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List Of Filipino Comics Creators
This is a list of Filipino comics creators or komikeros. Although comics ( fil, Komiks}) have different formats, this list covers creators of editorial cartoons, comic books, graphic novels and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the Philippines as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries. For other countries, see List of comic creators. A *Lib Abrena (''Ipo-ipo'') *Manix Abrera ('' Kikomachine Komix'') *Dani Aguila (''Barrio Breeze'', ''The Cock and Bull'') *Gerry Alanguilan (''Wasted'', ''Elmer'') *Alfredo Alcala ('' Voltar'') *Larry Alcala *Fred Alcantara *Mar Amongo *Jay Anacleto *Rene Aranda (Prof, Sports Manny) *Arnold Arre (''After Eden'', ''The Mythology Class'', ''Trip to Tagaytay'') B *Kajo Baldisimo (''Trese'') *Charlie Baldorado *Delfin "Dell" Barras *Edgar Bercasio *Manuel Buising *Danny Bulanadi C * Cris CaGuintuan *Jose C. Caluag *Carlo J. Caparas *Fred Carrillo *Jojie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Comics
Comics in the Philippines ( fil, Komiks}) have been widespread and popular throughout the country from the 1920s to the present. Komiks were partially inspired by American mainstream comic strips and comic books during the early 20th century. The medium first became widely popular after World War II. Its mainstream appeal subsided somewhat during the latter part of the 20th century with the advent of other mass-media forms such as telenovelas, but experienced a renaissance in the mid-2010s with the increasing popularity of artists such as Gerry Alanguilan, Arnold Arre, Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo, and the rise of fan communities through comic book conventions such as komikon. Webcomics produced by independent Filipino web-based artists have caught the attention of local and foreign readers. The word ''komiks'' is simply the English word "comics," adapted to fit the orthography of native Filipino languages such as Tagalog. History Origins While the first indigenous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mar Amongo
Mar Amongo (October 9, 1936 – August 10, 2005) was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator. Amongo was born in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. His first stint was with Manlapaz Publishing, where he inked the very first Noli Me Tangere comics novel. After studying with cartoonist Nestor Redondo, he had a fruitful career illustrating "komiks" in his native country. In 1971, DC Comics Editor-in-Chief Carmine Infantino and editor Joe Orlando traveled to the Philippines on a recruiting trip for artists.Duncan, Randy and Smith, Matthew J"Filipino Artists," ''The Power of Comics: History, Form & Culture'' (Continuum, 2009). Amongo, Alfredo Alcala, Ernie Chan, Alex Niño, Nestor Redondo, and Gerry Talaoc were some of the Filipino artists who went on to work for DC, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1983 to 1994, he worked in the Middle East as a traditional illustrator and transitioned to digital arts in later years. On his return to the Philippines, he was given a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Del Carmen
Ronnie del Carmen (born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino animation writer, director, story artist, story supervisor and production designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film '' Inside Out'', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was the story supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film, '' Up'' and directed its accompanying short film, '' Dug's Special Mission''. Early life and education Del Carmen was born in the city of Cavite in the Philippines.Janet R. Nepales“Spotlight on Filipino Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen and His Much-talked-about Pixar Film, ‘Inside Out’,”Golden Globes, May 2015. After high school, he worked as a painter on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now'', which was filming in the Philippines.Jeramie Noyer“Up: rising with Story Artist and Dug's Special Mission's Director Ronnie del Carmen!”Animated Views, November 26, 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Coching
Francisco V. Coching (January 29, 1919 lambiek.net – September 1, 1998) was a Filipino comic books illustrator and writer and is regarded as one of the “pillars of the Philippine Industry”. He served as both illustrator and writer for his comic book stories,"Francisco V. Coching" . ''alanguilan.com''. Coching is referred to as the "King of Komiks", and as the "Dean of Philippine Comics". In 2014, he was posthumously conferred as a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Chan
Ernesto Chan (July 27, 1940 – May 16, 2012), born and sometimes credited as Ernie Chua, was a [-Filipino]-Americans, American comics artist, known for work published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including many Marvel issues of series featuring Conan the Barbarian (comics), Conan the Barbarian. Chan also had a long tenure on ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' and ''Detective Comics''. Other than his work on Batman, Chan primarily focused on non-superhero characters, staying mostly in the genres of Horror comics, horror, War comics, war, and sword and sorcery. Biography Ernie Chan was born Ernie Chua due to what he called "a typographical error on my birth certificate that I had to use until I had a chance to change it to 'Chan' when I got my [U.S.] citizenship in '76." He migrated to the United States in 1970 and became a citizen in 1976. For a number of years, he worked under the name Ernie Chua but he was later credited as Ernie Chan. He studied with John Buscema and worked with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicatan
