Seven Lakes Komiks Festival 2024 Brings Komiks Beyond The Metro

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the Metro Manila convention scene, and join us this May 11, 2024 as we celebrate Filipino Komiks at the Seven Lakes Komiks Festival! To be held at the cozy and laidback premises of Casa San Pablo, this event seeks to create a komiks-centric space to release new books and introduce new and old creators to each other in a relaxed community setting. 

San Pablo is rich with Komiks history, and partnering with both the Komikero Komiks Museum started by the late Gerry Alanguilan, and with Casa San Pablo, the Seven Lakes Komiks Organizing Committee aims to provide a fun filled day of reading and dialogue about komiks, connecting creators with readers, and hopefully create a new fans as well. Our event is proudly sponsored by Komikon Inc.,  (short description of Komikon),  and CARD MRI Publishing House Inc., a local publishing house under CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), that aims to "to elevate the capacity of CARD MRI clients by providing progressive and positive stories." We are also supported by The Graphic Literature Guild, a student organization for artists, writers, and comic enthusiasts based in UP Los Baños, and will be covered by our official media partners Indie Komiks Podcast and Blink Creative Studio.

The first ever League Con PH is happening on September 20-22, 2019!

Let us celebrate the world of Superheroes! 

League Con brings you the country’s top comic book artists and more! 

Comic book Superheroes have taken pop culture by storm. Comic book characters have transcended the print medium to cross over into television, movies, toys etc.. Although this has held true for decades, it has never been seen at this scale. 

At the very heart of this multi-billion dollar industry are creators. Comic book pencillers, inkers, colorists, digital artists, sculptors, letters, writers etc.. These creators designed and breathed life into the very characters that we read about and watch on the big screen. The very same characters who have inevitably become a huge part of our childhood, giving us hope and inspiration when we needed it the most. 

Free Comic Book Day 2018 Featuring iKwento For Pinoy Komik Fans!

This year of Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), I was able to attend because schedule now permitted me to experience this again. And it has become a tradition to start my haul with Filbar's in Megamall which has made it a monumental day for the store as comics fans are increasing every year.

Filbar's has a great system in organizing the long line of fans waiting to get their favorite comic books. And like we have featured back then, their Flashpass system still works to avoid over-saturation of people waiting for to get inside the store. Filbar's also provide space for comic artists who can do commission work and sometimes has a feature artists on board. This year they had Pugad Baboy creator Pol Medina who just launched his 30th anniversary of the Pugad Baboy Series.

Comic World Mourns The Loss of Darwyn Cooke

It was another sad day for comics with the passing of the Eisner award winning Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, Darwyn Cooke (November 16, 1962 – May 14, 2016), who was known for his contributions for the industry especially to DC Comics. His death was due to complications of cancer that his wife describes as "aggressive". Comic book fans all over the world showed sadness with the news.

Celebration Continues January 8 In Cinemas - “SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN THE PEANUTS MOVIE”

The festive celebration continues this January 8 (Friday) when “Snoopy and Charlie Brown The Peanuts Movie” opens in Philippine cinemas nationwide.  

At its core, “Snoopy and Charlie Brown The Peanuts Movie”  is about everyday anxieties we encounter while growing up, going to school, and dealing with the perceptions people have about one another.  “We took that theme and changed the overall tone of the movie, which resulted in a stronger message, one that both adults and children can relate to,” says Craig Schulz, son of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. 

TOYCON 2014: The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention

The Philippine TOYCON: The Biggest Pop Culture Event in the Philippines celebrates its 13th year.

What's bigger than dinosaurs? Giant robots. What's bigger than giant robots? Godzilla. What's bigger than Godzilla? Freakin' outer space! Where a bunch of aliens are busy guarding the galaxy.

There's nothing that can compare with bigness. But sometimes, even the thought of "bigness" is an understatement when you find something that can contain all these things and add in a huge dose of fun and thrills. Prepare for the biggest one yet! It's time for TOYCON 2014!!

The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention, or TOYCON as it's more widely-known, is Asia's biggest and longest running convention for collectibles, toys, anime, comics, cosplay, gaming and anything and everything related to hobbies and collections. The convention has been ongoing since 2002 so it is now on its 13th year of thrilling fans and aficionados alike. It is, simply put, the biggest pop culture event in the country.

