade Ninja has Won the Bronze Moonbeam Award

Originally posted at the Glass House Graphics News Bulletin 

Glass House Graphics Artists Ariel Padilla comic artist for TOMO : I was an Eight-Grade Ninja just won the Bronze Award for Comics/Graphic Novel Category at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards

Hana’s arrival in America places her in the two worlds of attending school by day and battling as a ninja at night. Although young, she begins to learn about the great role she will play in this first book of the manga-style Tomo series written by Andrew Simmons and Rob Corley with illustration by Ariel Padilla. Visit Zondervan website here for the comics

Zondervan Press Release

Three Zonderkidz Titles Win Moonbeam Children's Book Awards

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 18, 2007 - Winners for the first annual Moonbeam Children's Book Awards were announced this week, and three titles from Zonderkidz, the children's division of Zondervan, were selected from among 862 entries submitted by authors and publishers in 45 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and seven countries.

The following Zonderkidz titles are winners:

* Gold Moonbeam Award : The Jesus Storybook Bible (Sally Llyod-Jones, illustrated by Jago) in the religion/spirituality category

* Silver Moonbeam Award : I Will Rejoice (Karma Wilson, illustrated by Amy june Bates) in religion/spirituality category

* Bronze Moonbeam Award : I Was an Eight-Grade Ninja (Andrew Simmons and Rob Corley, illustrated by Ariel Padilla; part of Zonderkidz's series using Manga art as seen at www.zGraphicNovels.com) in the Comic/Graphic Novel scategory.

Louie Cordero of Nardong Tae interview at Manila Standard Today

originally posted at http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife6_nov24_2007 

 Melting Comics

By Diego Rosano P. Mapa
Painter and sculptor Louie Cordero got what it takes to become a legend. His works have been included in numerous exhibits in and out of the country including Malaysia, Singapore, London, and the United States since 1998. He also won the grand prize of the painting category in the eighth annual Freeman Foundation at the Vermont Studio Center in 2002; finalist of the Ateneo Art Award 2005 (Presented in memory of Fernando Zobel de Ayala); and recipient of the Thirteenth Artist Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2006.

Recently, his works has been featured by super-cool Asian- American sub-culture magazine Giant Robot (check issue no. 43). Moreover, an exhibit also under them in Los Angeles, called, Delubyo, paintings depicting zombies.

I first encountered Louie’s work thru his comic fanzine, Nardong Tae, a super hero basically made of shit, his powers are shit, and that five-part comic book is “the shit!” He is also known for his cover artwork for jazz-punks, Radio Active Sago Project’s latest album, T@ngina mo nagugutom ang Pilipinas… fashionista ka pa rin (Terno Recordings).

Louie’s full-colored art is like looking at detailed neon Pinoy komiks with a lot of torn guts and intestines and all characters are like dripping or melting; a true modern psychedelic experience indeed. Let’s talk to the artist:

Neil Gaiman in Manila 2007 update 3

OK everyone.. this will be or might be my last update for the event, I just got an info from Fullybooked about the event this sunday, and lets just hope that the typhoon wont give more problems to Neil Gaiman's arrival here in Manila and to the event.

for a fast news!
read this cool article in Inquirer.net

Marvelous maiden voyage

By Ruel S. De Vera
Inquirer

Last updated 06:57pm (Mla time) 11/20/2007MANILA, Philippines―There is a fine tradition of realistic fiction in Filipino literature,” Neil Gaiman explains. “We wanted to encourage unrealistic fiction.” Those words, appearing in “The Sandman” author’s Foreword, exemplify the dark heart, and considerable soul of “Expeditions: The Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards Vol. 1―Comics” (Fully Booked, 2007, 110 pages) and “Expeditions: The Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards Vol. 1―Prose” (Fully Booked, 2007, 190 pages). And any reader will recall that Gaiman had no idea what awaited him in the Philippines: “What I knew of the Philippines could have been written on the wing of a small butterfly.”

Boasting a terrific cover by “New Avengers” artist Leinil Francis Yu and helped by a healthy heaping of horror, these books shine with potent talents.

from :http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/you/expressions/view_article.php?article_id=102130

Now Im starting to fire up! and excited for tomorrow night!

According to Fullybooked Neil Gaiman already signed the books that will be sold at the event and he will be tired for sure at the Ad Congress, but they say that for sure Neil Gaiman will be there this  Sunday's event and will award the winner of the contest and also host the event.

