KOMIKS INTERBYU: Boy Bakal

Todays KOMIK INTERBYU, we will now feature indie komiks creator Carlo! He is usually called Jebs, kinda funny but he made his debut with BOY BAKAL at the Metro Comic Convention this year. Now he is inspired for more.

When did you started making komiks?
when i was in 4th grade, we had a project and we need to make a comic strip about our favorite cartoon character.well..during that time, i dont know anything about comics, and so my mom told me to paint so I've been a painter until 3rd year high school, and then i quit painting and started making comics again, because my mom bought me a book "how to draw manga" well it all stated there i guess..


Who/What were your inspirations in making one?
It all stated when my dad bought the iron man essentials from america and gave it to me when i was in 4th year high school, and then i started making boy bakal... but the first boy bakal wasnt that successful because of school works so i quit making boy bakal. time passed and one time, i went to a comic convention and saw alot of indie comics, the first one i bought is kalayaan #1(by gio paredes), baboy(mel casipit),and other indie comics until i ran out of money(hehe i guess this happend a year ago) and so on, i was so inspired more to make comics by then.


Do you make scribbles while in class?
I DO!!! i mean i dont listen to the teacher anymore LOL


What creation is the one you are most proud of?
I guess as for now,its boy bakal.


Do you feel possessed by your own creations?
hahaha sometimes, i feel like i want to be the character of my own comic


If one of your characters will be made into a live action series, who is it and who will play the role?
ah! well i'm fun of making a child as a main character(im not pedo alright) i guess i can be the actor itself ^_^ hahaha asa pa


Where you want to see your comics 5 years from now?
hm... let see... comic stores?


Any plans to publish your work in another language other than Filipino or English?
hm... thats a great idea! why not?(well boy bakal is made pure filipino ver of iron man LOL)


Are you willing to cosplay one of your characters? 
I'm planing to do that actually ^_^ well i'm fun of cosplaying as well


Did you fell in love with one of your works?
well yeah! i'm inlove the female character in boy bakal ^_^ but i'm more on girls who are older that me... hahaha wait...the girl from my comic is older that the main character(oops "nadulas" ata ako) 

for more about  The Adventures of Boy Bakal

you may visit Boy Bakal on Facebook

This komik is also available on November Komikon 2010.

below : Boy Bakal issues and its upcoming series Bumbilyang Itim

KOMIKS INTERBYU: Silent Sanctum Manga

Todays KOMIK INTERBYU, we will now feature indie komiks Silent Sanctum Manga! They are actually a group of artists, but they speak as one, well more heads are better than one!

When did you started making komiks?

2007, ang pinakagoal lang back then was to join KOMIKON.At pumuntang BAHAY NG ALUMNI.The world domination thing came much later...

Who/What were your inspirations in making one?

Oh most definitely CULTURE CRASH.Both in format and art style.

And what manga group would be without being influenced by the likes of AKIRA TORIYAMA and YOSHIHIRO TOGASHI.And syempre kung girl mangaka ka...si MR.S NAOKO TAKEUCHI! Basically yung mga cartoons & animes na napapanood namin growing up(He-man,centurions,hanna-barbera stuff,Battle Ball, Super Boink,Voltes V,etc.)...malaki ang impact both visually at sa mga story telling namin.

Do you make scribbles while in class?

Yeah...all the time!Most especially at MATH CLASS.Kaya nga kami bumabagsak e hehehe...

What creation is the one you are most proud of?

Silent Sanctum Manga 3,for the our WORLD WIDE contribution to bridge the gap between COMICS and MANGA.
& Silent Sanctum Manga 5.5.,for it was designed to be the CULTURE CRASH tribute issue.

Character wise we are most proud of both KAPTAIN BOMBA and ANGRY MAN.They're the two SSM! Characters that people usually relates to....

Do you feel possessed by your own creations?

