Blog: November 19th, 2008The symposium last Monday was remarkable. The morning period had really talented artists sharing their career beginnings, I really enjoyed Harvey Tolibao’s rise in the industry, as related in his endearing folksy mannerisms. During the afternoon session, we found out how much comics has penetrated the halls of academe. Advocates like Prof. Emil Flores and [...]
Blog: November 20th, 2008During the Tuesday talk with Jonas Diego, he shared the issues with comics writing. He says pure writers need artists, and to get an artist on board, he needs to believe in the work as well. I guess that’s the incentive for writer-artist teams to bring out great stuff, as evidenced by the Tan-Baldisimo collaboration [...]
Blog: November 21st, 2008The show’s name is JUICY.
See you all tomorrow!
Blog: November 24th, 2008I’m watching Mission: Impossible III, and did I just catch Matt Parkman of Heroes talking to Ethan Hunt at the beginning of the movie?
During Komikon Week, ASAPhil organized a simultaneous event as well, and invited me along with Jomike Tejido (Foldabots) and Manix Abrera (Kiko Machine) to tour in UP Diliman.
Jomike’s Foldabots book (as seen [...]
Blog: December 2nd, 2008Click to enlarge.
Blog: April 14th, 2009Watch Lyndon and Ariel promote Komikon on NBN4’s She Ka today, 8-9am.
Blog: April 29th, 2009Everyone is invited this May 16, Saturday, 10am-8pm, in UP Bahay ng Alumni!
Kitakits, Beerkadets!
Blog: May 18th, 2009Ariel Atienza treated the Komikon staff to Teriyaki Boy for his birthday when I noticed that the eyes of TB’s mascot looked eerily similar to Beerkada’s own eye design. So I grabbed everyone’s napkins, replaced them with unprinted tissues, then drew on aforementioned napkins. I had to be creative with Chompy and Harry’s sketches, as [...]
Blog: October 10th, 2009Komikon had an exhibitor’s briefing this afternoon in preparation for next Sunday’s (October 18) event.
Did you know that The 5th Annual Komikon will happen on the last day of the MegaSale? So come early if you want to avoid the crowd.
See you all there!
October 14th, 2009