And if ...
if... Neil Gaiman arrive early tomorrow in Manila and seems not to feel tired, he may come there at the Fullybooked Bonicafio High Street branch at Saturday night  to do signings and for a surprise appearance.
But as they say...all is not sure for Saturday.
but all engines go for Sunday.

see you all there!!!

http://www.fullybookedonline.com/

Animahenasyon 2007 opens tonight

for Schedules and Programming
visit http://animationcouncil.org/

The Animation Council of the Philippines just finished making the shortlist of entries of their annual competition for original content animated shorts and the screening of entries will begin this Thursday in Robinson's Galeria Cinema. I just got a chat with Grace Dimaranan of Top Peg animation studio and President of the Animation Council, she just shared to us that there were more than 150 entries for the contest and 80% of it made it to the finals and having their own category such as music videos, shorts, clay, stop motion, 3D, 2D and etc.

The competition is  big and all of them are good, in a professional level, these animators who joined the contest are independent, amateurs, small studio and student animators.  Grace also mentioned that all studio and members of the council will have an exhibition called "Dugtungan". Each studio will make an animated story and leads them without a script or storyboard, the main reference that they will use is a certain shape illustration from were they can start and also end. And later on they will connect all those animated pieces into one story. This will show the different style and approach of each studio on putting together a story without coordinating with each other.

This activity is one of the major project of the council for the original content, and also they are on provincial school tour in promoting animation and getting talents as well.

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read the PR of the event at http://animationcouncil.org/news.php?p=82

Komikon 2007 video and photo coverage

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZL3oum8TK8

Video coverage by Azrael Coladilla
for Komiks News Now Philippines

Komikon 2007 Photo Coverage 1

Komikon 2007 Photo Coverage 2

Komikon 2007 Photo Coverage 3

other blog post about the event can be found here at komiks.ph

Share your Komikon reviews and experience

post it and log on to www.komiks.forumer.com

or at http://komiks.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=4#4


for Komiks reviews go to

http://komiks.21.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=4

Itsura Manga features Chester Ocampo

"My conceptualization process is flexible depending on what I want to achieve out of an artwork. If it's a no-brainer artwork, I usually just have one flimsy idea to base it on and go from there. These no-brainer artworks are just for exercise and are never meant to be taken seriously. If it's a more concept-oriented artwork, the process is usually more complex. As much as possible, I try to visualize all the elements in the image that are necessary to communicate the concept/message. Only when I'm confident about the picture in my brain do I proceed with actually working on it. This process is also flexible to accommodate last-minute ideas that strengthen the concept or the impact of the image as a whole." - chester ocampo

Read the whole interview article at ITSURA MANGA

Book of Dreams : The 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

Neil Gaiman and Fullybooked
presents

Book of Dreams : The 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards
and the Exclusive book launching of Expeditions, the compiled winning entries of the 1st Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

November 25, 2007
3PM
Fullybooked, Highstreet
Courtyard

www.fullybookedonline.com

Photos: 3rd Komikon: Filipino Komiks convention 2007 part 1

komiks everywhere!!!!!! Im going crazy in all of these comics!

Randy Valiente's book about Filipino Komiks is now available!

Komiks, through the eyes of  the Comic makers
click the image to enlarge

this book is now available in all Central Books branches and maybe soon Randy might release this in your nearest comic shops.

Quezon City
927 Quezon Avenue 
Phoenix Building

Makati City
Ground Floor (inside Goodwill Bookstore, beside Zara across Marks and Spencer)
Glorietta 3 Mall Ayala Center, Makati City

Morayta Manila
Ever Gotesco Mall
CM Recto cor Nicanor Reyes St, Manila

Ortigas Center - Metro Manila
SM MegaMall
5th Level Building A

Cebu City
Junquera St. cor Del Rosario St.

Cagayan De Oro City
Limketkai Mall
West Concourse
Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

Davao City
Doors 2&3 Dover Building
Bonifacio Street
Davao City

Iloilo City
Robinson's Place
Mabini Wing
Ilioilo City

more news and info at
http://www.usapang-komiks.blogspot.com/

Michael Golden Iron Man Blasts into Mid-Ohio!

Poster Part of VIP Package!

Columbus, Ohio--Mid-Ohio is here again!! And a special Iron Man poster by comics creator Michael Golden blasts onto the scenes to punctuate the occasion in a rather emphatic way!