Not by our CHARACTERS but more of the ARTISTS that helps us earn a living.There are more times than once that we actually sign important documents(BIR,Bank Statements,Hospital Sheets) under our pen names.We have taken so much pride upon maintaining our counterculture personas that we at times loss track of our real names!Same thing with our BIRTHDAYS,AGE,etc.In a way, if we're going out as SILENT SANCTUM MANGA we try to seperate the LIVING PERSONS from the ARTISTS.

If one of your characters will be made into a live action series, who is it and who will play the role?

Takeshi Kaneshiro for ONI NADEGIRI
Danny DeVito for BUNNY-PON
Dolph Lundgren for KAPTAIN BOMBA
coz IVAN DRAGO was the shiznits!!!!

Where you want to see your comics 5 years from now?

Enslaving mankind...mercilessly whipping people to build our STATUES and MONUMENTS...We kid of course....
But we'd be more that happy continuing what we do now.
But with a wealthy sponsor,a self sustaining income and enough dough to sponsor up and coming indie artists.

Any plans to publish your work in another language other than Filipino or English?

 We actually used a little BISAYA on our first issue.And quite frankly we have grown to love the dialect for it's "malambing" like
nature.We'd most definitely love the idea of our works being translated in several filipino dialects but at times it's more of the "WILL THEY ACTUALLY LIKE IT" part that we're worried about.And since we're currentlty using TAGALOG,KOREAN,THAI or HINDI wouldn't sound so foreign either.We would like to keep it fresh in the same way if we'd see our book at a foreign country...WE'D WANNA BUY IT!Not because we're in it...but more likely we'd wanna learn how they translated the stories and how some of our jokes and puns would look in the eyes of our foreigner friends.

Are you willing to cosplay one of your characters? 

Yes,I wouldn't mind cosplaying as BUNNY-PON since I already have to body for it...

Did you fell in love with one of your works?

You don't actually fall in love with a "certain" work.But you tend to fall in love with everything you've done. I think that is the driving force for any creation.So to choose favorites would be very difficult for us.

for more about  Silent Sanctum Manga 

you may visit Silent Sanctum Manga on Facebook

This komik is also available on November Komikon 2010.

below : cover of SSM

KOMIKS INTERBYU: Tepai Pascual

For todays KOMIK INTERBYU, we will now feature indie komik creator TEPAI PASCUAL! 

When did you started making komiks?

I started making comics when I was a kid maybe 4-5 years old. It's was just some doodles, four panels in one page and about mermaids. hahaha.

Who/What were your inspirations in making one?

During those times, I always see my older sister reading "The Adventures of Tin Tin" tapos, yung kapit bahay ko, Archie comics naman. Then namulat ako sa anime nung mga grade 3 tapos nung grade 6, I bought my first manga. Rurouni Kenshin at Fushigi Yuugi pa yun. Yun yung nabibili sa comic alley sa Viramall na chinese pa ang salita. hahaha. Ever since naman, manga style na ang ginagawa ko bilang may something about marvel/dc are for boys and anime are for girls--kasi sailormoon palang ang pinakasikat non. hahaha

Pagpasok ko ng college, naiba na ang mga influences ko. nagkaron na ng Frank Miller, Frank Frazetta, Alex Ross, Adam Huges, James Jean, Audrey Kawasaki, at Hiromu Arakawa.

 Do you make scribbles while in class?

YES!!! I do. 75% of the class, I doodle on my notebook or any paper for that matter. masmadaming doodle ang notebook ko kaysa sa notes. 

What creation is the one you are most proud of?

My thesis --MAKTAN 1521. It's the first graphic novel that I made na TAPOS at in FULL COLOR. And it's been featured in SULYAP that will be released this November 13, 2010. [nag-plug?!?] 

Do you feel possessed by your own creations?

Possessed? di ko sure kung pano sagutin yan. Pero pagnagdodrawing ako ng gwapo, AYUN! possessed na ko! hahaha

If one of your characters will be made into a live action series, who is it and who will play the role?

O_O hmmm... Wala na akong makitang purong Pilipino na pwede kay lapulapu. pero kung mamimili ako for the sake na kelangan kong mamili, It's either, Jericho Rosales, Cesar Montano o si Piolo Pascual (kaso masyado nang maganda si Piola, pero kung gusto kong kumita sa pelikula, why not?) hahahahah!

