Great Indie Komiks of 2010

Great indie komiks of 2010 I will never forget. Yup that's the title of this blog entry. Maraming magaganda pero ang ilalagay ko lamang dito ay mga istoryang nagbabaga.. naglililiyab... at tumutusok sa aking puso in no particular order. Masasabing legendary for the year 2010 ng indie komiks. Take note, indie lang ito at hindi ko na isinama mga published komiks.

1. Kubori Kikiam 3. Yung mga hindi pa nakakabasa nito, highly encouraged ko itong komiks na ito. Not for children below 18 years old nga lang. Ito ay isang comic strip compilation na gawa ni Micheal David. May kabastusan pero keri lang. At may mga topics tunkol sa tarugo kaya ano pang masasabi ko? Winner ka david! Mga lumang komiks ay mababasa sa http://kuborikikiam.com/

2. Cadena de Amor ng Trese. Ewan kung macoconsider itong indie, pero habang wala pa yung book 4, let us consider this an indie kasi nasa form naman ng xerox at si Budj mismo ang publisher. Gawa ito ni Budjette Tan at Kajo Baldisimo. Ito ay isang kuwentong misteryo tunkol sa mga namamatay sa Luneta park. Maganda ang pagkakasulat ng istorya. Walang butas kung baga. Covered siya all angles at kung pano ito nalutas ng bida nating si Trese.

3. BOO. Particularly yung The Box ni Ron Tan. Short story lang siya pero very touching..leaving a lump in my throat. Wala pa akong Weng weng ni Ron Tan pero balita ko maganda din daw. Looking forward!

4. Estralla 1 ni Jeri Barrios. May review ako nitong komiks na ito. Entertaining siya basahin. Paki check na lang ulet yung review ko.

5. School Run ni Macoy. Napaka fresh ng concept ni Macoy about Zombies. Sobrang nagandahan ako at very creative ang storytelling niya. Nagsimula ang istorya sa isang school bus na papasok sa eskwelahan. Natawa ako nang ito ay parang armour truck na anti zombies. Hehe. Marami pang nakakagulat na gawa gawa dito si Macoy. parang utak JK Rowling itong taong ito.

6. Realm of Dreams ni Lady StoryKeeper - Ito ay tunkol sa isang dalagang nagtatrabaho sa punerarya. May mga kakaibang powers siya at nalalaman niya kung paano namatay ang mga clieteng bangkay. Maganda ang pagkakagawa nito at dinaig pa ang japanese manga.

7.Bakal Boy - ito ay aakalain mo na parang Iron man pero kapag binasa mo na, humor pala itong Bakal Boy. Kaya naman talagang gumaan ang loob ko nang binabasa ko ito. Gawa ito ni Carlo, isang batang batang artist.

8. Anak ng Tupang Itim 2. - ito ay isang spot cartoons. Gawa ni Omeng Estanislao. Makikita mo ang iyong sarili sa kanyang mga cartoons. Ayoko nang magsalita.

9. Komikero Komiks 5 & 6 - Ito ang pinakamagandang komiks anthology na dinaig lahat ng anthology... hindi ako biased. Kahit tanggalin pa ang mga gawa ko dito, binibili ko talaga ang Komikero komiks ever since. Its a fruit of passion. Kitang kita sa mga gawa ng mga Komikero group.

10. My Falling Star Girlfriend ni Mark Bustamante. Nagenjoy ako basahin ito. Sana may book 2 noh? Cheezy kasi ako eh.

11. Punnx - ito ay isang spoof ng Funny Komiks na gawa nila Dennis at JP. Sobrang funny! Pero ganyan naman talaga kapag spoof, given na na funny pero panalo pa rin yung humor nila!

Hope to see you guys make more indies this coming year. Kayo ano mga nagustuhan niyong Indies na lumabas itong 2010?

Pinoy comic books required reading

Uu nga pala, before I forget, sabi ng Inquirer required reading ang Callwork :) http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/super/super/view/20101204-306877/Required-reading--25-Pinoy-Comic-books
Ayan, so next time nasa National Bookstore or Fullybooked kayo, don't forget to pick up one of these titles :)

Family Christmas 2010

 Siyempre talagang memorable nga itong Pasko kasi ito ang pinaka first ever Christmas season vacation ko after seven years...