Marking Golden's first appearance at this stalwart convention, the poster features Iron Man springing forth from a lightening storm with all the energy and excitement we expect from a Golden piece. Part of the shows exclusive VIP package, arranged by show promoter Roger Price, it seems perfect timing with all the buzz of Marvel's new Iron Man movie in the works, as well!

Renowned for his work on "The 'Nam," "Micronauts," "G.I. Joe," "Dr. Strange, “Batman,” “Nightwing,” “Exiles,” "Spartan X," as well as “Manga Bucky O’Hare," Golden will be on hand throughout the convention to sign each and every copy of the VIP poster put before him.

In addition, Golden will also be at Mid-Ohio signing copies of the new, much-anticipated art book, "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden," from Vanguard Productions. The 128 page tome features an introduction by industry trendsetter, McFarlane, who cites Golden as one of his influences. Following this up are quotes from the likes of Jim Lee, Gene Ha and Art Adams, “Excess” also features text by writer Renee Witterstaetter with researcher Patricia Snodgrass, comprising a comprehensive look at the artist and his work.

Mid-Ohio con takes place November 24th-25th, and is located at the Columbus Convention Center. For more information on the show, programing, and the VIP poster by artist Michael Golden go to: www.midohiocon.com

(For more information on Michael Golden, contact: www.evaink.com ; evaink@aol.com.)

Jon Reed Wins Comic Book Idol 3 at Comic Book Resources!

Jon Reed wins Comic Book Idol 3!
Wins by less than 1%… Reed goes from an accounting assistant to comic book fame by winning the popular comic book art contest.

LOS ANGELES - After thousands of votes have been cast, an accounting assistant from Alexandria, Va., is the new Comic Book Idol. And he may need a new computer mouse after wearing his out.

“I just kept hitting ‘refresh,’ ‘refresh,’ ‘refresh,’” says Jon Reed, the Comic Book Idol 3 winner. He was eagerly watching as the votes were coming in, and with such a narrow margin of victory – an even 600 votes for Reed, while the runner-up, Charles Paul Wilson III, finished with an oh-so-close 581 votes – one can understand the nervousness he must have experienced. “It was stressful,” sighs Reed.

By winning CBI 3, the comic artist talent search contest hosted by www.comicbookresources.com, Reed gets an all-expense paid trip to the 2008 New York City Comicon, where Comic Book Idol host and comic book writer J Torres will help him network and meet industry leaders. Reed also gets assignments from IDW Publishing, Oni Press and Image Comics for winning the contest.

“I think that even previous contestants will agree that this was the most diverse and polished group of ten we’ve seen to date,” Torres said. “That made it for a tougher contest for those involved, and a better show for us fans to watch.”

Reed outlasted an incredible talent pool for CBI 3 that featured a global field, with contestants from England, Brazil and Canada. It was also a diverse field, with not only the accounting professional, who eventually won, but also a waiter and a security guard up against a batch of freelance artists. And the fans flocked to the competition – comicbookresources.com experienced a 500% increase in new traffic to its forum during the Comic Book Idol contest.

Pasko ng Komiks

(Komiks Christmas)

// Christmas is not all about toys, but in this event it is also about comics and the joys of reading it and appreciate art.



Official website: http://read-or-die.org/komiks/

Read Or Die, the UP Institute of Creative Writing and the UP College of Arts and Letters in partnership with Komikera and the New Worlds Alliance invite you to attend Pasko ng Komiks, a symposium on Filipino komiks. The event is the culminating activity of the 2007 College of Arts and Letters Week. The symposium will bring together komiks writers and artists from different groups and backgrounds along with respected critics.

The event is sponsored by the UP College of Arts and Letters, the National Book Development Board and WikiPilipinas.

There will also be an exhibit of komiks prints from select collections and artists in FC Gallery 2 as well as an open cosplay event featuring characters from comics–whether Filipino komiks, Western comics and graphic novels, or manga and manwha. We would like to invite everyone to participate in the cosplay.

The exhibit will be curated by Ms. Teta Tulay of the innovative female artists collective Komikera. For inquiries about donating prints or your own for exhibit, please contact her at komikera@gmail.com.

read more at Pasko ng Komiks 2007

The Scandal - honeymooners get caught by something

if you watch it til the counter gets 1:54, im sure you will know what it means.hehhehehhehehe...thanks to mr. babbling point for the link.