Where you want to see your comics 5 years from now?

Sa museum. CHOS! joke lang. Sa shelves ng bookstores. :) It's one of my simple dreams. makita ko lang syang nandyan happy na ko. XD pero masmaganda kung binabasa sya. hahahah Pero yung ultimate dun, yung tipong habang nasa MRT ka o nasa jeep ka tapos yung katabi mo o kaharap mo nakita mong nagbabasa ng comics na ginawa mo. XD tapos hindi nila alam na nandun ka. o kaya naririnig mo silang pinagdidiskusyunan yung comics mo. yung ganon, XD

Any plans to publish your work in another language other than Filipino or English?

YES! kung pwede ipapasok ko sya sa Japan. Both MARK9 verse 47 and MAKTAN 1521. hahahah!

Are you willing to cosplay one of your characters? 

Ako? hinde. XD mahirap. maghahire nalang ako.

Did you fell in love with one of your works?

Every work i do is a product of my love for what i do. Parang anak yan. kahit ano pa ang istura nyan. kahit batikusin pa yan ng kung sino sino, basta't ginawa mo mahal ko pa rin yan. :) ~o di ba ang drama? :D

for more about Maktan 1521 and Mark 9 verse 47 (together with Maika Eizawa) you may visit MEGANON COMICS

Maktan 1521 is will be featured in the book SULYAP that will be available on November Komikon 2010.

below left: Sulyap the independent komik collection

below right: Uriel from Mark 9 verse 47

KOMIKS INTERBYU: Andrew Villar

It will be now weeks before another komikon this year, however while in the wait we will feature comic creators of today for a brief interview about them and their works, we call this one KOMIK INTERBYU. For the first issue for these series we do have creator of Ambush and Hari, Andrew Villar!

When did you started making komiks?

I started doing komiks since i was in elementary.. creating comics in drawing books or notebooks but professionally, ambush was first published in manila bulletin, 2006. My first indie was a contribution I made for Komikera during the same year.

 Who/What were your inspirations in making one?

I had a lot of inspirations... but to top everyone are larry alcala, roni santiago and jim lee. i loved alcala's siopaoman's humor and action combination... a big factor in my ambush comic strips. and i had this admiration with jim lee's love in illustrating the female form. Planet op di eyps was my favorite comics in Funny comics

 Do you make scribbles while in class?

I did scribble during class... or even during my meetings now. nasanay na makinig habang nagdodrowing... pampagising.

What creation is the one you are most proud of?I guess i am proud of ambush... malayo na narating niya eh. it may not have the funniest stories... but she, somehow, became known to our comics community as well as MB readers. I loved what Omeng Estanislao (of Lipad) is calling her... "the new sex symbol of comics". Storywise... i am proud of Hari: ang Hero na Emo. that project made me went back to my High School days wherein the artwork was "bara bara" and the story was about common feelings of heartbroken people (who in my life, have heard a lot of stories about it... kaya nabuo ang pagka - emo ni Hari)

 If one of your characters will be made into a live action series, who is it and who will play the role?

I have been wishing and hoping and dreaming of an AMBUSH movie! starring Heart Evangelista! Solid Heart!

Where you want to see your comics 5 years from now?

5 years from now... i want ambush to be still be running in the Manila Bulletin.... maybe an Ambush graphic novel also. again wishing... hoping.... dreaming...

Are you willing to cosplay one of your characters? Did you fell in love with one of your works?

Hahahha! julius villanueva (creator of Life in Progress... who just published his 3rd book with PSICOM) drew me cosplaying Ambush... so funny. Maybe as Ethan... ambush's dad. He's based on me eh, and tweetie is based on my wife naman... so yes too to your last question... i am in love with tweetie... ambush's mom. :-)

for more about Ambush and Hari you may visit http://www.glyphwall.com/

ambush is serialized in Manila Bulletin and also available at Comic Odyssey.

below left: Heart Evangelista and her copy of Ambush

below right: Hari, and hero na emo!