Babbling Point

Well... that was that. I knew my 15-minute interview with the PiPOL crew would be reduced to a 15-second soundbite. I have become a resource person. I wonder if that's such a great thing? All in all, it was nice piece. Too bad it was shown too late for kids to see. Nothing like finding out that the guy drawing your favorite comic book is a Pinoy. It would be great if transcripts and images from the show would be put online. I think CNN and ABC NEWS would do that. Talking about Filipino comic book artists... Nonoy Marcelo died yesterday. God bless him. When I was in grade school, I was crazy about ninjas. I bought the books, the costume, and the equipment. I was one fat ninja! It was during that time when Nonoy Marcelo did several strips of IKABOD as a ninja. I clipped out those strips, pasted them on bond paper, and stapled them together. I even drew Ikabod on the cover. I think that was one of the very first comic books I "published". I don't know wher

NeXT oN PiPOL OcToBeR 22, 11pm ABS-CBN Popular, sikat at mabiling-mabili ang imported comic Books na may iba’t ibang superheroes. Kabilang na rito ang X-Men, Superman, Spiderman at iba pa. Pero hindi alam ng marami, mga Pinoy ang may likha ng mga imahe at istorya ng mga tanyag na comic book na ito. Sino nga ba itong world-class Pinoy cartoonists at paano nila itinatayo ang bandila ng Pilipinas sa bawat pahina ng mga imported comic books na binabasa ng buong mundo? Samahan si Ces Drilon para sa mga totoong istorya ng buhay lahad ng mga tunay na tao sa PiPOL, Martes pagkatapos ng ABS-CBN HEADLINES. =========================== The crew interviewed Jay Anacleto , Gerry Alanguilan , Gilbert Monsanto , James Palabay , comic book store-owner Fil Barbasa, and me. I wonder how much of my interview will be used. I just hope they show the pages from BATCH72 and GLOBE XTM. :)