Komikon 2011

Komikon 2011 on November 19, 2011! I'll be there and so should you!

www.komikon.org

Gripo Reboot

Naisakatuparan na po ng GREEPO Comics at matagumpay na naitawid ang unang pagtitipon-tipon ng mga dakilang anak ng sining at mga nagmamahal sa komiks sa pamamagitan ng FB3C o First Baguio City Comics Convention! At dahil po sa kaganapang ito ay napagbuklod ang maraming mga malikhaing isip na magtataguyod ng ilang pagbabago patungo sa muling pagsibol ng industriya ng komiks, lalo na dito sa Siyudad ng Baguio kung saan mararamdaman talaga na isa na lamang multo ang komiks.

Gripo reboot ang itinawag namin sa aming pinakabagong proyekto kung saan susubukan naming ipalaganap ang komiks sa mga lansangan ng Baguio City. Kaya reboot ay dahil ang Gripo comics ay dati na naming nailathala bilang isang Indie comics sa aking pakikipagsapalaran sa mga comics conventions na ginaganap sa kamaynilaan at ngayon ay muli naming ilalathala sa panibagong ayos at panibagong paraan ng paglalantad sa publiko.

Simula sa buwan ng Agosto ay magiging laman na ng bangketa ang Gripo komiks at ilan pang komiks na nilikha ng mga anak ng sining ng Baguio City! Ang mga kuwento na inaasahang magpaganda sa mga pahina nito ay ang “Sugat ng Bayani,” “Sex and Sorcery,” “The Curfew,” “Goto King,” “MXP,” atbp.

Kasalukuyan po kaming naghahanap pa ng mga kontribusyon o mga ambag mula sa mga taong nagmamahal sa komiks upang lalong mapadali ang aming paglalathala at muling pagbibigay-buhay sa naghihikahos na industriya ng komiks.

First Comic Convention in Baguio City

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Presents:
Comic Convention in Baguio City on July 16,2011

Hi guys!
Please join us in celebrating the wonderful world of comics here in the beautiful City of Pines! It was a long time coming and now it's happening for the first time in the city.

We have a few comicbook personalities who had expressed interest in coming to the event such as Gerry Alanguilan (Wasted, Elmer, Wetworks, X-Men, Superman: Birthright, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, etc, Freely Abrigo (Kulas, Kapitan Tog), DANNY ACUÑA (Orbot ‘D Robot, Buchicoy, Chutay, Satania, etc.), Manix Abrera (Kikomachine comics, Philippine Daily Inquirer), A bunch of Comicbook Veterans, etc.!

Venue: Baguio City National High School Auditorium
Time: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm July 16, 2011
Entrance Fee: 100 Php

People and Events

Personalities include Gerry Alanguilan (?), Danny Acuna, Manix Abrera, Freely Abrigo, Rommel Estanislao, Orvy Jundis (?), Frank Cimatu, Gaby Keith, Pigeon Lobien, Big Fat Ben, The Curfew, Tony de Zuniga (?) Comicbook veterans both local and international, Sketchpad Studios, Carlo Pagulayan(?), Baguio Arts Guild (?) and other international Filipino artists. Personalities and groups followed by the "question mark" are people who had expressed interest to come but cannot commit or had been rumored by their closest friends to come but still needs confirmation.

Drawing Contests:
1. Live model sketching 2. Original Character Design 3. One page comic illustration 4. Comic strip drawing 5. Editorial cartoon drawing

Comic books! Lots of comic books both local and international.

Indie comics. Meet and greet up and coming comicbook superstars at the grassroots level!

Book Signing. Bring or buy your favorite artists comics and get one of your most memorable handshakes!

Workshops and lectures. Learn to sketch, draw comics and cartoons from professional artists!

Hero TV Comics creation Winner

I won!
I had the chance to win several awards and medals before but it's my first time to get some sort of trophy (I call it "THORpy") for an art contest!
The contest ran the course of 2 months where our page entries got exposed on the internet for weekly votes by readers. I got a weekly vote that won't even reach 10 even if I voted and that really drained the inspiration out of this starving artist week after week- specially when looking at the multitude of voters for the leading entries. In the end my entry entitled "Big Fat Ben" made me climb the stage for "Best Art" and "Overall Winner!" So the "I Am Hero Comics creation contest" by HERO TV ended the Metrocomicon 2011 with me having the biggest smile!
So here I am sitting with my THORpy! I also won 17,860 pesos ($380) of Gift certificates that I can't use here in Baguio; 2 t-shirts that don't fit me; and a pillow that's too small for any practical use! I'm not complaining. I can use the bag, and the TV interview and exposure would certainly give me a new, much improved resume!
My mom wasn't impressed with the prizes specially as she spent for all my materials and my fare going to Manila for the event. "Think about it if the contestant from Davao won, he'd be crying over the useless prizes!" is what she said. Well... I got to go look for a job now.

Free Comics by Indie Creators

Visit Comic Odyssey on May 7 and get the first ever Free Comic Book Day Indies Maximus comics sampler! featuring today's hot! and new! Pinoy comic artists and a killer cover by Gerry Alanguinan and intro from Budjette Tan. Published by Komikon Inc., Pinoy Indie Manila and CoRe Studios. (limited to 100 copies only)

My Animated Preview for my Comics

Sugat ng Bayani on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zySIXA3idas

The ArtSpot: komikon 2011

www.komikon.org: komikon 2011

Gripo # 3

This is the Cover for Gripo # 3 which I plan to sell at the Komikon 2011. www.komikon.org