Babbling Point

From the Phil.Jazz mailing list Cooky's gigs this March 10 - SM Manila (CIR) - Padis Point Las Pinas (Buhay) 13 - Eros (with Mike) Eros is new place somewhere along T.Morato. A very small, cozy place that easily gets filed-up with just 30 people. 14 - Hobbit House (CIR) 15 - Padis Point Las Pinas WInston Concer Series (CIR) 16 - Sanctum (CIR) 19 - Virgin Cafe (Buhay) 21 - Hobbit House (CIR) 23 - Monk's Dream (JAZZ PULSE) 24 - 27 Jesus Christ Superstar at 70's Bistro 27 - Eros (with Mike) 31 - Padi's Point , Las Pinas (Buhay)

TEAM ACHILLES Interesting premise . Looks like fun! Hope the story will be great as well! :)

I'm still alive. Just give me till the end of this week and hopefully I'll be able to go back to my regular blogging schedule

Ace draws Zuma .

How I Feel Check out the Mr. Headbanger on the upper left-hand corner of Dan O'Leary's website. That's me. That's me at my computer trying to write the one line I've been trying to write for the past two weeks. Two weeks... 14 days... 336 hours... All that time trying to get the right line... it doesn't even have to be the perfect line... but it's going to be the line that will make you go, "Ahhhh!" With all of the other lines I've written have been able to get that kind of reaction from my bosses and my teammates and client. Tomorrow is the presentation. Somewhere between now and tomorrow, I hope to bump into that "elusive line" and that will make everything work. It's been three weeks since I've had my fix. And today being EDSA day, going to Comic Quest would be ridiculous. I just hope I can do to Megamall on Wednesday. The new stuff arrives this Wednesday. Maybe the line I'm looking for is ...

DAREDEVIL THE MOVIE According to Variety, Jon Favreau is in final negotiations to play Foggy Nelson in the upcoming Daredevil movie . Nelson, of course, is Matt Mudock’s legal partner and best friend. Ben Affleck stars as Murdock/Daredevil, Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Michael Clark Duncan as Kingpin, and Colin Farrell as Bullseye. The film version of the Marvel comic has a tentative release date of January 17, 2003, recently moved up a month. Mark Steven Johnson wrote the script and is directing the film.

Holy Whodunnit! Guess where my money will be going this May? Murder Mysteries HC By: Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell Cover by: P. Craig Russell One of the most celebrated writers in the history of comics teams up once again with one of the industry's most accomplished artists! For the first time in nine years, since the award-winning 50th issue of Sandman, Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell once again venture into the world of myth and angels. Constructing and maintaining all of heaven and earth is an immense task, which God has divided up amongst the various ranks and stations of angels. As with any such huge effort, there are bound to be casualties. This unique passion play sheds light on the hands behind creation, as well as one lonely man in Los Angeles who gets to hear the whole story of a most unspeakable crime: a murder in paradise! P. Craig Russell adapts Neil Gaiman's poignant short story with the subtlety and grace which earned him two Eisner Awar...

Mutant Pinoy Filipino comic book artist Philip Tan works with special effects master Stan Winston on the comic book MUTANT EARTH . Blue Book Now, why didn't we think of this when we were in college? THE COMIC COLLECTIVE is an Ateneo de Manila comic book org and they're launching their first comic book this month. Good luck to them! We definitely need more people who are enthusiastic to tell them stories and willing to take the risk to publish them!

Today... It took me an hour to get a cab. When I got in the cab, playing in the radio, was Barry Manilow's "Mandy". Was late for my meeting. Flowers being delivered everywhere. Kris Aquino was born today. Happy Valentine's-- bah humbug!

Kinda late, but I’ll talk about it anyway… Got to watch FROM HELL during the weekend. Actually watched it twice because I accompanied by mom and brother last Sunday. (Yes, yes, I watched it twice despite it’s slow pace.) It was then I realized that FROM HELL felt like an episode of Chris Carter’s MILLENNIUM , `cause the detective assigned to the case also had psychic abilities. FROM HELL was nice… not thrilling, but nice. And because it also starred Johnny Depp, I could not help but compare it Tim Burton’s SLEEPY HOLLOW , which seemed to have more character, that it had that distinct look. Even Coppola’s DRACULA had that “look”. Then again, maybe the Hughes Brothers didn’t want that “look”… maybe they just wanted the film to look it was set in London during 1888. I also got to watch VANILLA SKY . I liked it. I know a lot of people don’t like it. Most people don’t seem to like it because they didn’t get it. Yes, it was long. Yes, it was confusing. But I’d watch it aga...

Last week I was trying to come up idea for my wonderful clients and was stuck. Since I was just sitting in Starbucks and was just rambling on my scratch paper, I decided to get a little help from my friends. I texted them and asked, "How has your life changed ever since you got a cellphone? What makes have a cellphone so good?" And these are their answers: Because of caller ID, I can now ignore those I don’t want to talk to. Traffic doesn’t frustrate me as much. Coordinating with your wife/gf in a big mall is easier. Kills a boring day. Makes life more fun for flirts. Shows you’re not forgotten. Keeping in touch with friends that I don’t always see. Round up people for movie night. My friends keep changing plans. And people spell bad. Easier to keep in touch with people, ask for people to help I've become more dependent on tech. Feel cut-off when i don't it. Less hassle your plans. Your friends are at the palm of you hands. H...