Comic artists in Eat Bulaga's On da Spot game

Its funny to see our local comic artists participate in a variety show game, I just saw this inside the bus with TV while going to Manila yesterday. That explains that why I am familiar with the final contestant for the jackpot game. The jackpot question was " who wrote the story of the monkey and the tortoise", then after winning the jackpot and getting a big prize, they showed off their comic arts and drawing on TV.


showing their artworks on TV,  forgive my camera bluryness, i just took this shot inside a moving bus.


that's Dan Borgones, artist of Glass House Graphics. I was surprised that he is serious in joining the game, lucky guy won
a prize  hhehe, thanks to Michelle Calanog for sharing this MMS photo.

more photos at Comic artists in Eat Bulaga's On da Spot game

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Sputnik will blast off this Saturday

so after Komikon, time to visit and witness the launching of Sputnik  at 8pm

Start:	Nov 17, '07 8:00p
End:	Nov 18, '07

It's a night of frivolity and bacchanal as we launch SPUTNIK into orbit! Featuring the unveiling of Leeroy New's permanent installation; appearances by Leinil Yu, Arnold Arre, and Louie Cordero; performances by Marty McFly, Shoulder State, and Blast Ople; the release of Nardong Tae #4; the debut of TWAT's first release; and comics and toys to be raffled off to boot!

Explosivo!

Also, two doors down at the same time it's Mogwai's launch! 2 birds with 1 stone! How's that for a slice of fried gold?!

Please spread the word to your comics-reading buddies! :Dvisit http://sputnikcomics.multiply.com/ 

Filipino Comics launching this Saturday's Komikon 2007

Lots of comics will be launched this saturday at the 3rd Komikon : Phil. Komiks Convention. And I'm going crazy already and Im getting ready to buy all of it. and instead of me buying a new cellphone today, I'll save more money in order to buy lots of comics and attend for THE VERY FIRST TIME this conventionn. congratulations to Artists' Den in advance.
here are some list and also previews of comics and new titles


Lapis Ko To! Comics Anthology Issue 1 by

other comics also launching.



ElmerIssue 3
Gerry Alanguilan 3rd installment of his comics about the life of humans and chickens. its a birdamania this saturday!


more news at http://gerry.alanguilan.com/

more from Alamat Comics

Trese Issue 7 : Embrace of the unwanted will be launched too and also a new comics series titled Skyworld will be launched together with Trese comics. more news at [Babbling Point] 11/14/2007 11:05:00 PM



Also David Hontiveros and Edgar Tadeo teamed up for a new comics "KADILIMAN: IN THEIR SILENT SHADOW CARVINAL"

"The story puts the spotlight on Doktor Kadiliman, infamous villain back during the 1940s. We'll also get to see the original Justice Corps in action during World War II.

Dave wrote this story a long time ago and Edgar actually finished the art for this story last year, but we finally, finally get to release it this year. We hope you'll like it.

And I just read in Carl's blog that David's PENUMBRA horror novellas will also be available at the Komikon." according to Budgette Tan of Alamat Comics.

RAMBOL 3 covers



Gilbert Monsanto of Sacred Mountains releases a preview cover of Rambol Issue 3.

No details released if this is available at the Komikon, but im sure he will launch it there too as he is one of the guest of honor
more news at http://gilbertmonsanto.blogspot.com/

Enter The Ragboy!
another new series coming up from the students of DLS-CSB more at http://onedarkmood.multiply.com/journal/item/15/

(tentative cover)

Ragboy is a series (hopefully) about the stories of a boy living in post-apocalyptic Philippines. The first issue (Basag Ulo) takes place in Quiapo underground in the year 2015. Ragboy (storyteller/dvd enthusiast/hero) is on a mission to find his friend who is taken away by 'terrorists'.

Tabloid Komiks and Maskarado is back!
and Reno Maniquis's Maskarado has a new material for all

According to Reno Maniquis, that the Tabloid Komiks will be no longer free, but a small amount of Php 10 will help each copy to produce more upcoming issues.