Studio Salimbal Talks About Philippine Comics

Studio Salimbal a newly formed comic group hailed from the best in the comic industry is off for their first collaborative project. As many of its members have created stories and comics that have crossed boundaries and some have been introduced overseas. But they are first focusing on the homecourt which is the Philippines.

They would like to talk for their first project, they wanted to talk about Philippine Comics. Happening on on April 6 (Sunday), 2:30pm at the Forum at Fully Booked Hightstreet. They will have series of open panels where Salimbal members, as well as any creators and fans who would like to come, can talk shop and compare projects and goals for the future and there will be free sketches also.

To get to know the members of Studio Salimbal, you can check their names, their profiles and their websites listed below.

Castle Geek Gives Away Free Comics Monthly To Pull List Members

Starting this July and will last the entire month, Castle Geek – the fastest growing comics, toys and collectibles shop is launching their PULL LIST SERVICE. Comic fans in the metro can expect tons of discounts and incentives from the comic retailer that will be available in their branches in Glorietta, The Collective and soon at V-Mall Greenhills.

“Having the PULL LIST SERVICE helps us to forecast the number of copies that each title our customers would require, through this we are able to achieve publisher incentives including the coveted variant covers everyone desires. In turn we are able to channel these perks to our customers through discounts and freebies” says Lawrence Sol Cruz, Operation Head for CASTLE GEEK.

PULL LIST SERVICE members of the shop are entitled to 15% discount on all their comic titles and other perks that cover Merchandise, Graphic Novels and even a free comic monthly.

To learn more about the PULL LIST SERVICE that’s happening next month, visit the CASTLE GEEK Facebook Fan page at https://www.facebook.com/CastleGeek and check out the event section.

KOMIKON 2013 News and Contest!

Komikon is giving 5 complimentary passes to Summer Komikon 2013! Read here to find out how.

The first person who can correctly identify the most number of comic characters, creators, mascots and comic fans on this situational art by Rommel Estanislao will get 5 complimentary passes! 

Just send an email to contests [at] komikon.org before 12 noon of April 8 (Monday) with the following subject: Total = . In the body of the email, put:

1. List of comic characters, 

2. List of creators, 

3. List of mascots, 

4. List comic fans 

with your full name, age, contact number. 

Don't just randomly guess because it will be RIGHT MINUS WRONG!

Summer Komikon 2013!

Summer + Chibi Characters + Paper + Ink + A Whole Lot of FUN = Summer Komikon 2013!

Yes, And its all set this April 13, 2013 at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig City. And many are expecting this will again be a jampacked convention with a lot of fans, comic artists, and even cosplayers who will fill up the venue!

Also know the winners of the Character Making Contest, Comic Creation Contest, Create Your Own Foldabots, Titus Seven Notes. Meet and greet our Pinoy Comic Pride like Carlo Pagulayan, Stephen Segovia, Roy Alan Martinez, Harvey Tolibao, Lui Antonio, Huebert Khan Michael, Dennis Crisostomo, and Jomar Bulda. 

Get your indie comic craving at the Indipendent Komiks Tiangge and the start of the Fourth Komikon Awards. Get Tips and tricks of the trade from the special Guests Robert Manguson, Jomike Tejido, and Elbert Or

Like them at http://www.facebook.com/komikon.org and at follow our tweets at http://www.twitter.com/komikontweets , please use the hashtag #SK041313 :)

Map and Directions at http://www.komikon.org/map-to-bayanihan-center/ 

Happy New Krisis Year!

Sorry for not updating lately on this komik blog because of tons and tons of committments left and right that made me so busy and hardly made any komiks this year. But as part of my New Year resolution, I will give priority again back to Krisis Komix and will release a new one this Summer Komikon. 

Speaking of Komikon, just today they announced the date of the event that will be on April 13, 2013. What?! I said to myself since I am just working on my new titles this year, namely IFIINITE KRISIS featuring Cadena de Amor (no this is not a love story, well not yet but will be kickass!).

Krisis will also have major changes in terms of genre and style so it would appeal to more people and also get attention. 2012 may be a slow year for me but I got a lot of lessons this year that I can use for the komiks. Even with shool and events, I think I can do better this year and also be a year of big imrpovements.

COMICXHUB Year One!

Time does fly by so fast and a year a ago I was talking to Lawerence about his online business which is really interesting and a first in the country. COMICXHUB is a venture that made comics collecting easier with a few simple clicks. And fast forward to 12 months, it is now celebrating its first year! 

