The Carver's House

With 2009 about to close, I hope 2010 and beyond will see more major Pinoy graphic novels being published. This year had the compiled El Indio (Francisco Coching), the compiled Elmer (Gerry Alanguilan), 12 (Manix Abrera), Underpass (Summit Media), Trese: Mass Murders (Budjette Tan and Ka-Jo Baldisimo), Where Bold Stars Go To Die (Alanguilan and Arlanzandro Esmeña), etc. etc. etc. Compared to previous years, a lot of major comics work. If the publishers of the above are all members of the National Book Development Board, next year's National Book Awards race will prove interesting. It took a bit over ten years for Pinoy graphic novels to get this far, beginning with Arnold Arre's groundbreaking work on The Mythology Class . Now that book publishers are beginning to dip both feet in the graphic novel medium, it's high time for all you aspiring graphic novelists to pick your brains, hunker over those keyboards and drawing pads, and churn out material. My personal definit...

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Ooooh-kayyy... here goes. First of all, I know that it's been over 18 months since I released the preview pages, and it's only proper for me to tell you that completion for the Zaturnnah sequel will still take a while. I'm breaking the promise I made to myself. No major comics work from me in 2009. The number of completed pages to date is 34. That's a small jump compared to the original 14 early last year. I'm working on the 35th page. Estimated page count for the entire sequel is a whopping 258--over 100 pages thicker than the first book--with eight chapters and an epilogue. Apart from a few text edits, nothing in the 14 preview pages will change. My mistake #1: Posting preview pages even though I wasn't 100% confident about the plot. At this point, after over a year of daily thinking and rethinking (and overthinking, headaches and nausea included), plus outlining, charting, and tracking the physical and emotional throughlines of the principal characters, the...

These two books from Komikero Publishing come highly recommended by yours truly. From Gerry's blog: ELMER is now available at the following outlets: Sputnik! , Cubao X, Cubao Comic Odyssey , Robinson’s Galleria Comic Quest , Megamall, Northmall and Festival Mall Planet X , Glorietta 4 Druid’s Keep , Gateway Center, Magallanes Solidaridad Book Shop , Padre Faura, Ermita Where Bold Stars Go To Die is now available at the following outlets: Sputnik! , Cubao X, Cubao Comic Odyssey , Robinson’s Galleria Comic Quest , Megamall, Northmall and Festival Mall Planet X , Glorietta 4 Druid’s Keep , Gateway Center, Magallanes

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With the e-book market growing by leaps and bounds in the Western world, it will be a matter of time before we'll be seeing e-book readers in our friendly neighborhood electronics shops. Amazon recently opened up its Kindle device for international markets, while Barnes & Noble entered the fray with its Nook reader. Sony has been churning out improvements for its own devices, while the industry is holding its breath for the 2010 release of Plastic Logic's own "Kindle killer," the Que. Then there's rumors of the Apple tablet which can conceivably blow everyone out of the water. During a photo shoot a couple of months ago, a stylist toted a Kindle, and the device looked like a must-have. She took me through the features and I was excitedly intrigued despite the price. White lights: (from left) Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Nobel's Nook, Sony's e-book reader (images from edopter.com , apcmag.com , and biztoolbelt.com ) Having an e-book reader does ha...

(click on the image to enlarge) Something of a different tone from yours truly. For the rest of the story, visit the Komikero Komiks Anthology blog .