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WONDERYEAR Now it's time for me to tell you about Young Nastyman, archrival and nemesis of Wonderboy, with powers comparable to Wonderboy. What powers you ask? I dunno how 'bout the power of flight? That do anything for ya? That's levitation, holmes. How 'bout the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away... with mind bullets! That's telekinesis, Kyle. How 'bout the power to move you? " Wonderboy ", TENACIOUS D Yeah, what about that? The Power to move you. At the risk of being too melodramtic, this power lies in the hands of writers and artists. The power to move readers to a place that's never been, to a place that never will be, to places in the past which they thought they forgot. It was quite a busy and productive year for our little comic book scene. May we continue to move forward and eventually become an industry again, just like the glorious golden age of komiks when it used to be read by millions. To be re...

. He’s gay. She’s bi. He’s neither. LEXY, NANCE & ARGUS: SEX, GODS, ROCK & ROLL Bittersweetness Comix 68 pages, b&w P 130 per copy For Mature Readers Now available at Comic Quest Megamall and SM City North. This one-shot special compiles all the 18 pages serialized in Pulp Magazine from 2001-2002, as well as 50 all-new pages. Follow the gang’s feel-good, indie-flavored and introspective non-adventures as they question tradition, celebrate diversity, and get groiny. Story and art by Oliver Pulumbarit. The cover colors are by Ryan Orosco. Published by Oliver Pulumbarit and John Toledo.

. "I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating. I don't care if it's a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a piece of music, anybody -- anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us, I think this world would be unliveable without art, and I thank you." –Steven Soderberg, during the 73rd Academy Awards. Merry Christmas to all comic book creators out there! Writers, artists, colorists, letters, editors, and publishers! Merry Christmas to everyone who’s saving up to get their stories Xeroxed, to everyone who hopes to get their stories published somehow, somewhere. Hoping that 2005 be a year filled with new comic book stories! May we find something new in the comic book stores each and every month! And many, many thanks to the readers who bought one copy of a local comic book and to those who bought everything that every came out of local publishers. Thank you very much for all your support. ...

. the streets of heaven FROM: The West Wing, " 20 Hours in America: Part II", Season 4 Written by Aaron Sorkin …securing peace in a time of global conflict, sustaining hope in this winter of anxiety and fear. More than any time in recent history America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive. Forty four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kenneson State University. Three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents ...

. Playing with Dice Budjette Tan He was the only one in the hospital cafeteria. The lady behind the counter had stepped out to go to the comfort room, leaving him and the day’s special that no one really wanted to order. He felt small seated at that long, white table. He chose the one near the window, hoping to catch a breeze since the lady turned off the air conditioning. The night air was stuffy, made worse by the antiseptic they used to mop the floor that just seemed to punch him in the nose. He adjusted his eyeglasses as he flipped open another book. His finger ran down the page, searching for the right spell. In his palm was a 20-sided dice. It felt warm in his hand, like a piece of M&M chocolate. The dice clattered on the plastic surface of the table. He got a 9. Not enough. He tried another spell. 13. Rolled again. 6 Not enough. He had been here since last night, since they brought his lolo to the ICU, and ever since then, he had...

. The big blood-drenched picture by David Hontiveros " James Wan’s SAW is the cinematic equivalent of a bear trap (to borrow an analogy from the film); once it begins, those rusty, razor-toothed jaws snap shut, and there’s little else you can do but sit riveted to your seat till the bitter, bloody end. "What if you woke up to find yourself chained to a pipe in a decrepit bathroom, without knowing who put you there, or why? From this seed, the twisted and gnarled script of Saw—written by Leigh Whannell, who plays Adam in the film—grows. And it turns out to be one of the best, most intense, and most involving English-language horror films made in quite a while." Read the rest of David Hontiveros' review here: http://www.philippinegraphic.com/cover28/regular/regular_film.htm

Fantastic Lastik Comic Book Why on earth would anyone want to get Mango Comics latest publication: MARS RAVELO’S LASTIKMAN? Well, for only P150, which is the price you’d pay for a regular 22-page super-X-whatever-bat-book, you get a complete prestige formatish 56-page full color slam bang extravaganza!!! Are you a fan of Gerry Alanguilan’s stories? Then you better get this book! Because if you want a dark, dramatic, blood and guts Wasted type story, then you better go get an extra copy of WASTED (still available in selected secret branches here and there). But if you’re a fan of Gerry’s CREST HUT BUTT SHOP, then consider this CREST HUT’s elastic spastic cousin. Yup, all the crazy, zany, wacko slice of superhero life (including chickens) have been crammed into the panels of this 56-page book. It’s a slam bang bang kerplang action packed story. Well, it’s more like slam bang bang HAHAHHA kapow kablam CRY CRY kablooey action packed type of story. Another reason you s...

