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On Inking, Bold Stars and Rodski
I’ve been inking comics professionally now for like well, since 1995. You would think I’d get tired of it, bit I’m honestly not. Admittedly, there was a time that I quit. This was back in 2005. That...
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New at Summer Komikon: Rodski Patotski, Ang Dalagang Baby
Arnold Arre and I will have a new book coming out at Summer Komikon on April 12, 2014. I wrote and lettered it, and Arnold Arre illustrated and colored it. Arnold’s wife Cynthia Bauzon-Arre provided...
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All of a sudden, I’m nervous. I have absolutely no idea what kind of reaction “Rodski Patotski: Ang Dalagang Baby” is going to get at this Summer Komikon on Saturday, TWO DAYS FROM NOW! I’ve always...
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Summer Komikon 2014
Photo by Jonas Diego I think I’m still feeling a little dazed from Summer Komikon. It was probably the most physically stressful time I’ve had at a Komikon. My allergies were pretty bad that it’s...
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Francisco V. Coching is Now a National Artist
Francisco V. Coching has finally been declared a National Artist via Proclamation 808. MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION N0. 808 DECLARING FRANCISCO V. COCHING...
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Francisco V. Coching Was More than Just An Illustrator
To clarify some misinformation being spread about Francisco V. Coching and his qualifications for being National Artist specially through the column of Nestor Torre, contending that: “And there are...
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Axis, Komikon and Other Things
It’s been a very difficult couple of months for me, physically. I caught pneumonia late last month and as I recounted in my last blog entry, it was truly horrible. After I wrote that blog entry I...
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“Ang Unang Pasko” Illustrated by Emil Rodriguez, Adapted by Angel Ad Santos
Here’s a short story illustrated by one of the greatest unknown Filipino komiks illustrators, Emil Rodriguez. I will be posting more of Emil’s work in the coming weeks, but I’m posting this one now in...
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“Sandali ng Katotohanan” by Nestor Redondo
“Sandali ng Katotohanan” (Moment of Truth) is a short story that’s both written and drawn by legendary Filipino komiks creator Nestor Redondo (Rima, Swamp Thing) for Espesyal Komiks #102, September 3,...
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My Friend Johnny
Johnny insisted that I first met him at Comics Den, a small comic book shop here in San Pablo sometime in the early 2000s. To be honest, I don\’t remember. When the Laguna Artists Group (later known...
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