My Love Affair with the Motoming Part 1 | Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Toys
It was a reward of sorts.
It was my first year managing the Philippine operations of IAS, Inc. and I was still alive so I thought I’d get something nice for myself. I had my eyes set on a PDA phone and the Sony Ericsson M600i seemed to be my best bet in terms of affordability […]
Rudy Florese’s ORAS MO NA! | Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Blogs
Gerry Alanguilan will be serializing Rudy Florese’s opus titled “Oras mo na!” in his blog starting this Thursday March 29, 2007 as a webcomics in a blog format.
Rudy is known internationally as the artist of Tarzan and Korak as well as a handful of mystery/horror stories for DC comics in the 1970’s. Known locally for […]
Doodle Camp | Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Posted in Comics, Classifieds
International comic artist, Gilbert Monsanto (Hellcop, Tropa, Rambol),is offering a summer workshop into the fine art of making comic books.
Here’s your chance to learn from a pro!
Sign up now and feel free to spread the word around or re-post the ad in your respective sites and/or blogs.
Why Comics are down in the Philippines | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Posted in General
Ask people in the comic book biz reasons for the decline of comic books (or Komiks as it is affectionately called) in the Philippines and inevitably one of the reasons that will be cited is the increasing competition from radio, television, games, and (more recently) the Internet.
I feel however, that this reasoning is misleading.
Books have […]
There was a Sign! | Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Movies
I can’t believe I didn’t make the connection before.
The movie, Pursuit of Happyness, foreshadowed the death of Captain America!
OK, for those who already saw the movie…
Remember that part where Will Smith’s character and his son were crossing the street on the run trying to catch the bus? His son dropped his Captain America action figure […]
FREE Comic Book Day! | Monday, March 19th, 2007
Posted in General
More good news from the good folks over at Comic Odyssey.
Comic Odyssey is proud to be a participant in this year’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.
Stop by any one of our shops on MAY 5, 2007 SATURDAY and receive your FREE COMIC BOOK(s).
We will be giving out a variety of Free Comic Book Day Editions of […]
Comic Odyssey | Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
BTW, if you guys are looking for those hard-to-find TPBs or just waiting for your new copies of your favorite titles, I highly recommend you check out Comic Odyssey.
Comic Odyssey has been serving comic fans in the Philippines since June, 1997.
They stock over 300 monthly new comic titles from all the major comic publishers including […]
KOMIKERO Store | Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Posted in General
My good pal, Gerry Alanguilan has finally set up shop online which you can visit here.
Up for grabs are the first two issues of Elmer (with a free sketch if you buy both), original art from Wolverine, Batman/Danger Girl, Silent Dragon, and Superman: Birthright, and Batch 72 comics from Alamat.
Head on over to the KOMIKERO […]
Controversy over 300 | Friday, March 16th, 2007
Posted in General
As the movie continues to enjoy box office success, not to mention the resurging popularity of the Graphic Novel by Frank Miller (currently at no.8 at Amazon), a number of controversies have plagued the movie, some of which are:
Racism in its portrayal of Persians.
Being labeled […]
The New Captain America!? | Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Posted in General
I…I…I don’t know what to think.
The image was posted by Marvel Comics at their website.
At the moment, judging from the conversations at different forums, people either hate it or love it (no middle ground). Too early to tell right now where the majority will go with this.
This may merely be a clever misdirection on Marvel’s […]