#pol medina jr

[spiderdangeromo]

Come visit us and check out our works at the Toycon Evolution COMICS ZONE together with awesome creators like Pol Medina Jr., Harvey Tolibao, Omi Remalante, Miguel Mercado, Justine Frany, Rian Gonzalez, Arwen Mallillin, Kapitan Tambay, and many more! Toycon Comics Zone (booth #22), June 14 to 16, @ SMX MOA. Takits!

[bdsrsated]

Pol Medina Jr (Pugad Baboy 9 Book) One of My Favorite Issue #Idol @polmedinajr The Legend Dapat nasa Hall of Fame Sir Pol My Favorite Event @komiketph @bookfestph @manilabookfair

[celestial-weiner-dog]

commission for @Deeyudewalker from twitter.

[elstreem]

Book Collection

I had to dust down my bookshelf and it was a good opportunity to take some photos of my books! This is most of my collection, though some are up on my really high shelf and so were not included ^^; If I clean that I’ll just add a follow-up. (also long post and really bad photos I’m so sorry)

So first of all are my two most favorite series ever, the whole Septimus Heap series + the Pathfinder trilogy by Angie Sage, and the Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister (I’m missing the last book though....). I love them too much that even after being taught to disembowel literature for my Creative Writing course, you can’t ask me for an objective critique. I suppose some people will disagree and say that you should look at your favorite things even more critically, but I just can’t. I’m not good at critiquing anyway.

Here are three of my favorite short novels. I lean towards fantasy most of the time, but these three were very well written fiction (Because of Winn-Dixie is realistic fiction, and both A Single Shard and Island of the Blue Dolphins are historical fiction, I think?) A Single Shard is really good, I want to look at Linda Sue Park’s other works.

After settling on comics as my thesis I ended up adding much more visual lit and art books to my collection. I rarely buy novels now, unless a really intriguing one catches my eye at a booksale.

So here’s my manga collection! With an obvious bias towards Akira Himekawa’s LoZ mangas (ironically I still haven’t bought the OoT one, which is the first of the Zelda mangas I think?) I wish I could buy the other volumes of Silver Spoon, it’s a really good read. The KH manga I was luck enough to catch at a booksale for only PhP 65, which is hardly above $1! The Zelda mangas I bought at Fully Booked (same goes for my art books) I wish there was a Fully Booked closer to me, the only other bookstores are National Book Sale (which are 70% school supplies and 30% books and usually don’t carry comics) and booksales.

Now for Filipino Komiks! The reason I got really interested in comics as an area of study is Rob Cham’s silent graphic novel, Light. Before that, me and my family have been reading whatever volumes of Pugad Baboy we could get, so the really ratty looking ones are the ones we’ve managed to keep up to the present time (I also have the giant copy of Pugad Baboy X but didn’t get to include it here). Thankfully, National Book Store stocks Light and Lost, but that is for usually for bigger malls (they used to have Pugad Baboy, but now I rarely see it there, but my copies of Kikomachine Komix are from there too). Dead Balagtas’s Tomo 1 (which is really gorgeous!) I was able to get at a comic event my college organization held at the university. However, Ella Arcangel, Elmer, 12 and 14 were bought at Komikon, which I was lucky enough to attend in 2018. Sadly, Komikon is probably the only best opportunity to buy most Filipino comic stuff, and I live too far from Manila to go every time. I wish I can go again. I was able to meet sir Pol Medina Jr. and sir Gerry Alanguilan at Komikon, I even got my copy of Elmer sighed. Rest in peace, sir Alanguilan :<

Maybe I’ll make another post detailing more Filipino komiks stuff? I really have a lot of feelings on this subject haha.

Now for miscellaneous English comics. I included Arzach though that book is a novelization of certain stories (it does have some illustrations though!) Hopefully I can buy an actual compilation of Arzach comics sometimes, it’s something I’m really interested in. That aside, most of these books were from the Big Bad Wolf Booksale (look, book sales are just my weakness, ok). I really enjoyed these two volumes of Flight and I hope to buy the others sometime. Vogelein I got from...surprise, a book sale! And I really love that one too. What’s not to like with fairies, even clockwork ones.

