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Portacio and Tadeo takes over the X-MEN

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September 20, 2010

Filipino artists, Whilce Portacio and Ed Tadeo, are back again and do Uncanny X-Men. This week, you will see Portacio’s amazing pencils while the spectacular Tadeo inks over it. Go ahead and pick up Uncanny X-Men this week!

Rest In Peace Kuya Boyet, A Tribute from a Comic Fanboy

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February 24, 2022

This is to reminiscence the living memories of a comic fanboy with the great Ricky Arnaez of Philippine-based local comic book shop Comic Odyssey, whose recent passing shocked the Filipino comic community. Me, I fondly called him “Master.” As what the majority calls him as “Kuya Boyet”, he is neither an a...

Maraming Salamat, Bong Dazo

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July 2, 2018

I was shocked upon learning the sudden demise of the great Deadpool maestro, Bong Dazo. Felt cold and empty, I walked around and quietly prayed for his soul, thanking him for the wonderful and funny illustrations he did in our favorite superhero comic books, especially to the Merc With The Mouth. It is tru...

CABLE #1 Starts with a BANG! this May!

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May 7, 2017

With all of time hanging in the balance, there’s only one man with the skills to save it. Marvel now presents this first look inside Cable #1, which starts off with a bang on May 31st! Eisner Award-winning writer James Robinson (Nick Fury) teams with blockbuster artist Carlos Pacheco (Occupy Avengers, Capt...

REVIEW: A rebirth for ‘Pedro Penduko: The Legend Begins’

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August 30, 2016

Pedro Penduko is one of National Artist in Visual Arts Francisco Conching‘s greatest pop cultural creations. I primarily remember this cultural icon in the movie version which either Janno Gibbs and/or Hubert “Bistek” Bautista played the titular character. In the age of post-modernity/mil...

There is Something for Everyone at ASIAPOP COMIC CON 2016!

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August 23, 2016

This year, AsiaPOP Comic Con (APCC) is back to bring us a smorgasbord of geek and pop-culture goodness. APCC is bringing in celebrity guests, comic artists, cosplayers, exhibitors, and even Filipino professional wrestlers! If you were able to attend last year’s APCC then you have experienced how huge this ...

LET’S TALK KOMIKS: Intergalactic Saucepan soars with Superhero Indie “AGILA”

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October 15, 2015

Intergalactic Saucepan (Yes, that’s his name) along with artists, Jose Victor Fuentecillia, and AJ Perdon are new to the indie komiks scene with his newest superhero indie, Agila. Once a 17 year-old boy’s idea turned reality at this point in time. Here at Flipgeeks we were able to sit down with...

IN DEPTH: Meta-historicism on SKYWORLD

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June 4, 2015

Meta-historicizing Skyworld: Deconstructing Historical Possibilities, Conspiracies and Lies I. Preview Master cartoonist Gerry Alanguilan is right in the current state of Philippine comics—it is still ALIVE and continues to evolve.[1] He says this all over to counter claims that the Philippine comics indus...

MIKE MIGNOLA, HERO INITIATIVE & DARK HORSE Bring Out HELLBOY 100

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June 3, 2015

The Hero Initiative, the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need, unveiled its latest project today, The HELLBOY 100, in collaboration with HELLBOY creator Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics. To create the HELLBOY 100, Dark Horse C...

IMAGE COMICS: There’s an ‘I’ in ‘WIN’

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March 20, 2015

Independent comics (or ‘indie’ or ‘creator-owned’ for some) are on the march since the late 2000s, though they pick up pace in the 2010 up to this day. Still they are lagging behind in terms of overall commercial outputs that mainstream comics (Marvel Comics and DC Comics) boasts, c...