 Ang aking princessa...

 At siyempre ang turkey with gravy, cranberry at mashed potato...

 Ang masarap, baked sugpo!

 Ang Christmas na Christmas na dinning table...

 Yung naka pink, yan ang grandmother ko sa mother side...

 Mga pinsan ko na cool naman talaga... ang gagaling tumugtog ng kahit ano!

 emote emote kuno...

Isa lang ang masasabi ko, Happy Birthday Jesus!

Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011!

Dear readers, this will be one of the most important blog entry that I am about to make. You see, I am jobless for the whole year of 2010. When I resigned with Genpact, I gave my last full months' salary away to the church. No, I am not the religious type. I just wanted to tell God that He is the one who is in control of my life. I am Chinese... and in the Chinese tradition, 2010 is the most awful year for a monkey like me. I guess the stars and the planetary alignments don't affect me anymore since I am also a Christian. To my amazement, 2010 has still been an abundant year. I am still able to buy what I want, I am able to give everything to Tara, there was no lack in our house, it was like I'm still working in a call center but in this case I was enjoying time with my daughter, family, friends and my comics FULL TIME. And yes, I was able to get the good night sleep I was asking like a year ago.

I think what's more important in this year was the release of Proud Callboy which became an instant best seller in National Bookstore. God knows I was really looking forward to that income. hehe. But what really fulfilled me was Dra. Yap comics. For many years, I had kept Dra. Yap's story and there was this little voice or 'feeling' that told me to, you know, just get it out there. It was good enough for me. I am happy the way it turned out. Call Center Confessions or Callwork 3 is supposed to be released this 2011 summer Komikon. Now I am not really sure about that. I will part of a new Indian BPO to set up a call center here in the Philippines come January 2011. It is, finally, a day shift job. Philippine time alas! I will be managing the MIS and WFM for the Philippine site and I already anticipated how hectic my schedule will be for the 2011. Still, I will try to release Callwork 3 sometime next year. Advance apologies if I will not make it to Komikstrip 2011 in UP LosBanos this February. I realized what is more important than making comics is giving jobs to thousands of Filipinos out there.
2010 has been the happiest, most memorable year so far, for me. I met good friends in the comics world that you will not find in a corporate set up, I was able to spend quality time with Tara and her schooling and I enjoyed my health. God has been an awsome God even if there were times I feel like I have been bad. LOL. Thank you to all people I met this year, to all the call center agents who continuously support my works, and to the Komikero peeps who became my support group. I love you all guys!
To those who are wondering what Dra. Yap is all about, you may buy it in Sputnik Cubao X or in Comic Odyssey Robinsons Galleria for a very cheap price.

SKP Christmas Party 2010

SKP or Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas is an organization composed of newspaper cartoonists and some comic artists. Last night we held our Christmas party in Merci Pub along Timog Ave. Thanks again to Sir Boboy Yonzon for making this possible.  

 We are the early comers...

 Unfortunately Omeng had to leave soon because of his book signing in Mogwai Cubao X

 This is my character, Clover. A pendant given to me by Omeng

 The sweet couple :)

 He has a book in National entitled, Ang Tindahan ni Mang Ed. He is also an architect and one of his project is a BPO... oh I forgot the name of the company...

 Makulit as usual itong si Julius... pero masaya siya... kasi dumating this time ang hubby niya.. si Stan Chi. Himala at andito si Mimi!

 Si pareng Al Baleda na talagang pinabilib kaming lahat sa kanyang pagkanta. Idol! Si Al ay isang kartunista sa Bicol. Lumalabas na rin siya sa Manila Bulletin.

 Ito ang kakulitan namin sa inuman...magaling din mag sound effects sa kantahan.

 Si Jing ang ever so masipag sa paghohost at lahat ng event! Salamat Jing!!

 Si Norman may binabalak nanaman...

 Pasahan na game

 Napanalunan ko sa raffle... yey!

Ito pang Larry Acala na sculpture napanalunan ko rin yey! Our group also won the games! cash prize din yun. Maraming Salamat ulit kay Sir Boboy!
Others already left at around eleven pm. Me, Sir Boboy, his friend, Romy, William, Nick, Freely, Al went celebrating until the morning.