Now for the jewel of the collection...

The big and beautiful art books which I may or may not have deprived myself of a few lunches to be able to save up enough (also convenience store food dinners wooh! But please don’t copy me, eat healthily when you’re in college!!! >:0)

 I also have the Zelda Goddess Books and the BotW art book, which I I think I showed before in a Zelda collection post? But aside from that, here are the Art of Ghibli books which I thank Fully Booked for stocking. Howl’s Moving Castle was my first purchase because Howl, but man do I love the Nausicaa ad Ponyo art. I was also super, super lucky to get the art book for Kubo and the Two Strings at the Manila International Book Fair! That and a Japanese-only copy of Haikara Walker made my arm ache but I was so stoked to get them. (aand I forgot to include my Splatoon art book and Haikara Walker here. Oops.) I also have sky longing for memories/The Art of Makoto Shinkai up on the top.

I think that’s about it, but I very ready to discuss any of the books above if my rambling didn’t bore you ^^;

[harveytolibao]

....I'll be one of the guest today and tomm at christmas toycon at Megamall megatrade hall one and two. I'll be joining amazing artist Pol (pugadbaboy)Medina Jr and Freely and Jeff near the stage area. visit us and say Hi and Hello! artwork seen here is one of the blanks I have done ready to claimed by the owner justin. shout out to cholo and azrael and team toycon for having us guest for the event. see you and I'll be there from one to sundown. #toycon #toycon2019 #christmastoycon (at Harvey T. Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6CWs9GALxJ/?igshid=1kq1r0azq6bk1

[fortressofserenity]

A Man Scorned

Alan Moore is quite a character, he started out doing a comic strip for a newspaper but admitted he wasn’t so good at drawing so he switched to only writing comics. He would write stories for magazines, franchises and brands like 2000AD, Warrior and eventually DC Comics. However his experience with DC Comics soured once he didn’t own the rights to the characters and stories he made for the publisher.

While not all comics and newspaper publishers use a work for hire policy, in fact in the Philippines a cartoonist named Pol Medina Jr moved his comic strip from the Philippine Inquirer to the Philippine Star and now a webcomic and faced no problems. If because he owns the rights to the stories and characters he makes. In the case with DC and Marvel, authors don’t own the rights to the characters and stories.

There are attempts at treating comics authors better, some like Image Comics were founded to allow authors to retain the rights to their stories and characters. But it seems not all creators are treated fairly depending on the publisher, for every Neil Gaiman who has a considerable say and control over their characters there’s an Alan Moore.

Every Alan Moore gets screwed by the publishers in one way or another, they don’t get paid much for the stories and characters they create and they don’t own the full rights to them either. Even if not all DC and Marvel Comics authors are this underpaid, in fact Frank Cho had to work for Marvel to support his family, they don’t own the full rights to their stories.

They don’t get royalties from it, even though not every creator-owned/auteur comic book becomes a big success. Let alone one that’s well-known to the general public, but then again earning almost all royalties to the stories and characters one owns is a big goal for others. Perhaps that’s why Alan Moore gravitated to creator-owned publishers later on.

And that’s why he started working on his own stories, eventually leaving comics for good for greener pastures. Neil Gaiman’s no different to some extent, since he earns more from writing novels than he does with comic books. But that goes to show you how wanting to work for DC or Marvel isn’t always what it’s cut out to be. It’s fun to work for a well-known brand.

But if you get screwed by either one of them, it’s once bitten twice shy as it is with Alan Moore.

[akishapayuyo]

Book Review

Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag

Fortes, Medina, Margelino, Reyes, at Payuyo

Buod:

Si Julio Madiaga ay isang simpleng mangingisda na galing sa probinsya at naglakbay sa Manila upang mahanap si Ligaya, ang babaeng mahal niya, pagkatapos niyang umalis kasama ang isang misteryosong babae na pinapangako na magkaroon ng magandang kinabukasan para sa kanila sa lungsod. Pagdating niya sa Manila, nakasanayan niya ang buhay ng lungsod. Naisama siya sa mga naninirahan dito, at nararanasan na niya ang mahihirap na kapalaran, matinding mga kahirapan, at paghahanap ng tulong o pang-araw-araw na kaginhawahan.  

