Francisco Reyes is a Filipino illustrator and comic strip artist who is regarded as the “King of the Philippine-jungle lord school of

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-strip writing”. He was the co-creator, together with Pedrito Reyes, 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

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Biography

Reyes started studying at the School of Fine Arts of the

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in 1927. He graduated in 1932. He began working for

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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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