And with the anniversary held at the Collective last September 29 also comes another milestone with the opening of CASTLE GEEK store there which serves as another physical store aside from their office store in Shaw boulevard. 

The night was filled with comics (local and international), action figure collections, sketches from comic artists and even fun games and raffle of prizes. They also gave recognized the people and organizations that helped them a lot for its first year. And we are happy to be one of them! To Comicxhub, thank you very much for providing a one of kind service plus your support for the Filipino komiks industry, we wish more years of success (and more branches of castle geek) to come! 

More photos of the event at Krisis Komix facebook page!

KOMIKON INDIEKET This July 14!

After the very successful KOMIKON at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig. Indeed the time was not enough for the public to get to know more about the independent komiks that is the growing community (especially with our group in Indie Komiks Manila). Komikon creats a new event that spotlights on the Indie Komiks with the first Indieket 2012.

The 1st Komikon Grand Independent Komiks Market. A mini-event from Komikon. This will happen at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig on July 14 with an entrance fee of only 30 pesos! 

Visit http://www.komikon.org/ for more details.

Like us at http://www.facebook.com/Indieket and follow our tweets at http://www.twitter.com/indieket

And, here's the map and instructions going to Bayanihan Center: http://www.komikon.org/map-to-bayanihan-center/ (from last Summer Komikon 2011)

COMICXHUB: New Releases January 18 2012

NEW RELEASES – JANUARY 18, 2012


COMICS

• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #678
• ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #12
• AVENGERS #21
• AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #3 WITH FREE DIGITAL CODE
• BATMAN #5
• BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #4 (OF 7)
• BIRDS OF PREY #5
• BLUE BEETLE #5
• BOYS #62 (MR)
• CAPTAIN ATOM #5
• CATWOMAN #5
• CHEW #23
• COBRA ONGOING #9
• CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #12
• DANGER GIRL REVOLVER #1 (OF 4)

COMICX HUB’S GRAND 3-DAY CLEARANCE SALE !

Starting January 13 until January 15, COMICX HUB - Comics, Toys & Collectibles will be having their grand warehouse sale in their head office in Pasig City. For the entire three days, customers can avail of massive discounts on all of their items as they try to clear out space for incoming shipment.

Among the discounts that will be offered on a first come first served basis include 50% OFF on Complete Sets, Hardcovers and TPBs as well as Posters, 25% OFF on Marvel Omnibus Editions and DC Absolute Edition books and huge savings on all New Releases from August until December. Variant Cover Editions shall also be sold for as low as P200.00 and without minimum purchase requirements.

This event will also feature an exhibit of Original Artwork by Stephen Segovia, Mico Suayan and Leinil Francis Yu in 11X17 formats.

COMICXHUB: Free Marvel Calendar!

Get a free Marvel 2012 Calendar for purchases reaching P1500, or you can also buy them individually for P200! Start the year right at Comicxhub!

Happy Birthday STAN LEE!

Just greeting the epic genius who gave us amazing characters like Spiderman, Thor, X-men and many more. Now celebrating his 89th birthday, still strong and makes great stories (and movie cameos) that the future generations will definitely enjoy!

Happy Birthday Stan Lee!

COMICXHUB: Another Signing Event this November!

November becomes more interesting with another signing event with our Pinoy Artists known internationally for their works. Namely Stephen Segovia (Marvel), Heubert Khan Michael (Vampirella, Thanos), and Carlo Pagulayan (Hulk, X-men). 

You can still shop for more titles at the store with 20% off on new releases for that week and up to 50% off on paperbacks and hard covers! Ambush creator Andrew Villar and Callous Comics, Dr. Carlo San Juan will also be there selling their comics!


Register now at www.comicxhub.com and check out fresh and hot titles now! 

See you there!

COMICXHUB: X-men Regenesis Starter Pack

A new era for Marvel's mutant family is upon us, get this Starter Pack inclusive of Four (4) must read issues from the top X-MEN Books! All first prints and for only Php650.00! FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the Philippines!

Live at COMICXHUB X-MEN REGENEIS PARTY!

Live and alive here athe the COMICXHUB office at Shaw Boulevard in Pasig. This is the online comic website where you can shop for your favorite comic books and have them delivered to your homes. With a lot of payment methods, indeed makes it a great way to shop. Now here for the X-Men Regeneis Party at their office here. Discounted prices for comics and also party mood with all of the people. Hope to see more events of Comicxhub soon as it expands and more people get to know this.