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1.) stanley chi and the front act crew were at last month's PICCA fest doing their thing that they do, which means i can now claim to have officially been on TV... for like three seconds (beware crappy vid quality): the PICCA bit starts at 4:36, and i make my appearance at around 6:42. there's also a second part with more komikon bites at 6:24 and 12:00, but i'm not in it so w/e. 2.) game! magazine's october issue also acknowledged that i exist... ...in the most economical way possible. 3.) astig TV did a series of interviews featuring us sulyap komiks people, but the video's not embeddable so you'll have to go here to see how awkward and weird and fidgety i am in person. 4.) finally and most recently, poc.net's paolo chikiamco caught the tail-end of our panel interview at komikon last weekend, and posted some video to accompany his excellent komikon asessment . EDIT: the latest issue of wow! pinas magazine did a feature on ko...

i was sitting at the komikon booth when one of the white-uniformed security guards walked past, holding a sheet of bond paper in his right hand. it was partially rolled up, each end carefully tucked between thumb and forefinger so there would be no creases in the middle. he stopped briefly to unfurl the sheet and glance at what was written inside--a pencil sketch of his own likeness. he lifted his head and looked around as though slightly alarmed, then walked a few more steps, stopped, and peered again at his portrait. after several heartbeats he began walking again and i lost sight of him.

forgot to upload these: bayan knights getting some hero tv facetime. the devanta takip silim i told you about yesterday--"best in filipino komiks" cosplay winner. plus, i loved these pics from meganon comics' fb page:

my haul this year includes some priceless original art from dj legaspi and mel casipit . thanks guys! i got to sit at the komikon booth (thanks to jon zamar, syeri baet and the rest of the komikon peeps!). that's gio paredes at the right and lico reloj at upper left--his fifty peso ninja was the very first indie i bought at the first komikon back in '05. in between is markus of planetmarkus.com , who was kind enough to mind our tables for us while we walked around and stuff. being a comics blogger, he was almost as knowledgeable about our stuff as we were! it was a pleasure to see entire families trooping to the con. feedback from children regarding school run 2's brutal zombie attack scene ranged from "it was cool!" to "meh, i read 4chan so nothing new" to "i got scared". the rj ledesma was there. he bought a couple of my comics and twittered about them . ZOMG! 0_0 salamat boss RJ! speaking of showbiz, a hero tv camera crew came looking ...

MCC is in a few hours... will be releasing school run #2 there (it should probably be called #1.5, it's a really short half-chapter). look for me at the komikon table, or the indie go! valley, or walking around. i'll sell the damn comics out of a box if i have to. if you can't make it to the MCC, i dropped off several copies of school run #2 at sputnik comics. only P15!

"a change of work is as good as rest" --dutch proverb "and a good time was had by all." --ronald reagan thanks to everyone who bought ang maskot and operasyon , and especially those who stopped by to chat. did i mention that there were cosplayers there? samurai spawn experienced some difficulty grasping the narrative flow of operasyon 's dialogue-sparse panels. buti pa si benjo, mababaw ang kaligayahan. now now logan, let bobby read the book too.

i've got a new 23-page indie making its debut at this saturday's metrocon. it's a funny animals story with a dark, slightly political twist. cover: sample pages: promo: again that's the metro comic con at megamall trade hall, saturday and sunday only. i'll be at the indie go! valley table.

i'll probably be selling a maskot-themed t-shirt at the manila comic convention at the megamall in august. would you buy this?