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huge news for pinoy komiks. but don't take my word for it, here's what the 2009 national book awards committee had to say : In Trese, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo has [sic] crafted a testament to the limitless capacity of the Filipino imagination, as well as one of the best Filipino comic books of all time. yeesss looks like the lit establishment has finally started taking notice. budjette reacts with a graceful, ovation-worthy acceptance speech , which impressed me so much i'm reposting it in full: To the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle, thank you very much for recognizing our work and giving us this award. To Ruey de Vera, who has shown support to local comics since 1995, writing reviews and interviewing local comic book creators, introducing them to Pinoys through his newspaper articles. Thanks to Bow, Taps, Arnold, and Mark --the skeleton crew who conjured The World of the Unknown, a radio show about ghosts, aswang, and wit...

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...