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Kita-kits sa KOMIKON What: KOMIKON 2006: The 2nd Philippine Komiks Convention Where: UP Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Q.C. When: October 21, 2006; 10 am – 8 pm More info at: http://komikon.blogspot.com/ Be there for the launch of TRESE # 1 to 6 Story by Budjette Tan Art by Kajo Baldisimo (click to see the pages) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 & 7 ULTRACOPS Story and art by Ian Sta. Maria Script by Bow Guerrero (click to see the pages) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 ARTIFACT Story by Ryan Zamora and Rafael Urbina Art by Kajo Baldisimo (click to see the pages) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 THE DATU'S DAUGHTER Story by Kajo Baldisimo and Budjette Tan Script by Budjette Tan Art by Kajo Baldisimo (click to see the pages) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 KADILIMAN (Preview Book) Story by David Hontiveros Art by Edgar Tadeo (click to see the pages) Page 1 Page 2 Page 6 Page 7 Page 9 Isn't this exciting? Well, I'm definitely excited! Gerry...

Ladies and gentlemen, we now present to you Exhibit 13. A collection of evidence found and documented by Manila’s finest Scene of the Crime Officers (SOCO). All cases are part of Alexandra Trese’s ongoing investigation of Manila’s underworld. http://exhibit13.blogspot.com/ Roll call of Exhibit 13’s SOCOs: Andrew Drilon, Rey Villegas, Ian Sta. Maria, Ronnie Tres Reyes, Marco Dimaano, Carlo Vergara, Hai Ibardoloza, Chester Ocampo, Jac Ting Lim, Reinard Santos, Leigh Reyes, Bong Leal, Oliver Pulumbarit, and of course, Kajo Balidisimo. Many thanks to these brave "police sketch artists" for collecting and illustrating these strange occurences in the metro.

“Hit the brakes if you’ve already heard this before.” I had a 1pm meeting today. So, we had to leave the office at 12 noon. Meaning, I was attending a meeting with an empty stomach. Which meant I was going to be very grumpy. We hailed a cab and all got in. I sat in the passenger seat, gave instructions to the driver and closed my eyes, hoping to get a bit of rest before we got to the meeting. The driver started to make comments about the traffic and the cops and the billboards and the government and I wasn’t in the mood to converse. He then asked me, “Narinig niyo po na namatay na si Steve Irwin, yung Crocodile Hunter? Sayang, di ba? Mag do-donate dapat siya sa bansa natin. Alam niya kasi na dito mahahanap ang pinakamalaking crocodile sa buong mundo. “May zoo nga siya kung saan mahahanap ang pinakamalaking Japanese crocodile. Tapos, nandoon din ang pinakamalaking Australian crocodile-- at mas malaki nga! “Tapos, dun sa kulungan ng Philippine crocodile, walang laman. Kaya nagtapon siya ...

M u r d e r b y G o o g l e I'm currently working on the script of TRESE #7 and needed to find out what kind of acid can be used to dissolve an entire human body. So, I went to Google and typed in: acid dissove human flesh and found this: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=717344 Google rocks!!!

L.S.S. We recently had to put together a reel of Harrison Communications latest works. We included this radio spot for Biogesic, written by Maki Maquiling. Reinard, who was editing the reel, decided to do this animated short to accompany the radio. If you like it, you can check out more of Reinard's works at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ReinardSantos

let's begin I am proud to share with all of you the latest TV commercial made by Harrison Communications. Last February, Harrison participated in a pitch for the Institutional TVC of the Bank of the Philippine Islands. We won the pitch, but that was just going to be the beginning of many months of revising and re-crafting the idea. It was eventually shot during a very rainy weekend last July and it finally aired this month. It is rare that we get to do a TV commercial like it and great that we got to do it for an institution like BPI. We hope people like it. PROJ: LIGHTHOUSE CLIENT: Bank of the Philippine Islands AGENCY: Harrison Communications EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Teeny Gonzales CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Budjette Tan WRITERS: Teeny Gonzales (Assisted by Budjette Tan, Reinard Santos, Biba Cabuquit) ART DIRECTORS: Reinard Santos (Assisted by Argem Vinuya, Erwin Trivino) ACCOUNTS: Manny Martinez, Madel Palman, Abby Nicolas PRODUCERS: Chona Bustamante, Cris Dy Liaco, Netnet Valencia ...

