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)

Sketch For Mang Tony (A Fund Raising for Tony De Zuniga)

This Free Comic Book Day (May 5, 2012), aside from getting free comics is also a time for comic book lovers and supporters to help one Filipino comic legend, Tony De Zuniga, who worked on Jonah Hex is now in need of support in his hospital expenses. Indie Komiks Manila, Comicxhub, Comic Odyssey, FlipGeeks will have a fund rasing campaign to with SKETCH FOR MANG TONY that will happen on May 5 at Comic Odyssey in Robinsons Galeria and Comicxhub office, 3rd floor, Bloomingdale Plaza, Shaw Bouleveard.

Show your support this FCBD and lets all help Mang Tony as our prayers for his recovery is also underway. 

Free Comic Book Day 2012!

This year, Free Comic Book Day is back this May 5, 2012 and the fun gets more exciting with another IKM project for Free Comic Book Day 2012 featuring the works of Komik artists and teasers for the upcoming Komikon. Comicxhub has joined to make another Indie komik compilation for FCBD 2012. Comic Odyssey is also getting prepared with a new relocated store. Thus this would make people lining up very early how they will make it as the first to be in the line. 

Excited what titles will I get this FCBD!  Celebrate FREE COMIC BOOK DAY with us this Saturday, May 5, 2012 at our Robinsons Galleria branch. The fun begins at 10:30 am.

See you all there!

KOMIKON 2012: Independent Komiks Tiangge Participants!

Summer Komikon 2012 is just around the corner as May comes in and makes you realize that time surely flies so fast! And it means another year of Komiks and the most exciting is the Independent Komiks Tiangge that will feature independent comic creators. Unfortunately, I failed to reach the registration, but it was an opportunity for me to not to pressure myself and enjoy Komikon. Well there has been an increase of new indie komiks this year as the number of the members of Indie Komiks Manila also increased. Here are the list of the Komik creators and the comic companies they represent.


Here are the titles released by the Indie Comic Groups:

Summer KOMIKON 2012!

This year Summer Komikon 2012 gets hotter just like the weather as it will be filled with komiks, komiks and many other things still related to komiks! The event has been the most awaited event of the season. It was so in demand that the Independent Komiks slots were filled in less than a day! I actually failed to get a slot, but this means I have more time to go around the place and enjoy the komikon just like I did before. So Mark your Calendars now for May 26 at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig City from 10 am to 7 pm!


Specials for this years Komikon are Elemer Damaso, Freely Abrigo and Heubert Khan Michael. There will be also the Independent Komiks Tiangge and a 24 Hour Comic Creation Contest. Get to meet your favorite comic book artists and also their latest work hot and fresh and of course have them signed!


For more information visit www.komikon.org.
Mabuhay ang Pinoy Komiks!

The Magic 42! Independent Komiks Tiange

Finally the complete list of Independent Creators for KOMIKON 2011.
1. RH Quilantang
2. MEGANON Comics
3. Monomochi
4. Scratch Comics
5. WIP Comics
6. Lightbox Comics
7. Hyper Comics
8. Salimpusa
9. Callous Comics
10. Buttchewer Comics
11. Pulang Punla Studios
12. Bokimkatje Comics
13. Kickbackers
14. Carlo Valenzuela
15. GMP Comics
16. iNORTH
17. Segovia Solutions
18. Chibified
19. Section Six Comics
20. Norby Ela
21. Freely Abrigo
22. InkJinks Label
23. iRawwr Studios
24. Agape
25. Hawkers Magazine
26. Jerwin F. San Juan
27. The QCBCC
28. Wall Push Productions
29. GRIPO Comics
30. Kurohiko
31. Salmon Komiks
32. Guild Mistral
33. Krisis Komix
34. SILENT SANCTUM MANGA
35. Dream Leak
36. M2 Manga
37. J.F Yaktawa
38. Spanton Productions
39. Vince Santos
40. Ana Lau
41. Macoy
42. Crazy Metro

Free Comic Book Day 2011 with a free Pinoy Komik, INDIES MAXIMUS!

It another year for the free comic book day this may. And for this year, aside from the American titles that will be given, our group from Indie Komiks Manila will also give out INDIES MAXIMUS, a collection of Filipino Independent Komik samples from the indie komik creators and illustrations. Works included in the comic will include works by:

• ·         Ron Tan
• ·         Norby Ela
• ·         Paulo Sorne
• ·         Angelo Tobias
• ·         Stong Franco
• ·         Jon Zamar
• ·         Tepai Pascual
• ·         Ariel Atienza
• ·         Kai Castillo
• ·         FPJ Jr.
• ·         Drew Arca
• ·         Carlo Jose San Juan, MD
• ·         Omeng Estanislao
• ·         Kimberly Dy Buncio
• ·         Greco Milambiling
• ·         Josel Nicolas
• ·         Ernest John Daryll Fiestan
• ·         Gerald Ascuban
• ·         RH Quilantang
• ·         Amos Villar
• ·         Jokey Quijano
• ·         Allen Ganeta

INDIES MAXIMUS is Published by Komikon Inc., Comic Odyssey, Pinoy Indie Manila and CoRe Studios. The Free Comic Book Day will happen in Comic Odyssey at Robinsons Galeria, Pasig City this May 7, 2011. There will also be guest artists that will also give sketches. So save the date and be there!