Thursday, May 26, 2011

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!