Vincente Doria Catan Jr., known by his pen name Vicatan (1948 – May 13, 2004), was a Filipino comics artist and novelist. Biography Vicente Doria Catan Jr. was born in the Philippines and worked in the studio of artist Nestor Redondo. After several years in the Filipino komiks industry, he began to work for U.S. comics publishers including DC Comics and Warren Publishing. Artist and comics historian Gerry Alanguilan noted that "Probably the closest of all estorRedondo's followers, Vicatan shared the great man's beautifully lush brush strokes but married that style to an ever-so-slightly humorous sensibility." With his pen name Vicatan, he made his U.S. comics debut with the story "Goodbye, Nancy" in '' House of Secrets'' #99 (Aug. 1972). He drew stories for various DC Comics titles including '' Ghosts'', ''G.I. Combat'', ''House of Mystery'', ''Secrets of Haunted House'', '' Sgt. Rock'', '' The Unexpected'', and ''Weird War Tales'' from 1979 to 1987. Vicatan drew comics adaptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Carrillo
Wilfredo Limbana "Fred" Carrillo (1926–August 2005) was a Filipino comics artist. Biography Fred Carrillo was born in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines. He began his career drawing propaganda material for the guerrilla movement in Panay during World War II. After the war, he began his career as a professional artist. Carrillo studied fine arts and architecture at the University of Santo Tomas. He worked for DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s and drew mystery titles such as '' Ghosts'', ''Phantom Stranger'', ''Secrets of Haunted House'', '' The Unexpected'', ''Weird War Tales'', and '' The Witching Hour''. After leaving the comics industry, he worked on various animation projects. Some of the television series with which he was involved include ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', '' The Transformers'', and ''Bionic Six''. Carrillo died in August 2005. Bibliography Charlton Comics * '' Tales of the Mysterious Traveler'' #14 (1985) DC Comics * ''Action Comics Weekly'' #617, 63 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo J
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Cris CaGuintuan '', which appeared in ''Pilipino Komiks''. CaGuintuan created other comic book stories during the early years of the comic book industry in the Philippines.
Cris CaGuintuan is one of the pioneers of the komiks industry in the Philippines. As a comic book artist and illustrator, he was one of the creators of the first costumed Filipino superheroes, namely ''Lagim Lagim (meaning "dread" or "terror" in Tagalog''Lagim'' definition, bansa.org) ... References Filipino comics artists Filipino comics writers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Buising
Manuel "Manny" Buising (May 4, 1951 - May 18, 2020) was a multi-award winning playwright, fictionist and ''komiks'' writer. He studied at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Education, Major in Filipino in 1972. He was the official screenplay writer of Fernando Poe Jr. from 1990 until the actor died in 2005. In the same year, his work, "Niños Inocentes," which exposes how minors are used by pedophiles through cybersex or sex videos, often with the knowledge and consent of their own parents, won the teleplay category in Carlos Palanca Awards. He is no stranger to the Palanca awards, in fact, he was won numerous first place awards in various fields ranging from dramatic plays to short stories and even television plays. His previous accomplishments include first place in the 1988 for his short play "Tumbampreso" and another for his play "Kung Bakit may Nuno sa Punso" in the same year. In 1990, he won first prize for both his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trese
''Trese'' () is a Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. It tells the story of Alexandra Trese, a detective who deals with crimes of supernatural origin. Its first issue was published in October 22, 2005, starting off as a niche work which grew in popularity as readers were intrigued first by the first two volumes' focus on Manila's urban legends, and then by the later volumes' development of Alexandra Trese as a character. The series went on to win several accolades. An animated adaptation for Netflix premiered on June 11, 2021 and has both Tan and Baldisimo as its showrunners and Jay Oliva as executive director. Publication history ''Trese'' was first published independently by Alamat Comics in ashcan and online format. The ''komik'' series is currently available in a collected, graphic novel form, published by Visprint, Inc (formerly Visual Print Enterprises). The retail company, National Book Store, re-released ''Trese: Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajo Baldisimo
Kajo Baldisimo is a Filipino comic book artist best known for illustrating the horror/crime komiks series ''Trese'', co-creating it with writer Budjette Tan. He is also the penciller of the forty-first issue of the '' Star Wars: Legacy'' comic series, Legacy 41: Rogue's End. His work ''Trese'' has won the Philippine National Book Award for Best Graphic Literature of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2012. It has been adapted into an animated series by Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil .... References External links * Living people Filipino comics artists Filipino speculative fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Philippines-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
