Francisco Reyes is a Filipino illustrator and comic strip artist who is regarded as the “King of the Philippine-jungle lord school of
comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
-strip writing”. He was the co-creator, together with
Pedrito Reyes Pedrito, meaning "little Pedro" or "little Peter" in many Romance languages, may refer to:
People
* Pedrito (footballer, born 1989), Spanish forward
* Pedrito (footballer, born 1996), Spanish midfielder
* Pedrito Reyes (fl. 1930s), Filipino writer ...
, of ''
Kulafu
Kulafu was one of the earliest comic book heroes in the Philippines. Created on July 7, 1933, by Filipino illustrator Francisco Reyes and Filipino writer Pedrito Reyes, Kulafu appeared on the first colored adventure strip and the first two-pag ...
'' (1930s), the first colored adventure comic strip in the history of comics and magazines in the
Philippines.
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Biography
Reyes started studying at the School of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines in 1927. He graduated in 1932. He began working for during the same year. From 1936 to 1941, he was working solo for the comic strip ''Kulafu'' because Pedrito Reyes took on another job. Among his other creations were ''Talahib'' Cogon Grass" or "Bush"(1946), ''Kilabot'' Terror", "Fear", or "Horror"(1947), ''Buhawi'' Cyclone" or "Tornado"(1947), and ''Mahiwagang Sinulid'' Mysterious Thread"(1949). In collaboration with Filipino writer Clodualdo del Mundo, he illustrated the comic strips ''Joe Safari'' (1947), ''Dagog'' (1967), ''Sphinx'' (1969) and ''Ogganda'' (1964).[Featuring Great Achievers in Philippine Art (comics)]
, Kulafu, by Francisco Reyes.
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Filipino comics artists
Filipino comics writers
Filipino illustrators
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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