Friday, January 03, 2014
What to do next?
Got word of the next theme ("tomorrow") and deadline (March 15) for the next Komikero Komiks Anthology. It's the new year! No more last minute stuff! I can probably fit one of the existing stories I have in mind for this one... or probably do something new.
Labels: aha, art, cartoons, comics, waxing poetic
@ 11:27 PM ---> Saturday, November 15, 2008
Just discovered they finished doing my Fan Friendster profile. Awesome!
Labels: aha, art related, awesome, cartoons, comics related, cool, discovery, launching
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
See you all there!!!
Labels: art related, awesome, cartoons, comics, comics related, cool, discovery, entertainment, events, feast, happy gathering, launching
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Two new locally produced animated movies are coming soon on the silver screen. The first is Dayo ("Wanderer"), one of eight official entries in this year's Metro Manila Filmfest:
Sounds interesting. Another animation working on the same premise as "Dayo" is from Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines (CreaM) set to be shown maybe early next year:
Jessie Lasaten, multi-awarded music composer and arranger for Filipino films "Anak," "Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa," among others, heads Cutting Edge as its Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Producer of "Dayo." Through the production of "Dayo," he challenges his pool of creative minds, and animators to compete on a regional scale by way of content creation.
Its narrative centers around an 11-year old kid named Bubuy (voiced by Nash Aguas) who is out save his beloved grandparents abducted into Elementalia -- a fantasy land abounding with strange flora and fauna, and a host of popular creatures from Philippine lower mythology.
Bubuy meets Anna manananggirl (voiced by Katrina Legaspi), a hyperactive teener with a special affection for all things human -- but not of a tummy-filling kind. Both Bubuy and Anna take on a wild, will-testing, and wonderfully funny adventure all over Elementalia -- from a massive falls teeming with gravity-defying merfolk; to an awe-inspiring crystal cave that houses a swarm of colorful alitubi; to a grand old tree that's home to a motherly female kapre; and finally to a majestic mountain guarded by a big pack of hungry aswangs.
From Bessie Badilla del Castillo, Imee Marcos, Mina Caliguia and a number of very talented Filipino artists from Art Farm Asia, check out this first all-Filipino-talent anime of one of the Philippines' famous folklore "aswang". It is making quite some noise in the international anime scene from Hong Kong to Cannes, France.Both movies look promising judging from the trailer both animation studios are obviously seeking to break out from the old tradition of full length locally animated movies released before like Adarna: The Mythical Bird (1997) and Urduja (2007), both official MMFF entries. I do hope this jumpstarts the trend for local animation studios to churn more quality indie film features worthy of international standards.Originally conceptualized for a 13 episode TV series. But because of it's story and the quality of work done by the artists and members of Creative Media Philippines (CreaM), the group is now challenged to make Fly Aswang into a full-length-featured anime with a 90 minute running time. It will still be in Tagalog and Tag-Lish and will be subtitled when it is submitted for international competition.
Fly Aswang - Filipino animation series based on Philippine Mythology. Against their mother Bessie's wishes, her three Filipina-American daughters travel to Manila for a cousin's wedding. Instead they are trapped in a vampire or aswang ritual and their family's history of supernatural power until Bessie come to save them.
The original will be in Tagalog except for the three girls, Isabel, Blanca and Ines who will be speaking Tag-Lish. The Hong Kong version (for HK anime/film fest April 2008) will be in English as requested by HK film makers. French version will be in the original format with French subtitles which will premier in Cannes in July 2008. ~ From arkitekfhc's "Fly Aswang" Trailer - An Original Filipino Anime post
Labels: art related, awesome, cartoons, cool, curios, discovery, entertainment, launching, movies
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Aaaaawwww...
Thursday, October 09, 2008
This confirms it.
Out of all the comic strips, Berke Breathed's "Bloom County" was the first, and obviously, still has the biggest influence in doing my comic strips. And I mostly agree with most, if not all, his political opinions too. I also read in another blog that, "You just can't get this kind of stuff today - too un-politically correct. Besides it's too smart to be wasted on today's youth." And I agree. Too much political correctness drove out most of the humor from entertainment leaving us with mostly bland, colorless sludge that passes itself off as comedy. Which leads us to Mr. Breathed's reasons for finally putting the penguin out to pasture:
Of course there are exceptions here and there but I would boldly say there will never be another cartoonist as far reaching in his influence as Mr. Breathed did for his generation, which I was lucky enough to be included. If you like what you've read then you can browse through other samples here, here, and here. I took the liberty of copying and posting below are the strips leading to the end (I hope Washington Post doesn't mind... click to expand in a new window) :
'Opus' creator to retire from drawing comic stripsSo it ends again and this time it looks as if it's really for good. He already said his goodbyes the first time in 1989 (with the premise that Donald Trump bought Bloom County forcing other characters to seek work in other strips), continued on with "Outland" until 1995 when he ended it without much funfare (Opus went to Antarctica to reunite with his long lost mother), and finally this.
The Associated Press
Oct. 8, 2008, 3:25 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in the Sunday funnies and the hearts of "Opus" fans.