Page One, Panel 1 Many months ago Hai and Jac emailed/texted me about writing a story that they can work on. I have yet to begin on those stories. My apologies. Tomorrow, maybe, hopefully I can get started on those stories. Art by Jac Ting Lim Art by Hai Ibardazola I also owe Kajo the script for TRESE #7. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek on TRESE 6: THE OUTPOST ON KALAYAAN STREET. Art by Kajo Badisimo

kittylitter My mother has decided to keep Legaspi the Lost Cat. She now calls her Leggy (because Legaspi is just too long to say). Since day-one, Leggy has been doing her business in my bathroom. Even though we leave her in the garden after she eats her meals, she still comes in my bathroom to to do #1 and #2. So, that's where Brandie and Tin decided to set-up her kittylitter box-- right beside my toilet. The weird thing is, every night I come home and I go to the bathroom and sit down at the toilet, Leggy comes in and would do her thing in her litterbox. Then she starts playing around with my towel or tries to hide herself in the newspaper I've thrown on the floor. Or sometimes, she just stares at me. Which is very, very annoying. There are also times when she tries stand on her hindlegs and tries to look into the toilet bowl, as if search for something to fish out. Ugh! If all great writers really kept cats as pets... then I'm still waiting for inspiration to hit. I have ...

Tribute II Print Ad Credits: Client: Bato Balani Foundation Agency: Harrison Communcations ECD: Teeny Gonzales/ Emily Abrera DECD: Alex Arellano ACD/Copy: JB Tapia Art: BJ Galinato, Ian Sta. Maria, Argem Vinuya Account: Wella Balagtas Print Production: Femar Integrated, Inc. (with the help of Meo Remalante) Photographer: Jeanne Young (with the help of Yolly Liban)

A Tribute to Teachers Print Ad Credits: Client: Bato Balani Foundation Agency: Harrison Communcations ECD: Teeny Gonzales/ Emily Abrera DECD: Alex Arellano ACD/Copy: JB Tapia Art: BJ Galinato, Ian Sta. Maria, Argem Vinuya Account: Wella Balagtas Print Production: Femar Integrated, Inc. (with the help of Meo Remalante)

Top 10 Funniest Moments in YOU, ME, and DUPREE 1. The Cherifer commercial before the movie. 2. The last part of the movie where Dupree finally figures out what to do with his life. (ooops... forgot to put a spoiler warning) 3. That part where Matt Dillon... ummm... wait that wasn't funny. 4. That scene where Michael Douglas says.... nope, that wasn't funny either. 5. .... 6. ??? Top Two Scenes from YOU, ME, and DUPREE 1. Kate Hudson in her underwear. 2. Kate Hudson in a bikini.

Kajo's Korner Kajo has uploaded some new and old artwork on his blog. Click click and check it out: http://kajobaldisimo.blogspot.com/

A Tiny Independent Film about a Girl, a Boy, A few Monsters, & Ice Cream Now Online: http://www.savingsally.com/

Too tired to come up with a pun about “cats” for the title for this blog entry Around 12:30am, I was already in bed, planning to rest for a while before I dive into writing Trese #7 (Yes, Kajo, I haven’t started typing the script, but I do know how it starts and how it ends. I just don’t know how it middles, as Gaiman has said before me). So, I was planning to write Trese #7 and write in my journal and write copy for this new project we’re working on, when I suddenly get a call from Brandie. I don’t know if I was just too sleepy or I’m losing my hearing, but this is what Brandie told me: “Kuya, can I bring this cab to the house? Yeah, because they won’t let me bring it in our building. So, can you get the cab here, bring it to the house, and me and Tin can come pick it up on Sunday and bring it to PAWS.” Took us awhile to clarify that he was talking about a cat and not a cab. So, I had to drive back to Makati and pick up their cat. Legaspi, as they had christened him, followed them dur...

