Barok is considered one of the most popular komiks characters in the

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created by Filipino cartoonist Bert Sarile in 1973. It also means Sillano. A stone-age Philippine comic book character, Barok was described by Sarile as a lead character and one of the equivalents in the Philippine comic book industry of the American cartoon characters in

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. Barok was illustrated in komiks by Sarile as a “pre-historic

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” who carried a “large spiked

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Comic book version

Barok was featured weekly in the pages of ''Hiwaga Komiks''. Conceived by Bert Sarile as a character of ethnic background that mirrored the “Filipino foibles in a primitive-age setting”, Barok was the more contemporary substitute to ''

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'', a postwar Filipino comic book character. Barok was the first character in the Philippines that was created within a stone-age setting.

Film version

Later on, Barok had been featured in three Philippine films. A 1979 version of the film starred Filipino actor and comedian Chiquito as Barok.Barok
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Book version

Barok was one of the few Filipino comic book series or comic strips that was compiled and published in book format. The 130-page,

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book version of Barok was published in 2004 by Pacyno Publishing, Co, Inc. and was distributed by

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Comic book version

Film version

Book version

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