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  paskomiket 2022, aswang high, cy and me. thanks, komiket.

  want to make comics get introduced to the local komiks scene, in my case, komikon early 2000's find somewhere online to talk with other comics-minded people be friendly realize that komiks creators are just a bunch of ordinary dudes (it was mostly dudes back then) "if they can do this i can too" pirate stuff to read (had been doing this for years at this point actually) learn things online pirate stuff to draw with have a college roomate move to america and bequeath you their old pen tablet held together with scotch tape make the damn comic try not to care about it too much sell the damn comic be friendly get noticed by other komiks creators. if you can catch gerry alanguilan's eye that's a good sign consign your comic anywhere that will have it make more comics (?) get asked by some friendly comic shop owners if they can turn your first comic into a film never stop beating that particular horse get noticed by more people in positions of power (critics, editors,...

    sometimes you don't know what you got till you lose it; sometimes you don't realize what you lost till you find it again. komiket let me hang around their table and try to hoodwink modern-day readers into buying some early 2000's black and white indie comics. i also had issue #1 of the new school run series (reinterpreted by ardie aquino), but for me it was all about seeing how my old work piqued the interest of the new crowd. they had almost zero interest. still, had tons of fun catching up with komiks people new and old. such a small venue, smaller than bahay ng alumni where it all started, yet so meaningful.

RIP sir jim fernandez, creator of zuma , for my money the most badass dude (and most original creation) in our komiks pantheon. watching zuma get run over by a road roller and getting back up like nothing happened was a seminal moment of my childhood.