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I was Comic Odyssey today, collecting the sales of TRESE (where it got sold out! thank you, all five of you who bought!). While waiting to chat with Sandy, the owner, a butterball of a boy came running in the store. He was probably 11 or 12 years old. He ran to one of the sales ladies and asked, "Miss, do you have Umbrella Academy?" The lady quickly lead him to the shelf that had a copy and grabbed it with both hands.

"MOM!" he yelled, "This is the comic book!" He looked towards the door and his mom had not yet stepped in the store.

He stared at the cover, both hands still on the book, and he whispered, "I've been looking for this."

I couldn't help but ask, "You're a fan of Umbrella Academy?" Before he even said anything, I knew what his answer would be.

The kid smiled and said, "I'm a fan of Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance!"

His mom finally caught up with him and he ran to his mom with his newly found treasure. The mom looked harassed, didn't even look into the book, and just gave the boy some money to pay for it.

Sandy attended to the kid and then walked over to me.

"Did you see that boy?" I asked.

"Yeah, he's been coming to the store past couple of weeks, looking for Umbrella Academy."

"And he doesn't get any other comic book?"

"No, he just always asks for that. He comes in here singing My Chemical Romance songs."

So, for a moment, I thought I should start my own rock band, launch a couple of albums, make a few music videos, and then write a comic book. Then I'll have kids and fangirls wanting to buy my comic book. That grand plan came to halt when I started to imagine myself singing.

Seeing Little GerardWay Fanboy reminded me of the time I'd bounce into Filbar's under the escalator in VirraMall and ask for the latest issue of Crisis of Infinite Earths. But now that I think about it, at that age, I wasn't a big fan of any rock band. Makes me wonder what the appeal of My Chemical Romance is to the tweens. Are they into all that emo & angst? Do they start that young these days?


WONDERTWIN POWERS... DEACTIVATE!!!
I saw this SUPER INGGO comic book is the Children's Section of National Bookstore. It's 40-page, full-color comic book, being sold at P85. Published by VGOLD (an imprint of LG&M). Licensed by ABS-CBN.

I haven't read it yet, but the art looks decent. The lettering couldn've been better.

But the big question in my mind is: why wasn't this published by ABS-CBN Publishing? If you already own a company that produces, publishes, and distributes magazines, why aren't they producing the spin-off materials of their own TV shows?

Is there really a big difference between putting a magazine and a comic book?
(Did I just open a can of worms?)

I just find it weird.

Anyway, if they now have a SUPER INGGO comic book, does that mean they'll also produce a LASTIKMAN or a PEDRO PENDUKO AT MGA ENGKANTAO comic book as well?

That might just make the comic book scene more interesting.
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