The last strip featuring the beloved, large-beaked penguin will run in about 200 newspapers nationwide Nov. 2. Breathed announced Monday he's calling it quits after a comics career that has spanned nearly 30 years.
Amy Lago, comics editor of The Washington Post Writers Group, said Breathed will pursue other interests, such as writing books and screenplays.
Starting and stopping popular strips is old hat for Breathed, who lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., and has a children's book, "Pete & Pickles," due out next week.
The writers group unveiled his "Bloom County" strip in 1980; he went on to win the Pulitzer for editorial cartooning in 1987. He ended that strip in 1989 and the same year began the Sunday-only strip "Outland," which he quit in 1995. In 2003, he launched "Opus."
Breathed began his career as a college student with a strip in the University of Texas newspaper.
News of his retirement won't be too shocking for true fans — recent strips have alluded to "Opus" ending. Even so, Lago said, fans are disappointed.
This Sunday's strip will include a contest in which Breathed asks readers to guess the penguin's fate. Details on how to participate are not being released ahead of time. The answer will appear online after the last "Opus" runs next month, Lago said.
Out of all the comic strips, Berke Breathed's "Bloom County" was the first, and obviously, still has the biggest influence in doing my comic strips. And I mostly agree with most, if not all, his political opinions too. I also read in another blog that, "You just can't get this kind of stuff today - too un-politically correct. Besides it's too smart to be wasted on today's youth." And I agree. Too much political correctness drove out most of the humor from entertainment leaving us with mostly bland, colorless sludge that passes itself off as comedy. Which leads us to Mr. Breathed's reasons for finally putting the penguin out to pasture:
“30 years of cartooning to end. I’m destroying the village to save it. Opus would inevitably become a ranting mouthpiece in the coming wicked days, and I respect the other parts of him too much to see that happen. The Michael Moore part of me would kill the part of him that was important to his fans.”We'll never see another comic strip with the same caliber as Bloom County did in the 80s (or the recent "Opus") as these two hilarious samples show:
“With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I’m suspending my comic strip to assist the nation. The best way I can help is to leave politics permanently and write funny stories for America’s kids. I call on John McCain to join me.” ~ Berkeley Breathed says goodbye to Opus: 'I'm destroying the village to save it', LA Times, 02:04 PM PT, Oct 6 2008
Click each image to expand.
Of course there are exceptions here and there but I would boldly say there will never be another cartoonist as far reaching in his influence as Mr. Breathed did for his generation, which I was lucky enough to be included. If you like what you've read then you can browse through other samples here, here, and here. I took the liberty of copying and posting below are the strips leading to the end (I hope Washington Post doesn't mind... click to expand in a new window) :
Labels: aaahh, art related, cartoons, comics, comics related, events, history, reminiscing, sad news
This is the first of a series of full page comics expanding on the ideas that previously came out in strip format. Six years ago this week the title made its debut in the pages of Philippine News (Oct. 9-15, 2002 issue) making it the first comic strip, I think, in the history of the paper. You can click the next individual images to read them in another window:
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* These pages originally came out in the second issue of Topak Magazine published by PSICom Publishing. Minor editing was done to improve some perceived flaws by the creator.
Labels: awesome, cartoons, comics, cool, funny stuff, history, reminiscing, West Side comic
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Joint ad for the comic book compilations of fellow cartoonists, Stanley Chi (Chopsticks) and Julius Villanueva (Life In Progress), both works can be read in the comic pages of the Manila Bulletin:
Labels: awesome, cartoons, comics, comics related, cool, funny stuff
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Hilarious take on the Watchmen (copied from ComicBookMovie.com):
Who Watches the Watchnuts?
Good Grief! Charlie Brown as Doctor Manhattan?!!
Young art star Evan Shaner mimics cartoonist Charles Schulz by combining his Peanuts characters and the Watchmen. The drawing includes Charlie Brown as Doctor Manhattan, Linus as The Comedian, Schroeder as Ozymandias, Lucy as Silk Spectre, Snoopy as Rorschach, and Pigpen as Nite Owl.
Labels: art related, awesome, cartoons, comics, comics related, cool, cute, entertainment, funny stuff, movies
Saturday, September 27, 2008
First workshop from Robo Monkey Pixel Fighters (RMPF):
FIRST WORKSHOP
The RMPF Workshop Series is proud to present our first workshops to be offered together with our partner institutions, Euphony Music Studio and St. Vincent Tutorial Center, both located in Makati City.
