Amerikanong Hilaw: For The Love of Philippine Comics
From the 1950's to the 70's, which is the Golden Age of Comics, Filipino artists were rock stars especially in the US. Today, however, the love of comic books in the Philippines comprises of cult followings that are considered kid's stuff.
This year's Comic Conference at the University of the Philippines Bahay ng Alumni aimed to increase comic readership by welcoming Web Comics and internet marketing into its fold. Samahan ng mga Kartunista Ng Pilipinas (SKP) President Boboy Yoson III called on web comic artists to join SKP as they are legitimately a part of the movement to revive the love of comic books and the artistry behind it.
In the United States, comics have been revived not just by blockbuster film adaptations of Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the much anticipated Watchmen in 2009 but also by the propagation of web comics by Project Wonderful.
The special appearance of comic artists greats, Larry Alcala and Pol Medina Jr and of web and Graphic design [http://ph.88db.com/ph/Services/Ad.listing/Arts_Crafts_Design/Graphic_Design/?Q=&O=post&CatID=2110000&SubCatID=2110400&Image=1&Page=1] schools, underscore the readiness of the scene to move forward. Larry Alcala, of course, is the founder of the SKP. Pol Medina Jr, creator of Pugad Baboy, started out with 3 panel strips in the comics and crossword section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Emil Flores, Ron Escultura and Guidong Reyes, the creators of Amerikanong Hilaw also want to break ground when they release the full length graphic novel in 2009. It is to create a new style of Filipino comics whose art may be American DC or even Japanese manga but whose stories are Filipino action.
Amerikanong Hilaw: The Fine Art of Code Switching is set to be first of a series of espionage stories called CADRE. It is about an NBI agent, raised in the US who returns to clean the underbelly of Philippine politics that unwittingly holds the fate of the world in its hands. The Filipino NBI agent gets involved in a global espionage case where his role is belittled by everyone. Flores, who wrote the story, describes the Filipinos in Hilaw like the Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings - they are small in the eyes of the world and yet the world's fate rest in their hands.
The preview for Hilaw promises more than an action-packed story. Flores explains, it is also a tribute to Filipino migrant workers; his grandfather being a Manong who worked in the States in the 1920's.
Ron Escultura, the artist for Hilaw, happily shares that this is a collaboration of three college friends juggling day jobs as teachers and a passion for spy movies and comics. Beyond the action sequences and commentaries on nationhood, he admits that Amerikanong Hilaw is a product of their childhood loves which they hope everyone will love too.
Source: http://ph.88db.com/ph/html/lifestyle/arts_amerikanong_hilaw.htm
This year's Comic Conference at the University of the Philippines Bahay ng Alumni aimed to increase comic readership by welcoming Web Comics and internet marketing into its fold. Samahan ng mga Kartunista Ng Pilipinas (SKP) President Boboy Yoson III called on web comic artists to join SKP as they are legitimately a part of the movement to revive the love of comic books and the artistry behind it.
In the United States, comics have been revived not just by blockbuster film adaptations of Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the much anticipated Watchmen in 2009 but also by the propagation of web comics by Project Wonderful.
The special appearance of comic artists greats, Larry Alcala and Pol Medina Jr and of web and Graphic design [http://ph.88db.com/ph/Services/Ad.listing/Arts_Crafts_Design/Graphic_Design/?Q=&O=post&CatID=2110000&SubCatID=2110400&Image=1&Page=1] schools, underscore the readiness of the scene to move forward. Larry Alcala, of course, is the founder of the SKP. Pol Medina Jr, creator of Pugad Baboy, started out with 3 panel strips in the comics and crossword section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Emil Flores, Ron Escultura and Guidong Reyes, the creators of Amerikanong Hilaw also want to break ground when they release the full length graphic novel in 2009. It is to create a new style of Filipino comics whose art may be American DC or even Japanese manga but whose stories are Filipino action.
Amerikanong Hilaw: The Fine Art of Code Switching is set to be first of a series of espionage stories called CADRE. It is about an NBI agent, raised in the US who returns to clean the underbelly of Philippine politics that unwittingly holds the fate of the world in its hands. The Filipino NBI agent gets involved in a global espionage case where his role is belittled by everyone. Flores, who wrote the story, describes the Filipinos in Hilaw like the Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings - they are small in the eyes of the world and yet the world's fate rest in their hands.
The preview for Hilaw promises more than an action-packed story. Flores explains, it is also a tribute to Filipino migrant workers; his grandfather being a Manong who worked in the States in the 1920's.
Ron Escultura, the artist for Hilaw, happily shares that this is a collaboration of three college friends juggling day jobs as teachers and a passion for spy movies and comics. Beyond the action sequences and commentaries on nationhood, he admits that Amerikanong Hilaw is a product of their childhood loves which they hope everyone will love too.
Source: http://ph.88db.com/ph/html/lifestyle/arts_amerikanong_hilaw.htm
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