Found this announcement in PinoyExchange.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 11-15 will be Comikaze 2002. The Comic Collective (Comicol) will dedicate a whole week in celebration of Atenean comic creator and enthusiast. Invited speakers: Lyndon "Beerkada" Gregorio and the fun guys from Culture Crash! Here are the highlights: 1. Filipino Comic Art Gallery- showcasing the talent of Filipino comic artists, both professional (Lyndon and Culture Crash) and amateur (Comicol people) where: 2nd floor, Rizal Library (RLML) when: Feb 11-15 2. Culture Crash talk- have the excellent people from Culture Crash show you the essentials of Pinoy manga! where: Soc Sci 282 when: Feb 13, 430-6 PM 3. Lyndon Gregorio/Culture Crash talks- one's an acclaimed comic strip innovator; the others are the pioneers of Pinoy manga. Learn from the BEST straight from the BEST. where: Kostka AVR when: Feb 15, 430-6 PM ...

Brandie got me this book for Christmas. And he got it for two reasons: 1. Because the book cover looked cool. 2. And because it has the same title as a story made by the TAGG boys. Brandie scanned the "atom" design and used it as the main design element of the gift wrapper. That yellow atom on a red background is now in my cubicle. It's sort of my icon or sigil. To remind me to focus. That there can be power in something so small. Other Voyager Classsics are now available at Powerbooks. Makes me want to collect all of them just because they would all look so cool on my bookshelf. All of them are priced at P339 even though some are thicker than others. Makes me want to get a new copy of Neuromancer ... just because. Sci-fi is a forgotten love for me. One of the books that I read back in the summer of `93 was this thick sci-fi anthology from around the world. I ended writing one of my only sci-fi stories. Hope to get that published one of these d...

Note to self: STOP OBSSESSING!!! *sigh*

It’s 11:50pm of a Sunday and I’m here at the office because I felt that I had something to write, but not really sure what it is. Just watched the movie HEARTS IN ATLANTIS which was based on a novel by Stephen King . It was one of those slow movies that could have been shown on RPN9 and something we could have watched on one of those slow Saturday afternoons. There was something about the story of the boy, his childhood, his growing up, his finding a mentor, his first love, that was compelling. King has told this same story in various forms. He told the same story in THE BODY and it was a the same setting in THE IT. There’s something about going back one’s childhood that’s… that seems to be the story that I want to tell. But which one? The TAGG story? The “Darna's barkada” story? The “Comic Book Café” story? They all seem to be the same story, told from different points of views. Then again, that’s what King did. He was able to tell a horror story and a co...

It's a Saturday and I'm at work. Wasn't able to go to the blogger's EB that Mark set-up. My only consolation was seeing Barbie at the recording studio. She's so cute. =0) I'm such a drooling fanboy. Was only able to say, "Hello" and waved. After that I just drooled. Ugh.

Finally got my copy of OCHLORAT which was illustrated by Gerry . Comic Quest supposedly only got six copies. So, since I got one copy and another copy is reserved for Gerry, that leave four copies for you guys to fight over. OCHLOCRAT was a fun read. The lead character, the Ochlocrat, reminded me of Spider Jerusalem , but this time he’s armed with hovering cameras and puts criminals on trials on TV and the internet. He presents the evidence to everyone watching and people vote online on what the verdict should be. In between all of that, he’s promotes certain products like life insurance and condoms. The art by Gerry was great! Unfortunately, I think Gerry swore off from illustrating anything like this every again. Just take a look at all the detail in the background. Even the little hover-cams are super-detailed. So, Gerry what’s next? Try and get the last four copies of OCHLOCRAT from Comic Quest, Megamall, it’s worth it. I also got THE ULTIMATES . And that made me ...

From the FWD-email Department: Advertising Humor You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, “I’m fantastic in bed.” That’s Direct Marketing. You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, “He’s fantastic in bed.” That’s Advertising. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day you call and say, “Hi, I’m fantastic in bed.” That’s Telemarketing. You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, “By the way, I’m fantastic in bed.” That’s Public Relations. You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says, I hear you’re fantastic in bed.” That’s Brand Recognition.

The AdGods Finish big meeting with the "gods" on the 34th floor. They liked what we did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, comes the hard part-- convincing client. Today is New Comic Book Day! I hope to be able to get out and get the new stuff. ULTIMATES and JLA should be arriving today. Get HIGH this March. Here are more preview pages from Leinil Yu's HIGH ROADS. I'm excited!!! and at the same time feel somewhat down because their book reminds of something I wanted to do when we were stating Alamat -- it was story called THE FLYING PHANTOM and it was also set in WWII. He was one of those reluctant heroes that suddenly receive the power of flight and ends up fighting Nazi vampires, killer robots, and other doomsday devices. Maybe someday I'll get to finish writing that story and maybe Bow will finish drawing it. Wish I had time to write it. ...and the work continues and this will contnue till next week...

January 28 Today is my dad's birthday. In his early 20s, he became one of the pioneers in Philippine television . Talk about a tough act to follow. :) Happy birthday dad.