Poster’s Out! | Friday, September 7th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
Check out this poster for The 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards!
Best of all, Neil Gaiman is coming over for the awards night and the launch of the compilation of last year’s winner. Leinil Francis Yu, Pinoy superstar penciller of such blockbusters like Superman: Birthright and Wolverine will be drawing the cover.
Yowza! I gotta try submitting something. […]
Round Two…FIGHT! | Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman and Fully Booked present:
The 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards!
Calling all Filipino writers, artists, and just about anyone with a wild imagination! Neil Gaiman wants YOU to join this nationwide writing competition to seek out excellent work in two categories: comics and prose fiction.
The contest starts on September 1 and deadline […]
My HART will go on | Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
I wrote about Johnny Hart yesterday, creator of the popular comic strip B.C. Click here if you haven’t read it yet.
He passed away the other day and his family will make sure that his comic strip still continue to run by producing new material using archives that the artist has left behind. This is nothing […]
FREEDOM and PASSION! | Monday, April 9th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion, that is.
The award-winning books are now available on Pullbox.com which pretty much means comic book lovers everywhere in the world can now get them (provided you have an internet connection, that is).
Siglo: Passion won the award for Best Comic […]
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 […]
Stephen King Ventures into Comic Books | Monday, March 12th, 2007
Posted in Comics, Books
Yep, it’s confirmed.
Stephen King, well-known horror/fiction writer whose credits include The Tommyknockers and The Stand (one of my personal favorites), is going to be including comic books to his already long list of achievements.
Marvel Comics has published his book, Dark Tower as a comic book serial. Also involved in the project are comic book favorites […]
MOVIE: Bridge to Terabithia (No Spoilers!) | Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Posted in Movies, Books
It’s easily one of the best movies I’ve ever seen so far but let me tell you right now: it’s not what you think it is…at least not what I thought it was.
I’ll just leave it at that. I did say this post will have no spoilers after all.
Bridge to Terabithia is a children’s fiction […]
Burne Hogarth’s Dynamic Anatomy | Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
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One of the basics a comic artist (indeed, any artist) should learn is anatomy. This is especially true if one intends to specialize in superhero comics where most of the main characters’ colorful costumes look like they were painted on.
A book which I consult a lot is Burne Hogarth’s book on Dynamic Anatomy.
Burne Hogarth, who […]