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ISTORYAHAN for a Cause

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July 18, 2016

Last July 6th, UP Graphics Arts in Literature (UP GRAIL) held their event Istoryahan: A Comics + Music + Poetry + Film Night at Blue Rocket Cafe + Kitchen. The event was a benefit gig organized by the UP Graphic Arts in Literature (GRAIL) for the UP Diliman Faculty Center that burned down just this year. [...

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2016 in METRO MANILA

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May 3, 2016

It’s that time of year again for us all of us as geeks, its FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Free Comic Book Day is a single day, held the first Saturday in May each year, when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who...

GEEK STUDY: A Comparative Search of the Herderian-Historical-Rizalian Nationalism within RODSKI PATOTSKI: ANG DALAGANG BABY

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December 6, 2015

A Comparative Search of the Herderian-Historical-Rizalian Nationalism within Rodski Patotski: Ang Dalagang Baby I. Introduction and some Historical Tidbits In search of our common cohesive action as Filipinos/as, we like to look around or search something that can give us this sense of pride to our identit...

COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Wayward #11

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November 28, 2015

THE CONSEQUENCES Paraphrasing one of our premier heroes’ (Jose Rizal’s) remarks on the scenario and outcomes of the “below” taking over the old regime, the former can be the worst leaders than the latter’s regime. Moreover, remember how the French Revolution turned out before Napoleon Bonaparte took over F...

LET’S TALK KOMIKS: Fatima Bergonia and Adrienne Onday in Bringing The Contemporary Pinoy through Komiks

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August 30, 2015

Ever had one of those elevator pitches mixed in in your everyday conversation with your friends or family? Ever thought how far that would go if you ended up doing it? Here at Flipgeeks we were able to sit down with the duo behind the sleeper-hit, Ligaya Komiks, Fatima Bergonia and Adrienne Onday. As they...

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Sixty Six, Vol. 1

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June 14, 2015

HOW PINOY WE ARE Russell Molina (Anong Gupit Natin Ngayon?) and Ian Sta. Maria (Skyworld) team up for an exploration of nostalgia, sense of duty and responsibility, heroism, and Philippine values and culture through the lenses of superhero and Philippine mysticism in SIXTY-SIX, Vol. 1. Let’s go to the deta...

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan, Vol. 2

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June 12, 2015

NO EXCUSES: WARTS AND ALL One of the ironies of life is that many of us know a historical event but in actuality, we know nothing at all. Thought provoking, contradictory, you say? Not actually for we are just mere humans whose memories are either fleeting as times pass by and being embellished with hindsi...

LET’S TALK KOMIKS: Hulyen is Not So “Hipster” At All

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May 24, 2015

Your Flipgeeks had the honor to interview Hulyen for the latest Let’s Talk Komiks. Get to know the mind behind Ugh and one of the collaborators behind Strvnge Things. FLIPGEEKS: Who is Hulyen? Hulyen: I’m Julienne Dadivas, I use the name Hulyen for comics. I currently work as a web designer at a TV ...

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: PIKO: Pambatang Komiks

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April 28, 2015

Innocence, Values & Childhood Philippine independent comic era is still going strong. And another anthology showcasing some of the great potentials will be unleashed on Free Comic Book Day. The name is PIKO: Pambatang Komiks (Josel Nicolas as editor). The name itself is very tantalizing for the twenty ...

CINEMAPUA 2015: Writers’ Picks

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February 11, 2015

We at Flipgeeks love indie films. In fact, we appreciate the raw beauty of the genre which is typically unseen in mainstream projects. There’s something about these gems that make us rave about them, and in a whole, galvanizes us to enter an entire new level of film appreciation. That is why we found time ...