Manunulat:

Clodualdo Agnis del Mundo Jr. - 

Ipinanganak noong Marso 11, 1948. Siya ay isang Filipino screenwriter, direktor at

manunulat. Anak ni Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. isang sikat na komik book na manunulat. Magiliw na kilala bilang “Doy” sa kanyang mga kasamahan.

Kilala siya sa ‘Flight of an Angel’ (2011), ‘Pepot Artista’ (2005) and ‘Kisapmata’ (1981). Siya ay iginagalang na pigura sa industriya ng pelikulang Pilipino noong 1970s at 1980s. Ang unang full-length na itinatampok, isinulat at idinirek ni del Mundo ay ‘Pepot Superstaris’. Kasal siya kay Dreena Quito. Iisa lang ang anak nila, si Ida Anita. 

 Sa Ateneo de Manila University, nakatapos siya ng Bachelor of Arts Degree noong 1968.1974, meron siyang Masteral Degree Radio-Television-Film sa University of Kansas. 

Noong 1975 hanggang 1985, pinamunuan ang Communication Arts Department ng De La Salle University. 

 Doctoral Degree in Communication Studies sa University of Iowa noong 1994. Dating founder member at former chairman ng Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, at vice-president ng Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines. 

Una niyang panalo ay noong 1975, Filipino Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences kasama ang screen adaption ng nobela ni Edgardo Reyes, ‘Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag’ sa direksyon ng unang pelikula ni Lino Leon.

Realismo:

Sa realismo pinapakita ang mga bagay ayon sa tunay na mga ito. Ito rin ay  isang pilosopiko, artistikong at kasalukuyang panitikan na nagkaroon ng mga expression sa iba't ibang mga larangan ng aktibidad ng tao, tulad ng pagpipinta, panitikan at batas.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)

Middlemarch (George Eliot)

Daisy Miller (Henry James)

Tauhan:

Julio Madriga - Probinsyano na nagbabakasakali sa Maynila, Mapagmahal, Matiisin. Hinahanap ang mabuting kapalaran sa lahat ng tao. Naging masama dahil sa kanyang lipunan. Kumakapit sa patalim upang mabuhay.

Ligaya Paraiso - Kaginhawaan na hinahanap sa syudad, Mapagmahal na anak, ina at kasintahan. Isinakripisyo ang sarili upang magkaroon ng magandang buhay.

Ah Tek - Mapagsamantala, pinagsamantalahan niya ang mga mahihina na tao para sa kanyang sariling pakinabang. Isang kapwa Pilipino na sumisira sa kanyang sariling kapwa. Gumagamit ng pera upang lumaki ang kanyang pulitikong impluwensya.

Mrs, Cruz - Mapagsamantala, gahaman, mapanlinlang at hindi mapagkakatiwalaan. Nabubuhay gamit ng panloloko, kumikita sa kahirapan ng iba at yumayaman, Niloloko ng mga tao ang kaluluwa sa paggawa ng masama.

Pol - Mabuting anak at kaibigan, Maginoo at masipag, Torpeng mangingibig, Siya ay masipag ngunit takot at wala siyang lakas ng loob sumubok ng mga ibang bagay. Mayamang makuntento kung ano ang mayroon at kung ano ang kalagayan, Malalim makipagkaibigan

Perla - Siya ay mabuting kapatid at matiisin anak, biktima ng kawalang pag-asa nang dahil sa kanyang kahirapan, siya ay nasira dahil sa kulungan ng mga oportunidad. 

Atong - Siya ay may simpleng pangarap, mapagmahal na anak at sa kapatid, mabuti siyang kaibigan at masipag. Isang biktima ng hustisya. 

Bobby Reyes - Kapit patalim upang siya ay mabuhay, isang biktima ng kahirapan

Benny - Masayahin at handang gamitin ang kanyang mga talento upang umangat sa buhay, Masayahin at may simpleng mga pangarap. Biktima ng karahasan.

