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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Fascinating Coincidence
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...
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Komiks Documentary (In Tagalog) from 2006
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 it...
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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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Arlan Esmeña, December 8, 1973 – February 18, 2010
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...
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Autobiographical Comics in the Philippines
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...
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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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KOMIKSTRIP at UPLB is TODAY!
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...
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Looking for ELMER and BOLD STARS?
If you’re having difficulty finding ELMER and “Where Bold Stars Go To Die”, or if you’re abroad, you can just order copies directly from me.
Just send an email to gerryalanguilan@yahoo.com with the subject : ELMER
Philippine based buyers will send payment via bank deposit, while...
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