Four color fan films By David Hontiveros "When it comes to superheroes, Hollywood just doesn’t get it sometimes. Which is why some comic book fans have taken what they felt were the necessary steps to see the heroes they care about “done right.” Downloadable from the Internet these days is a whole bevy of short fan films crafted with care and fistfuls of maxed-out credit cards, and, surprisingly, some of these look far more accomplished (and truer to the source material) than their big budget feature-length cousins." Read David's review of these fanfilms at: http://www.philippinegraphic.com/cover27/regular/regular_film.htm Other reviews by David: Exorcist: The Beginning http://www.philippinegraphic.com/cover17/regular/regular_film.htm Open Water http://www.philippinegraphic.com/cover19/regular/regular_film.htm

He's baaack! Just when you thought it was safe to go back to bloggin' Click for the return of the come back of Mark ... http://clickmomukhamo.com/blog/

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she's so cute Mary-Louise Parker appears as Amy Gardner in WEST WING. And she's so cute! I had more words to describe her but I'm just too tired. I need to go home.

. Six books I wouldn't mind finding under my Christmas tree. Six comics collections are a trip down memory lane By Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-12-01-xmasbooks-comics_x.htm Comic books aren't all about capes and secret identities. n Several recent collections unearth rare, underground and early works that don't often get the Hollywood treatment. Though they're not appropriate for children, they may make adult readers recall childhood trips to the comic shop. Here's a roundup of the best offerings: The Comics Before 1945 By Brian Walker (Harry N. Abrams, $50) Devotees of Little Orphan Annie, Krazy Kat and other seminal comic strips will appreciate this hardcover collectors' volume, which presents works from the turn of the century to World War II. (Abrams published Walker's volume of Comics Since 1945 in 2002.) Along with detailed biographies of the era's most no table artists, Wa...

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. StormWatch http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Asia/sat.html Everyone please keep safe and dry. It doesn't help that this super typhoon is named after a singer know for his novelty songs. Ready or not, here comes Typhoon Yoyong. God bless us all.

. The Fantastic Mr. Bach FROM : http://www.portlandmercury.com/2004-11-25/feature2.html If you were forced at gunpoint to have a three-way with two comic book characters and one had to be a man, who would they be? SEBASTIAN BACH: I'd have to say Valkyrie from the Defenders--she was fuckin' hot. I find it somewhat weird that I get turned on by a comic book character, but anyway... Oh, I forgot, Cherry Poptart. You should pick up one of those--they're X-rated, but she's a little minx. Or Gwen Stacy, who the Green Goblin killed in Spider-Man #101 I think, or maybe #99--I can't remember the exact issue. Green Goblin threw her off a bridge--she was absolutely awesome. So that's three chicks, and then one of them has to be a man? Huh... Oh, it definitely has to be Mr. Fantastic. Reed Richards, from the Fantastic Four. He has the ability to stretch any part of his body as big, long, or wide as he wants. I'd like to see some party tricks with that fuck...

:-( CCHQ CLOSING SALE 30% to 50% off on Comics and Manga December 1 - 18 Store Hours: 10am to 530pm Monday to Saturday "It has been a pleasure serving you for the past three years. We have met so many wonderful people and learned so much about life, business and ourselves. We thank you for your loyal patronage." Khristine and Katya Cheng-Chua CENTRAL COMIC HQ 3rd floor, FBR Arcade, Katipunan Avenue, QC Tel (632)433-0898 http://www.cchq.com.ph/ I always thought that CCHQ would've been perfect except it didn't have a coffee shop. But they said they didn't want to smell of food and coffee to mix with the books. Very understandable. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new comic book. Especially those glossy graphic novels. They didn't have the flat smell of newsprint comic books. The graphic novels had that precious scent, otherworldly, a strange mix of the printing chemicals and the airplane's airconditioning system. Althou...

. TOP 5 Things Heard in Baguio After Authorities Burn P1.3 worth of Marijuana 5. Whoa! Why is Kenon Road is all straight? 4. Everything's sooo GREEN! 3. Wow! These pine trees smell so good. 2. Why do I suddenly have a craving for ube jam and strawberries? 1. LOOK! I'M THE BARREL MAN!

. YOU ARE HERE i'm now at the GAMEFROG . (Is it THE GAMEFROG? Or just GAMEFROG?) Anyway, it's a nice quite place. As quiet as netcafes get. Right beside it is a bar called Aruba and they now have some showband singing some Top 40 song. Ohhh... I like their keyboards. Nice and black and has that nice clickety-clack sound if i type fast enought. Another good thing about GAMEFROG is that it's not dark like most netcafe, which seem to think they have to look like some 80s disco pub. Now, if only they serve coffee this would be a really great place.

. THE LINKING GAME I don't know if anyone noticed, but alamatcomics.com was offline for awhile. Well, we're back online. (Finally paid the bill, he he he). Nothing new in the site, I'm afraid. Soon. Soon. Now, on to the new stuff online. Found Jim Lee's blog . I think it's Jim Lee's blog. It has his pictures and art, but other guys from Wildstorm are also posting their artworks. Check it for some behind the scenes fun. Comic Quest also now has a blog and mailing list . (Now, if only Mike can set-up a text alert to tell me the new stuff has arrived... or a service that would let me reserve and pay for my comic books just by texting!) Jason's uploaded a whole bunch of his comic book stories and you can all read it for FREE! Wheee! Time magazine columnist Andrew Arnold reviews the new French-Japanese comic book connection, which you to French comic book artist Frederic Boilet's " Nouvelle Manga Manifesto ." How long befor...