Imo - Madiskarteng tao, Nais makapagtapos ng pag-aaral, Hindi handang magtapos ng pag-aaral dahil sa kanyang kahirapan. May pag-asa kung ang tao ay sumisikap

Kapatas - Mapang abuso at Tuso, Manloloko, Mapang-api sa manggagawa. mapang-isa

Estero - Karahasan/Panganib na pumalaot sa Lungsod ng Maynila

Isyung Panlipunan:

Ang mga isyung naipakita sa pelikula ay nahati sa limang (5) kategorya. Ito ang Panlipunan, Kultura, Pamahalaan, Trabaho (Manggagawa), at Karapatang ng Kababaihan.

Panlipunan

Pang-aabuso sa mga manggagawang Pilipino.

Walang pag-asa na umayos an buhay ng mga mahihirap       

Kasamaan sa paligid dulot ng kahirapan       

Pagyakap sa maling sitwasyon

Kultura

Pagkalinga ng anak sa magulang

Manggagawa

 Hindi sapat ang sahod

 Maling oras ng paggawa

 Hindi seguridad ang kinabukasan at kaligtasan

Pamahalaan

 Hindi maayos ang justice system ng bansa

 Pagbubulag-bulagan ng gobyerno

 Kawalan ng seguridad sa kinabukasan ng mga mahihirap

Karapatan ng Kababaihan

Pagpapahalaga sa bilang maybahay/ kababaihan

[akocomyk]

Why don’t they pick me to talk about writing or design?

Just recently, I was asked to be a speaker for my college paper’s activities. First was for an online workshop where I’m supposed to discuss editorial cartooning, and then a virtual literary and arts contest where I’m to discuss comic strip drawing and graphic illustration.

I declined the invitation because I’m not available on the dates they’d hold the events.

This wasn’t a first. I had been called to become a speaker on that literary contest several times before—always for comic strip drawing, and I agreed one time for graphic illustration. The online workshop was a first, although I’ve conducted some informal workshops with the group before.

This went on for years after I graduated. I never turned down their invitations because the organization meant a lot to me—it was my life during my college days—and I vowed to accept all opportunities for me to help and guide them.

Despite all that, I’ve always wondered why they never asked me to become a resource speaker for writing or design—at least, on formal events.

Don’t get me wrong. I love comic strips. I read a lot of Manix Abrera and Pol Medina Jr.’s works. I like making my own “comic” stuff. But when I was a campus journalist, I barely won any comic strip contest.

And don’t get me started on editorial cartoons and graphic illustrations. I don’t even remember if I’ve made a single editorial cartoon or a graphic illustration in my entire life—let alone join a contest or win one. Granted, I’m an artist and a journalist. I make caricatures and illustrations. I know the principles upon which cartooning and illustration have their foundations built on.

I simply don’t think I deserve to become a speaker on these topics that aren’t exactly in my field of expertise. Someone else can do it better than I do.

With that said, I wish they could—at least for one time—ask me to share my knowledge about writing.

I was primarily a writer in my life as a campus journalist. I was a writer in my previous job. I still write until today, albeit not professionally. Nevertheless, I’m still exposed to the industry. And I still read the news, as well as tons of books. I don’t mean to brag, but the highest honors I received as a journalist were for writing—editorial and opinion, to be specific.

Also, why don’t they ask me to share my knowledge about design? I mean… Is it still not obvious why I want to?

If you look at their Facebook page, they desperately need some help on writing and design. Around nine out of ten times, I cringe at the things they post there—tons of design issues, writing issues, etc. Too many to mention. The space here isn’t enough for me to give detailed criticisms. Mind you, I CAN GIVE CRITICISMS.

And what’s the use of putting my criticisms here when the people concerned won’t even be able to see it?

Those students just need guidance—PROPER guidance. One that will lead them on the right track.

