Babbling Point

Friday the 13th THE DOLL Created by Kitty Almazan and Bonsai Fojas www.nooninoos.multiply.com THE PORTRAIT Art by Lady Gissele S. Bautista http://gizophrenia.deviantart.com/ THE PIN-UPS Art by Edgar Tadeo http://www.edgartadeo.com/ Art by Mark Torres http://mytymark.deviantart.com/ Art by Ivan Despi http://gaktikol.deviantart.com/gallery/ http://acidhousepost.multiply.com/ Art by Taga-Ilog http://tagailog.deviantart.com/ THE PREVIEW coming soon As I write this, there are just bare three hours left from this Friday the 13th. I was hoping to make this post early this morning, but work prevented me from sitting at my desk for most of the day. So, here you go, although it's a bit delayed... our little way of celebrating this particular Friday. Many thanks to all the people who contributed to EXHIBIT 13 . It always surprises me how people interpret Alexandra; but me and Kajo were most specially surprised with the Nooninoo TRESE doll by Kitty and Bonsai. Once again, thank you all! p.s. ...

The Flag Bearer I have always found it curious that in Philippine pop culture, there has never been a popular flag-bearing character. In United States, the obvious example would be Captain America; followed by Wonder Woman (with her red, white, blue and star-spangled outfit) and of course, Superman (whose costume follows the color motif of the American flag). They became symbols for the American people during World War II. In the days after 9/11, more New Yorkers were seen wearing their Superman and Captain America t-shirts. If we take a look at other countries, they didn’t seem to see the need to create such a character. Even when Marvel created characters like The Guardian (a Canadian super-hero) and Union Jack (a British super-hero), they didn’t seem to develop a big enough following and have comic book titles that reached the 100th issue or spin-off to become a TV or cartoon show. Here in the Philippines, popular characters like Darna and Panday are not “flag bearers”. I guess, ...