Babbling Point

dream come true(?) FROM NEIL GAIMAN'S BLOG : Incidentally, I'm trying to organise (well, I'm not actually doing the organising) the promised signings in the Phillipines and Singapore before or after the Melbourne convention and Australian book signings this summer. The signing in the Philippines looks like it's happening , but I'm not sure about the Singapore one, as originally I was going be brought in with Dave McKean by the British Council, a plan that was scuppered by MirrorMask, and now I'm not really sure who to talk to. (If anyone in Singapore has any bright ideas, feel free to let me know.) Oh please! Please! Please, let this be true!

. another unfinished book found in the dreaming I finished the this script for this story three years ago. I even blogged about it. I met Bong Leal, who co-created and drew this fantastic Pinoy noir comic book called ASKALS (written by Dodo Dayao ). Bong said if I had a short story he'd like to illustrate it. So, I have give him this story "ANG HULING DATU", which, for the record, was created way before "The Last Samurai". ha! :) But as fate would have it, the advertising gods have given us too much work to get this little sideline finished. Maybe next year. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.

. found in the dreaming Behold the cast and characters of THE SOUL BOOK, created by Mervin Ignacio(story) and Ian Sta. Maria(art). (click for larger image) (Based on the Filipino myths and legends that were recorded/written in "The Soul Book".) This was supposed to be part of an anthology we were putting together, but as luck would have it, all of the pages were lost when Ian's computer crashed. You see, Ian decided to "draw" the whole story digitally. So, he doesn't even have pencils of the artwork. So, all that's left are these pin-ups. Enjoy. (all art by Ian Sta. Maria) Makabo the Tikbalang (click for larger image) A Fire Diwata (click for larger image) Maguayen, a water diwata (click for larger image) Amani, a forest diwata (click for larger image) Captan, god of gods (click for larger image) Rianka the Manananggal (click for larger image) Queen of Manananggal (...

. we have an exciting show for you tonight I got to work around 8:30am (which is unusual). After I printed out my copy sheets for my 10am meeting, I clicked on Mark's blog and found out that Johnny Carson died yesterday . As Mark mentioned in his blog, we used to watch The Tonight Show on UHF 17 aka FEN-P (Far East Network-Philippines), which was the TV station for Clark Air Base and Subic Naval base. People in Manila needed to set up a very tall antenna on their rooftops to be able to pick up Channel 17's signal. Even with this so-called booster doohickey attached to the TV set, the reception of the channel was usually snowy. But that didn't matter to us, because that was the channel where we got to see new American TV shows that were not seen on the local networks. One of the main reasons I started to watch Johnny Carson was because of a Christmas episode where he'd show these crazy toys that were supposedly being sold in stores. I kept watching even aft...