Babbling Point

DARNA! DARNA! DARNA! Posted three magazine articles about DARNA in the KOMIX101 blog (just scroll down past the Carl "ZsaZsa Zaturnnah" Vergara interview). "[Darna's] mabait yet matapang . Strong yet sympathetic. Sexy yet dignified. And she looks damn great in a pair of teensy-weensy red pekpek shorts." --Abi Aquino, Cosmopolitan Philippines I think Abi's article was best written of the bunch. It was concise, informative, and an entertaining read. The Men Zone article felt like a bad written press release that kept repeating information through-out the article. It even had cheesy photos of the Mango Comics creative team being beat-up by Darna. Still haven't found any reviews for DARNA #2.

Carl said that Jon Lapus was raving about ZSAZSA in THE BUZZ last Sunday(?). I hope that translates to more buzz about the book (and more sales). Carl's interview with Business World came out today. Posted in KOMIX101 .

thrilling comics From the website THRILLED : These are comics which are online. Some of them have been specifically designed for the online format and some have not. They were done for ourselves for various reasons. This site exists so that you may read and enjoy them and share the experience. Some people have enjoyed our stories and felt somehow moved or enlightened and that is nice. Please enjoy, or don't, and move on to something else on the internet that is better. These comics are please not for children please . My favorites are: Trepanation and Ride .

Rachel texted that I should read LITTLE PRINCE and figure out what is really essential in life. Maricel texted that I should: take a break. read rilke. take a week off. get a girlfriend . Which makes me wonder if I should do it in that order and will I become a better writer if I get girlfriend or will I just become more neurotic (or will I make her more neurotic because of all my OT)? Well, maybe I'll pick up a copy of LITTLE PRINCE this weekend. Something nice to read on a rainy day.

THE END... FOR NOW Presented the SAD STORY(Version Oh-I-Already-Lost-Count) last Thursday and it got the REALLY REJECTED stamp. Even if it was Mother One who presented the storyboards, it wasn’t enough to convince client to go for the story. They said, it’s not the type of story they’d want to do. I’ll just die if competition comes up with a story similar to mine. This reminds me of how the whole team was back in the office the day after EDSA DOS and we came up with over a dozen ads to commemorate that peaceful revolution and how text messaging connected a whole nation (or at least, the several million who had cellphones in the city). But client didn’t want to run a single ad because of possible political repercussions. A week or so later, the competition came out with their EDSA DOS ad, which got an award for best print that same year. So, now we’re back to a similar situation. Client doesn’t want to produce this story. They admit that it’s a realistic story b...