[thehungrycollector]

Pol Medina Jr.'s Blood of the Shinobi graphic novel just hit Baguio! Copies can be bought at Jet Bookstore's branch in Porta Vaga mall. Jet also got tons of Pugad Baboy back issues (from 10 to the latest) #comics | #polmedinajr | #bloodoftheshinobi | #pugadbaboy | #comicshop | #igcomicfamily | #igcomics | #igcomicbookfamily | #comicbookrecommendation | #thehungrycollector (at Porta Vaga Mall)

[r-nicole07092004]

THE SATANIC TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS ARE THE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS SPY! THEY VIOLATE THE PRIVACY OF THOSE THEY RAPE FOR REPRODUCTION, PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY ASSAULT! KITE AND KIDNAP! THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE SATANIC CULT, ARE EXCUSED BY EVERY FORMER AND CURRENT PRESIDENT, INCLUDING BREAK AND ENTER,KITE AND KIDNAP, POISONING, GUNSHOTS, BANK AND PROPERTY THEFTS, RAPE AND MURDER OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN,ETC...AND TERRORISM, THE USGOV HENCHMEN REMOVED OUR MONEY AND PROPERTY, DUE TO AWARENESS REAL CIA INTELLIGENCE HAD THEM UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND STEPPED IN! THE REAL INTELLIGENCE ARE MURDERED! WE NEVER RECEIVED OUR CHILDREN, MONEY, NOR PROPERTY!

INSTEAD, INNOCENT PEOPLE AND VICTIMS, ARE SET-UP FOR THE SATANIC CULT TERRORIST CRIMES! CRIMES COMMITTED ON US, THE CULT STATE WE DID COMMITTED THE CRIME TO A CULT MEMBER! THE SAME PAEDOPHILE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS, KNEW I WAS PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, BY GE9RGIA HALL, LUZ MEDINA, TANYA HOWARD AND THEIR TEST TUBE CHILDREN CREATED VIA RAPE OF A MCGRIFF , ETC...REPRODUCTION, NO ARRESTS! THE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS KNOW, THE TERRORISTS EDITED AUDIO VIDEO OF ME BEING RAPED WASN'T FROM LONG AGO!!THE SAME ALSO KNEW I WAS KITED AND KIDNAPPED!! I REPIRTED MY HYPNOSIS AND NO ARRESTS!

WHICH MCGRIFF VOLUNTEERED MCGRIFF REPRODUCTION TO THE SATANIC CULT TERRORISTS FROM SPRINGFIELD MA, VERIZON, LEFRAK CITY, TO MANY CELEBS(BECAME)!? THE RAPISTS OF REPRODUCTION ARE GEORGIA HALL, WHY SHE INSIST, I HAD HER CHILDREN,

I WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN HAVING HER CHILDREN, NOR THE OTHER RAPISTS OF REPRODUCTION CHILDREN, NOR AN INTEREST IN A SATANIC CULT!! TANYA HOWARD IS A WELL KNOWN RAPISTS, CHILD MOLESTER,SERIAL CHILD MURDERER, ETC...AND TERRORISTS, WELL KNOWN TO THE USGOV FORMER AND CURRENT PRESIDENTS!!

MY DAUGHTERS ARE CURRENTLY ENSLAVED BY THE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR SATANIC CULT TERRORISTS BABY RING OPERATORS! THIS BABY RING OPERATED SINCE 1969, USING MY REPRODUCTION VIA RAPE, VIA BREAK AND ENTER, KITE AND KIDNAP, NOT ONE DAUGHTER, NOT ONE SON, WHEN I BRIEFLY WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF MY YOUNG SONS, DURING THE TERRORISTS OCCUPYING THE COURTROOMS, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF MY DAUGHTERS!!

WHY THE USGOV THINK WE SHOULD OF BEEN IN ANY COURTROOM, NOT ONLY WAS MY LAWSUITS FILED AND AWARDED, THE USGOV ALREADY KNOW WHO THE IDENTITY OF TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS AND THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST MY MOM AND ME FOR DECADES!!

I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY MONEY AND PROPERTIES, MY BABIES ARE ENSLAVED, RAPED, BEATEN, TORTURED AND MURDERED! THE USGOV THINK IT IS ACCRPTABLE TO TELL ME, THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER OF MY SIRNIKS, TREVOR RODRIGUEZ SONS, GEORGIA HALL, ANDREA WALKER, TANYA HOWARD, ETC....MURDERED MY BABIES AND ITS A CULT!!