Also, MASKARADO: VISIONS, the portfolio/comic celebrating 15 years of Maskarado will also be available. The cover above was done by Kajo Baldisimo. It's jam-packed with art by Leinil Yu, Hal Santiago, Gerry Alanguilan, Gilbert Monsanto, Edgar Tadeo, Dell Barras and a whole lot more! Plus a 7-page story by Gio Paredes and myself, and a short prose piece written by Budjette Tan. All for the measly price of PhP30.00! What a bargain, eh? -Reno Maniquis

More news and update to his blog at http://ka-blog.blogspot.com/

Randy Valiente publishes a book about Philippine Comics

well, not only fans are excitebd but the independent publishers and creatore are excited also.
According to Randy that there will be a booth for artist like Nestor Malgapo, Steve Gan, Danny Acuña, Jun Lofamia, Vic Dabao and many more.. more news from his blog at http://usapang-komiks.blogspot.com/

RunWay Comics Issue 2



This salvo will feature the debut issue of Supernaut! - WasteSpacer Extraordinaire by Pope Vergel and Cat and Crow by Fe Pineda.

Supernaut was first seen in the pages of Horizons, the Design Folio of the Student Publications Office of the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB), and will be released as a series under RUNWay Comics.

Supernaut is the official mascot of RUNWay Comics.

RUNWay is also giving away some free stuff. For every P100 of items you buy from the RUNWay booth, you get a chance to draw from the lottery bowl to win trade paperback comics, manga and CDs like Marvel Knights: Elektra - The Scorpio Key, A.I. Love You Vol. 5, and Rayearth OVA Vocal Collection to name a few.


RUNWay will also be selling other miscellaneous items, such as stickers, key-chains and button-pins, along with back issues of Unfitting Title by Aya Caringal, Our Story: Goyo (2nd Edition) by Teddy Pavon, and Assorted Nuts 0 and 1 by Nick Barrameda.

The De La Salle-College of St. Benilde 2DPOST class under Prof. Gerry Alanguilan will be situated next to the RUNWay booth and will be selling comic titles by DLS-CSBs finest comic artists, some of which are Paik Abanilla, Teddy Pavon, and Ruth Orocio.

more juicy news at BJ David's blog

Atomic Underground Comics rebirth at Issue 4
check this video preview of their new issue, exclusively available in Komikon.



news from : ASHBURNdaRIDE

Point Zero comics list


Ika-siyam shared this info of a list of comics published by the Point Zero comics team. Also she will be releasing Cresci Prophecies Issues 17-19 and some back issues. If you're a Culture Crash comics reader you might be familiar on some titles below.


Pasig 16 (new!)


Kubori Kikiam GP6 (new!)
Kubori Krash


Minsan Compilation
Minsan Zero
Digmaang Salinlahi #4 and #5
Komiks aTBP. #5
FRESH


Cresci Prophecies Issues 1-16 (back issues, few copies)
Cresci Prophecies Issues 17-19 (latest)
Cresci Prophecies: Book of Arcen 1 (ish. 1-8 + extras)
Cresci Prophecies: Book of Arcen 2 (ish. 9-16 + extras, view book details below)
Curtains for Hire #1

read more news HEREI keep on searching for more preview covers of new comics and new issues of their titles in the net, but if you want to see a list of rosters of fresh and old independent comic creators and groups, you should check this list below

1. Silent Sanctum
2. Kalalangan Kamaru
3. M3
4. Skewed Studios
5. Mischelle Maxim Felix
6. Monkey Versus Squirrel comics
7. Paperclip Komics
8. Mirida
9. Subway Productions
10. Gener Pedrina
11. Karlo Cesar A. Cordero
12. Klovr Studio
13. Abono Komiks
14. Nestcomiks
15. Bandido Comics (formerly GreenHedz Comics)
16. Kickbackers
17. Forsaken Ground
18. SalimPusa
19. Psych Out Project
20. Pancitan Komiks Group
21. Bad Luck
22. Section Six Comics
23. Seraphic Assassins Productions
24. NokoTomoHya
25. ACE (Artist Club Extreme)
26. Lapis Ko 'To
27. Infinity Group
28. Scratch Comics
29. Komikera
30. Shirogaka
31. Ian Walter Along
32. Gio Paredes
33. Herman Gacosta
34. Benta Box Creations
35. Bien Del Rosario
36. RD Studioz
37. Pilar Nenita Esber
38. illUST
39. Philippine Onix / Ukiraio
40. Anonymous? Artists?

more news and list HERE



KOMIKON 2007
November 17, 2007
10am-6pm, Saturday
UP Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman , Quezon City
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Gilbert Monsanto [~gammaknight ] of Sacred Mountain

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