Signing at Sputnik!

Artists included in this signing are Macoy (School Run, Mascot), Andrew Villar (Ambush) and Gio Paredes (Kalayaan). And speaking of Sputnik, the little Cubao store that’s becoming a mecca of underground and indie comic book creators, it’s one of the featured locations in Arnold Arre’s... 

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Wasted Flyer from 1994

A Wasted flyer I photocopied for distribution in 1994, mostly at Platinum Comics at Robinson’s Galleria. Platinum Comics was instrumental in helping kick start Philippine Independent Komiks by providing a venue where creators can showcase their stuff. The store devoted an entire front window to... 

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Free Comic Book Day, May 1, 2010

The first Saturday of May is “Free Comic Book Day”, and it means exactly what it means. Participating comic book stores all over the world will be offering customers FREE COMICS! Click on the link below for more info on what this event is all about: Free Comic Book Day http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ Here... 

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Komikon Summer de avance is Next Month!

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... 

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Philippine Adventure & Romance Stories #1 at Summer Komikon!

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... 

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KomiksTrip Video by Flippish.com

Taking you back a couple of weeks to KomiksTrip because Flippish.com did this really extraordinary video of the event: ... 

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Renaissance is TODAY!

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... 

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Sketching at Renaissance Reminder!

I’ll be doing at least 10 sketches this Sunday at Renaissance, which would be first come first served at the venue. I think we will be limiting sketches to headshots only. To anyone who would be getting sketches, not only from me but from the other artists, please keep in mind that if you have... 

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On the Spot Poster Making Contest at Renaissance!

Click Image for Larger Scan. This looks like a pretty cool contest for the younger ones. I’m posting it here for its tie up to the Renaissance event on Sunday (more info on that here). I wish JackTV made a more web viewing friendly poster. This looks hard to see with small font size like this so... 

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KomiksTrip 2010

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 ... 

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