WE HAVE SUCH SITES TO SHOW YOU Andrew Drilon’s KARE KARE KOMIKS http://the-engine.net/forum/index.php?webtag=ENGINE&msg=3792.1 Bong Leal’s scribblings http://guhit-guhit.blogspot.com/ Avid goes Sunday driving http://www.littlerocket.net/ Mr. BJ's Tribute Agency: Harrison Communications Written by Teeny Gonzales and JB Tapia. Art Directed by BJ Galinato and Ian Sta. Maria. Directed by BJ Galinato (naks!)

good news(G) The Globe TVC above is something I wrote back in 2002. It was part of the "making great things possible" campaign of Globe. I think this was my very first script that got approved and produced. It didn't have the same impact and buzz as the Globe "Katrina" aka "Punk" TVC, but I'd like to think it helped define Globe's new campaign at that time. And talking about good news... (talk about a very clumsy segue to what I really want to talk about) Here's something that happened last August 19, but I haven't really had the chance to blog about it. :-) "May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't to forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. “And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." --Neil Gaiman Yes, Mr. Gaiman, this year has been filled...

TRESE TXTS Last night, I had this text chat with Kajo: KAJO: Budj! When’s the Komikon? I want to get ready for it! BUDJ: Oct 21 KAJO: Alright! I’ve got a lot of things I want to sell. Including TRESE #1 to 8. (At which point, I thought, “Trese #1 to 8? But we’re just working on #6. Oh no! I’m late with my scripts! DOH!”) BUDJ: Yup! TRESE # 1 to 8! And A lot of people are looking for NWA! Btw, the Komikon will be the anniv of Trese. We need to have a gmik for it. KAJO: We can wear Kambal masks! BUDJ: hehehe. I don’t think we’ll be able to pass-off as twins. KAJO: hahaha. You’re right. We’ll just make a poster. Anyway, we hope to be able to upload TRESE #6 in the next couple of weeks. (And I hope to finish writing #7 and #8 in the next couple of weeks as well)

At the back seat of a Death Cab Last week, I was driving home and was tuned in to NU107. I started to hear the opening tunes of Death Cab for Cutie’s "I Will Follow You Into The Dark". I’ve actually heard this song before, but it was only that particular night that I listened to every word of the lyrics. Love of mine some day you will die But I'll be close behind I'll follow you into the dark The opening lines of the song struck me as not very optimistic. Quite morbid, actually. So, I listened more intently. No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white Just our hands clasped so tight Waiting for the hint of a spark If Heaven and Hell decide That they both are satisfied Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you When your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark And as I drove up the fly-over that lead to EDSA, I began to get teary-eyed. This knot built at the bottom of my throat and wanted release. You and me have seen ever...

We now pause for some important words from... PROJ: DREAM GIRL "Dream Girl" was something we finished shooting and editing early this year, but the commercial only started airing a couple of weeks ago. The brief was to talk about how Tivoli chocolate is so delicious, you just can't eat one piece. So, instead of going through the usual route of showing someone eating the chocolate over and over again, we thought of showing the opposite. To show a situation that can never-ever happen again; a moment that only has a one in a million chance of ever happening and make that a counter-point to eating Tivoli, which you can have anytime you want. Of course, since the team was composed of three guys (and girl), the first story we made was about a loser/geek guy, living in a run-down apartment who suddenly discovers that his newly-moved in neighbor is a Viva Hot Babe and needs to borrow some sugar and take a shower in his bathroom because there's no water her apartment. Our boss...

On the way to work, I got this text from the NazgulQueen : A little thought for the slightly mad among us. "Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative." Have a good week :-) Just wanted to spread the fun!