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    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.

i'll be there this saturday tagging along with some komikon folks, polluting the minds of the youth selling comics. they have a d&d event there too. i might check it out... if the kids are willing to let an old fart join.

the starmall trade hall was fit to burst yesterday, with the komikon crowd packed tighter than darna's top (anjanette abayari version). things were so busy at the sulyap table (thanks for letting us use it komikon crew!) that i didn't get to walk around at all until cherry arrived at around closing time, so i missed a bunch of indies that i really wanted. here's what i did get: someone left their komikon catalog at my table, if you want it back just let me know. the sulyap booth... whoever was supposed to sit beside me never came so i got an entire table to myself. we were placed right in front of the entrance. i was the very first indie artist people coming in would ignore. people who bought a full set of my comics brought home free stuff, like this maskot t-shirt. julienne and leroy dropped by and asked for sketches. the guy in the middle looks envious if you ask me. i barely saw any cosplayers, but someone did put together an impromptu "lipad" getup. here h...

here's a sampling of the titles scheduled for release at next week's komikon at star mall . this year's komikon boasts its biggest indie komiks tiangge yet, with 34 artists/groups participating! 24 hour comics and beyond by mel casipit atomic under ground special edition #1 by m3 comics barangay sesame by dumpling press bayan knights #5 by bayan knights group boy bakal #2 by carlo valenzuela dekada by lyndon gregorio boink! comics featuring: Andrew Villar (Ambush), Stong Franco (Quipino), Greco Milambiling (Aha Hule), Julius Villanueva (Life in progress) Hazel Manzano (Callwork), Syeri Baet-Zamar (Carpool), Mimi Romauldez (Frog pond), P'Casis, Amos Villar, and Celso Quijano break out comics by subway productions komikon comics compilation by mel casipit cresci prophecies vol. 3 by ika-siyam digmaang salinhali #8 by jon zamar and judd abinuman dragon kid #3 by lady storykeeper drop dead dangerous by chad cabrera and mike banting earthborne chapter zero b...