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wanna see more? :-)



Ahhh... the things you miss while you're stuck at work. Well, two of my office mates were able to go and watch UNDERSTATEMENT (Bench's yearly fashion show).

Good thing Eddieboy was there to give us these up close and personal pics. More pics at Eddieboy's UNDERSTATEMENT album

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Weekend Reading



"‘BERTO, ON THE CORNER OF AYALA AND MAKATI AVENUE" is now online. This was recently published in the Philippine Graphic. :-)

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they who make great things possible


TEAM GLOBE circa 2003


I am now the "eldest" in the team.

This is my fifth year in the Globe Team.

Most of Team2003 are still with us.

Some have moved to other creative teams.

Others have completely left the agency and are now doing the thing that they've always wanted to do.

It is 2:49am and we're still working on several materials that need to be presented later.

Today I realized even after my five years here, there is still much to learn.

Thank God it's Friday.

We have the weekend to look forward to.

And then we start all over again.

Making great things possible.

PHLOGGIN' UPDATES!!!


Nanni starts her own phlog


Brandie goes on a road trip!


Rachel got to meet a Viva Hot Babe!

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gblog! gblog! gblog!

I'm now testing myGlobe's new G-BLOGS service.
So far, so good.

The nice thing about this blogging service is that you "earn credits to send SMS and MMS for every journals or pictures downloaded from your G-Blog site".

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I was in Filbar’s yesterday. In the store was a dad with his eight or ten year-old kid. The kid wore eyeglasses, spoke 50 words per second, and had this nasal voice. He was just like that brainy kid in “Jerry Maguire”.

When I stepped in the store, the father and son were trying to decide which alternate cover of “InQuest” magazine they were going to get. The kid picked one and the dad said, “Great choice!”

“Why is Superman carrying the hammer of Thor and the shield of Captain America?” asked the kid as he pointed at the cover of JLA/AVENGERS #4.

“Wow! You’re right! That’s a good question,” said the dad, and asked to see the comic book. “It’s number four of four. Why don’t we just wait for them to release the compilation and then we’ll get it, okay?”

The kid agreed.

“Okay! Change topic! What about….” and the kid launched to another series of comic book related queries, all of which were answered by the dad.

It’s nice to see that there are dads like that. A lot of time I’ve seen kids drag their parents in the comic book store, choose a comic book and the dad would briefly glance at the issue and say, “Ang mahal naman! Babasahin mo ba yan?” (That’s so expensive! Are you really going to read that?) And their kid would have to beg just to get the book.

Some kids can be so lucky.

They should not be deprived of their stories, whether it be through a comic book or children’s book or novels like Harry Potter. They should not be deprived of the chance to discover new worlds.

“We are creators. When we begin, separately or together, there’s a blank
piece of paper. When we are done, we are giving people dreams and magic and
journeys into minds and lives that they have never lived. And we must not forget
that.” –-Neil Gaiman

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WIN! WIN!



The National Book Award for Comic Books goes to “Mars Ravelo’s Darna,” edited by Zach Yonzon, published by Mango Comics.

Like any other big super-hero, Darna undergoes reincarnation every now and then. But Mango Comics’ newest avatar for Narda with the magic stone is by far the flashiest and most effective so far. With Boboy Yonzon updating the heroine’s setting and plot, artists Ryan Orosco, Lan Medina and Gilbert Monsanto breathe glossy, four-color plus life to this Filipino komiks icon. But it goes beyond resuscitating Valentina or having Darna flying over modern Metro Manila. It’s about according our heroes the proper respect, giving them five-star treatment and that Mango Comics has certainly given Darna. It is a treatment that also honors the boundless contributions of Mars Ravelo to our collective consciousness. Mango Comics’ considerable efforts have brought Darna back into the hearts and minds of young Filipino readers, to whom she was little more than a figment of dusty nostalgia, and that’s essential. She’s really back. And for Mango Comics, this is just the beginning and we offer our congratulations and our best wishes for your upcoming update of Lastikman. We can’t wait.





The National Book Award for Comic Book goes to “Siglo: Freedom,” edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Vin Simbulan, published by Mango Books in cooperation with Quest Ventures and Kestrel IMC.

Remembrance and celebration can be both rousing and painful. That’s what Siglo: Freedom tells us. This ambitious and thoughtful project is a reflection of what makes us a people, explores where we came from, how we got here and, perhaps, where we are going. It’s a comic book anthology that makes you think—and that’s impressive. Also impressive is the talent behind his project: Gerry Alanguilan, Dean Francis Alfar, Nikki Alfar, Arnold Arre, Jason Banico, Marco Dimaano, Andrew Drilon, Honoel Ibardolaza, Lan Medina, Elbert Or, Vin Simbulan and Carlo Vergara. Inside these black-and-white pages, there are lessons to be learned and truths to be found, all of them in hues of gray as varied as the styles and tones of the different stories. But what is clear is the spirit of aspiration embodied by Siglo: Freedom. Just like the various creators’ hopes for the Filipino people, Siglo: Freedom is an indication of our reaching for that next level of transcendence—and our willingness to give dreams shape and shade.


Congratulations to the komikeros and grafictionists of DARNA and SIGLO for both winning the National Book Awards' Comic Book of the Year!