The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival is an event that is meant to celebrate Philippine comics by gathering together today's most popular comic creators to interact with their readers. At least 50 different artists will be on hand to promote and sell their comic books. The festival will be held at Roño's Place, a…
The biggest comic convention south of Manila is back on its fifth annual run. Organized by the Graphic Literature Guild (GLG), ELBIKON is all set to host over a hundred exhibitors, including Manix Abrera (Kikomachine Komix), and Toto Madayag (Libreng Komiks). ELBIKON is where artists can showcase their crafts in the form of comic books,…
Text and photos by Kimmy Baraoidan Comics, books, zines, stickers, art prints, postcards, bookmarks, knickknacks – Elbikon 2017 in a nutshell. For four years now, the Graphic Literature Guild (GLG), a student organization from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, has been hosting Elbikon, each year bigger than the last. Over a hundred exhibitors…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Comic strips courtesy of Manix Abrera “At dahil hindi natutulog ang balita, nakatutok kami beinte-kwatro oras (And because the news never sleeps, we are tuned in twenty-four hours),” goes the spiel of veteran news anchor Mike Enriquez of GMA Network–a mantra that everybody in the media would come to know as early…
It's a good year for local comics so far. Regular comic cons in and beyond the metro keep comic artists and fans connected and updated. Local artists are emerging. The scene is very much alive. Two of the country's popular comics artists are set to launch their books. Toto Madayag will make his debut into the printed world…
Text and photos by: Kimmy Baraoidan Elbikon 2016 is on its third year—stronger and better than ever. Held at the Baker Memorial Hall in the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Elbikon gathered local comics creators and enthusiasts from the metro and nearby areas for a day of fruitful exchanges and sharing of all…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan “Para sa iyo, kasama kong naliligaw sa ulan (For you, who is lost with me in the rain),” wrote Manuel 'Manix' Abrera on the second page of “14.” The words were printed in long-form cursive text, punctuated with a smiley face. I closed the…
Filipino comics artist Manix Abrera will have his one-man exhibit opening at the UP Vargas Museum in Diliman, Quezon City on August 5, 2015, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. The exhibit will feature his 'silent comics' where the protagonists are various Philippine mythological characters. His work will be on display until August 19.
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan Carlos Palanca Award and National Book Award winner Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin and renowned comics artist Manuel “Manix” Abrera join forces in their latest work, Si Kaitlin at ang Game Machine (Kaitlin and the Game Machine). The children’s book was launched last February 23, 2015…