We're offering the Cartooning for Kids Workshop and Cartooning Workshop to be offered at both locations at the following schedules:
EUPHONY MUSIC STUDIO
Cartooning for Kids Workshop
For Elementary School Students
Saturdays
9:00-11:00 AM, 1:00-3:00 PM, and 4:00-6:00 PM
Cartooning Workshop
For High School Students
Sundays
9:00-11:00 AM, 1:00-3:00 PM, and 4:00-6:00 PM
SAINT VINCENT TUTORIAL CENTER
Cartooning for Kids Workshop
For Elementary School Students
Saturdays
9:00-11:00 AM, 1:00-3:00 PM, and 4:00-6:00 PM
Cartooning Workshop
For High School Students
Sundays
9:00-11:00 AM, 1:00-3:00 PM, and 4:00-6:00 PM
For those who are interested you can get in touch with either Euphony Music Studio or St. Vincent Tutorial Center with the following contact details:
EUPHONY MUSIC STUDIO
FI-A Mezzanine
MCS Commercial Complex
Chino Roces Ave., Makati City
CONTACT DETAILS
Landline: (02) 844-5289, (02) 752-0006, Mobile: (0918) 563-7669
Look for Lynne Albay
SAINT VINCENT TUTORIAL CENTER
Lower Ground 11
Cityland Pasong Tamo Tower
Chino Roces St., Makati City
In front of the Don Bosco Technical Institute
CONTACT DETAILS
Landline (02) 894-4498
Look for Emmanuel Dino
Labels: aaahh, aha, art related, awesome, cartoons, comics, cool, discovery, entertainment, happy gathering, launching
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Now working on the contribution for second issue of Nosebleed Magazine. The authorities gave me permission to create other titles more suited to the topic at hand. This one's for the Halloween thing. By the way, launching of the magazine will be this weekend at the Book Fair at the SMX near Mall of Asia.
Labels: Always Saturday, art related, cartoons, comics, comics related, cool, funny stuff
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Here's an unfinished one comic page (CLASS) for a new up and coming local comic magazine. I haven't incorporated this much manga-ish elements in a very long time (the last being close to ten years ago in GLITTER Magazine pa) so you could probably tell I really enjoyed doing this one. In contrast to my gig in West Side where coming up with an idea and drawing it has become quite a chore. It's also interesting to note this will be the first time CLASS will be published in full color. Yay!
Labels: art related, cartoons, comics, cool, funny stuff
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Komiks related merchandise announcement from my friend and fellow cartoonist, Manix Abrera:
* Click image to view the initial available designs.yey! meron na po uling bagong stock ng tshirts :D
kung sakali pong gusto ninyo mag-order, sabihin nyo lang po kung ilang shirts at anu-anong designs. tapos mabbabayad lang po sa BPI acct# 4055 0330 78 Manuel Luis L. Abrera :) tapos kapag ok na po, ipapadala na agad sa inyo thru LBC (email nyo po ang complete name at address din niyo) :D
350po ang isang shirt + 100 for delivery. pero pag 2 shirts po, free na ang delivery :D yey! hehe :)
Labels: art related, cartoons, comics, funny stuff, merchandise
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This is the last of the school opening series for this month and tied up with the news about the typhoon a week ago. Although it happened during the weekend, students at least had the consolation of having classes in all levels in the metro cancelled so those in charge can assess the damages and prevent further injuries from whatever debris is left around the campus. By the way, this is the unedited strip submitted to the paper and it may or may not be changed to suit my funny bones later when it's colorized later in my DA page.
* West Side is published weekly in Philippine News.
Labels: art related, cartoons, comics, funny stuff, pang-asar, Philippine News, West Side comic
This is a commissioned work for the month long topic about the outrageous sayings of Jesus at the VCF center in Fort Bonifacio (starting this Sunday, real interesting too if you want to catch what those are). I did a minor revision on the pattern on the robe of Jesus to fit the original design I came up with a long time ago (it was a wonderful, wonderful work for a special summer topic for the kids' church in VCF Manila back in the late 90s. It was about the "Journey Through the Bible," starting with Adam and Eve in the garden right up to the paper tole figure of Jesus playing with a couple of kids and surrounded by a crowd of Pharisees and disciples. I did the whole thing manually with drawing pens and water color, unfortunately I didn't have any scanner or camera of any kind at the time so I wasn't able to secure a copy of the whole thing).
Click the image to open another window to see the revised version of the illustration.
* Thank you Ganns for the opportunity to do this.
Labels: art related, cartoons, events, signages, vcf
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I discovered this fairly new hilarious web comic, Odd-Fish, after British artist, Nobby Nobody created a guest strip for The Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve last week. This is the first comic strip I've seen anybody do in fine ballpoint pens. Wow.
By the way, the Octopus' name is Lovecraft.
The Pufferfish is Howard.
Did that get you laughing? You want more? Start clicking.
By the way, the Octopus' name is Lovecraft.
The Pufferfish is Howard.
Did that get you laughing? You want more? Start clicking.
Labels: cartoons, comics, funny stuff, pang-asar
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Beerkada sandwiches with a Biblical theme and it's not even Holy Week yet. Click the strips to enlarge:
This last one's creepy especially with Aling McBeal whispering those ominous words in Bryan's ear.
This last one's creepy especially with Aling McBeal whispering those ominous words in Bryan's ear.
Labels: cartoons, comics, discovery, feast, funny stuff, pang-asar
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Rabbit Fire (1950)
This is one of my favorite Looney Tunes episodes which inspired the Sith Season, Jedi Season artwork I did for the New Worlds Convention years ago.
Devil May Hare (1953)
This is also one my favorites because of the Tazmanian Devil's first appearance. This was way, way before he was referred to as "Taz." Why can't they do cartoon these days with humor parallel to this?
Labels: cartoons, funny stuff