I HADN'T REALIZE WHEN A CULT FEEL TO COMMIT MURDER ITS OKAY! THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN SHOULD BE SHOT ON SIGHT! MY SIRNIKS ARE MISSING 17+ YEARS, THE CULT CREATED SIRNIKS YOUNGER FACES!! (LEAVE OUT TRUMP, THUS HE LIKE THE TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS)

THE MCGRIFFS, ETC....TAKE THE TERRORISTS, RAPISTS, BABY KILLERS OF MY FLESH CHILDREN, TO INSURE THEY ARE NOT MURKED!! EVERY MCGRIFF, ETC....OBLIGE, DEFINITELY THY ENEMY! I HAD NO INTENTION ON LEAVING WITH ANYONE, TOO MUCH MONEY AND FREEDOM AHEAD, TO BE NEAR A TEST TUBE BABY, THE RAPISTS FOR GENERATIONS, GEORGIA HALL AND FAMILY THINK THEY DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD AN EMPIRE WITH MCGRIFF, I NEVER KNEW RAPE WAS A WAY OF SHOWING ONE IS ADMIRED AND RESPECTED!! ONE SHOULD FEEL HONORED THEY WERE CHOSEN!!

TERI THOMAS OF SPRINGFIELD MA AND HER MALE COHORTS, ACTED AS THOUGH MY BABIES WERE REMOVED FROM ME, NO FOOD, NEGLECT, ETC....YET, I WAS NEVER SHORT ON MONEY FOR MY OVERHEAD EXPENSES, DESPITE THE MANY GADGETS, STOLEN MONEY, I NEVER BORROWED MONEY, I WASN'T ADDICTED TO DRUGS, I DIDN'T RUN THE STREETS, I WAS EMPLOYED AT THE PHONE COMPANY,(NURSING HOME) I KNEW NOTHING OF THE BABIES, CPS, ACS, DCF WAS SUED AND DUE TO MY NEW INJURIES,

THE SATANIC CULT TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS, THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS, POLS, HENCHMEN, VERIZON EMPLOYEES, ALL THE RAPISTS OF OUR REPRODUCTION,SURROGATES, BABY RING OPERATORS, TEST TUBE BABIES, ETC... GATHER AROUND,THE LIES, TESTIMONIES, KITE AND KIDNAP BEGIN, I NEVER MAKE IT TO SAFETY WITH MY MONEY, PROPERTIES AND SELECTED CHILDREN!!(EARLY 90'S-93)

NO ARRESTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BABY RING OPERATION, CHILDREN ARE TRAFFICKED INTERNATIONALLY, THE CULT IS IN EVERY COUNTRY, THEY WERE FORCED BY THE USGOV TO UNDERGO GENDER OPERATIONS, IF ONLY ONE PRESIDENT(OBAMA) IS RESPONSIBLE, THE OTHER PRESIDENTS CONDONED THE SAME BEHAVIOR, UNDER THE SAME SATANIC CULT TERRORISTS,

I HEARD THE FREAK PAEDOPHILES DID THE SAME TO MY SIRNIKS, KATRINA GREENE NULLS WENT AROUND CHOPPING OFF THE PRIVATE ANATOMY OF MALE FACES OF MCGRIFF, FOR WHAT I DID TO CHILD PREDATOR, RAPISTS DR CHOROWSKI, HE IS CLOSELY ACQUAINTED WITH ANDREA MITCHELL,(MY M9M ALLEGE SISTER) NANCY WASHINGTON,ETC...(SPRINGFIELD MA), THEY ALL RAPED EVERY MCGRIFF, SANDERS, DAVIDSON, MILLER FOR REPRODUCTION

TO PRESENT DAY, I AM KITED AND KIDNAPPED DAILY!! MY CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN ARE ENSLAVED BY THE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR SATANIC CULT TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS!!

I NEVER TOLD THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE NEAR MY CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY MY SIRNIKS, I DIDN'T WANT MY MONEY AND PROPERTIES!! MY SONS WITH MCGRIFF, SANDERS, DAVIDSON, MILLER FACED WERE HELD BY TERRORISTS OPERATING THE BABY RING AND THE USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS, THE TERRORIST SET MY BABIES UP FOR SLAUGHTER, ACTING AS THOUGH THEY WERE HELPING MY SONS!!

