The 3rd San Pablo Comics Festival

Who says comic conventions only happen in the Metro? The San Pablo City Comics Festival to be held where komikero Gerry Alanguilan lives proves that even in the province, onw can enjoy the rich art and stories from comic people sharing their experiences and sketches that promotes the comic industry in the country. Now on its 3rd year, it shows a promising dawn to more comic loving people in Laguna.

This will happen on December 3, 2011, Saturday, 9-7:30 PM at Unimart Mall, San Pablo City, Laguna. Guest artists include Manix Abrera (Kikomachine Komix), Jess Abrera (Guyito), and Pol Medina (Pugad Baboy).

Save the date and see you in San Pablo City!

The Winner of the 24 Hour Comic Book Challenge!

At long last the winners are in for the second Philippine 24-hour Comic Book Challenge! Congratulations to Kuya Freely Abrigo (Kulas, Kapitan Tog) for winning best art and the GRAND PRIZE! Kevin Justin Ang won Best Story! Congratulations to you all! I was not able to complete my participation due to some technical difficulties but these guys inspired me to try next year. Kudos to the other comic book artist who participated in the challenge!

 

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One such work came to the attention of one of our judges, Gerry Alanguilan.

“Norby Ela's art still has a long way to go and did not score highly. However, his story is one of the highest ones I rated. I found it strangely affecting, not only because of the subject matter, but because of how it was written. It’s quiet, unforced and surprisingly convincing, free from bombast and hysterics. He almost made me believe he was reliving a memory, rather than simply imagining a story.”


Gerry Alanguilan

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Here are also the top 10! enjoy reading!

Tatong Jurolan
Sampaguita

Mikko Marcelo
Essay

Teddy Pavon
Worth Dying for

Ammathorn
Y2Kill Filipinos

Freely Abrigo
Bakit?

Jazz Carmona
Ang Huling Salong-bola

Kevin Justin Ang
Part of the Job

Norby Ela
Weather-weather Lang

Tobie Abad
Deadline

Noel Cervantes
Brewed Coffee Dilemma