Now on it's second year! (The first one was in 2003 ahehe).
The 2nd San Pablo Comics Festival
Lion's Club, San Pablo City
(Beside Sampaloc Lake)
December 6, 2009
10am-6pm
More info here:
[link]

We'll be launching TWO new books at Komikon. One is the Elmer Collected Edition, collecting all 4 issues of the series. The 2nd is "Where Bold Stars Go To Die", written by me and illustrated by Arlan Esmeña, including a host of pinups from some of the best: Francisco V. Coching, Tony De Zuniga, Brice Beckham, Leinil Francis Yu, Carlo Vergara, Carlo Pagulayan, Arnold Arre, Gilbert Monsanto, Philip Tan, and Edgar Tadeo.

Over at Jonas Diego's Robo Monkey Pixel Fighters' table is the launching of Komikero Comics #3,an anthology of comics stories by members of the Komikero Artists Group. It features my 8-page "Timawa: Jumper" story for the first time in print.

Over at Vibal Foundation's table is the launching of Francisco V. Coching's EL INDIO, a collection of Coching's classic komiks-novel from the early 50's digitally restored and collected for the first time. The digital restoration was done by myself and Zara Macandili.

SUMMIT will also be launching "UNDERPASS" a full color comics anthology featuring the work of Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo, Oliver Pulumbarit, Ian Sta. Maria, David Hontiveros, Carlo Vergara and myself.

I'll also be putting up for auction a rare handcrafted ELMER Hardcover Slipcase, to benefit flood victims. Other items for auction include a signed Leinil Yu sketchbook.

The Komikero Publishing table will be near the entrance, to the right. Arlan Esmeña and I will be at the table to sign starting 11am.

Do you want to become member of the Komikero Artists Group? It's so easy (maybe). Click here for info. [link]

Komiks writer and filmmaker Carlo J. Caparas has recently been named National Artist for Visual Arts and Film.

I will not say whether Carlo J. Caparas deserves the title of National Artist or not, for that will be a subjective argument.

I will stick with the facts, and keep this argument objective.

Carlo J. Caparas is simply not qualified to be given the National Artist Award, for the very least "Visual Art", and here are my reasons.

It is clear that "Visual Arts" and "Film" are two different categories. Therefore, "Visual Arts" refer to Carlo's work in comics. Carlo is a writer. He has never illustrated any of his comics stories, least of all his most popular ones. Panday and Pieta? They were illustrated by Steve Gan. Bakekang? It was illustrated by Mar Santana. Kroko? Illustrated by Hal Santiago. Totoy Bato? Illustrated by Tor Infante.

In the guidelines for selection of National Artist for Visual Artists, it clearly states:

Visual Arts – painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art and/or imaging;

How can someone who is not an illustrator, therefore *NOT* a visual artist ever be named National Artist for Visual Arts? If Carlo should ever be given this title, the title should be shared with all the artists he collaborated with, for that is the nature of comics. It is a collaborative medium as Carlo himself points out many times during his talks.

If not, then this title should be removed, as it is not factually descriptive of who he is.

Hello Guys!

Sorry I haven't had much time to update my Deviant Art. I've been producing an enormous amount of artwork (pencils, inks and colors), but I unable to post any art from it just yet. I can't even say what it's for because they haven't announced it yet.

There is another project I'm doing concurrent to it, which involves me getting back to inking more or less full time. I can't say who I'm inking, but let me just say that he's a very popular Filipino penciller whose initials are LFY.

I can't say what company it is for, but let me just say that it's one of the biggest ones, the name of which starts with the letter M.

I can't say the title of the comic book but let me just say that the initials are UCA. I think I'll be inking issues 6-12.

I can't say the name of the writer, but he's a very popular writer from Scotland whose initials are MM who has written titles like KA, W, and UA.

Sorry for being vague, but if LFY finds out I'm actually inking him, he'll freak.