I DON'T RECALL MY HYPNOSIS, NOR THE CONVERSATION THE TERRORISTS STAGED WITHOUT MY AWARENESS, I AM CERTAIN, THE CREEPY TREVOR RODRIGUEZ JR'S,I DON'T KNOW AND NEVER MET, WENT ON A MURDERING SPREE OF MY BABIES, INCLUDING MY SIRNIKS&YOUNGER FACES!!

THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR TO THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS, HENCHMEN AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS!!THE MCGRIFFS DECIDED TO DO ME A FAVOR AND GET MY SONS OF THEIR FACES AND MY SIRNIKS FROM THE SATANIC CULT TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS, ALSO KNOWN AS MCGRIFF, SANDERS, DAVIDSON, MILLER RELATIVES, SINCE I SAID THEY WERE MINES, MCGRIFF WILL NO LONGER MAKE THE ATTEMPT,THE CULT WILL CONTINUE ENSLAVING, RAPING, AND MURDERING MY BABIES,

THE MCGRIFF, ETC...DECIDE TO CARE IN 2021, AND THE SATANIC CULT TERRORISTS BEGAN RAPING ME FOR MY REPRODUCTION IN 1969, I HAD NOT ONE SON OR DAUGHTER!

WORLD LEADERS A WAR IS ABOUT TO ENSUE IN AMERICA, ALL THEIR RELATIVES AND CHILDREN WILL BE MURKED, TIME TO PLAY DETECTIVE AND COME UP WITH INFORMATION, SURF KNOW, I AM THE CHAMPION AT THAT, A FORCE TO KNOW WHAT I NEVER CARED TO KNOW, THE CONSTANT HARM DAILY FORCED MY PERSONAL INVESTIGATION!!

WHERE IS MY MONEY DIRTY USGOV CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS!!??? I MUST BEAUTIFY ME, UNDO MY HARM BY THE TERRORISTS BABY RING OPERATORS, THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS LOVE(MURDERED CIA INTELLIGENCE, A HISTORY, A PATTERN, WORLD LEADERS BE WARE OF USGOV AND THEIR TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS

THE USGOV VICE-PRESIDENT SHOWED PEASANTS IN MEXICO, OR A SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, OVER FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, EXPORTED TO AMERICA!! SHE ALSO IS ASSESSING THE CRIME WITH THE GENERAL! VICE-PRESIDENT, HARRIS,ITS AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION, FUNDS TERRORISM, EDUCATED U.S. TERRORISTS ARE SCHOOL TEACHERS, CORPORATE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY,ETC... SINGAPORE, JAMAICA, AFRICA, AMSTERDAM, EUROPE, CHINA, ETC....THEIR RELATIVES ARE THE DOPE MAN, PIMPS, BABY RING OPERATORS, ETC...THEY EDUCATE AND COME UP!!#FACTS#GENERATIONS!

THIS FAR LOWER THAN WHAT WORLD LEADERS WAS EMBARKING, A HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIZENS, REAL BUILDING!! THANX WORLD LEADERS FOR THE ATTEMPTS BY REQUESTS!! (GOD'S VISION)

[bdsrsated]

Famous People 24 BDMS BILL

PLease LIke and Shared mga Idol kong Famous People Files 24

AnthonyPangilinan and Maricel Laxa Pangilinan (Marriage Is A Marathon) Book Author Norman Lloyd Simo aka Sig C. Torr (Best Known Trigger Garett) Book Author Voltes V Supporting Cast and Signing Merch Maricel Laxa (Actress and Author) Best Known 1521 Film Best Known Book Marriage Is A Marathon, Kuya Na Si Bunso and Mommy Talk the "Oh!s and "Oh No!s" of Motherhood Dj Raqi Terra (Dj 90.7 Love Radio and Book Author Raqii's Secret Files) C.E Robot C&E Advanced Technologies I Love Technology C&E Bookshop Nissie Arcega (Co-Founder, Psychic City Games Community Lead, Indie Games Group Philippines Azumi Iwai (Operations Manager, Neun Farben Corporation) Reil Cervantes (Pro Basketball Player From MPBL and Former PBA Player) Fgirlwriter (C.D De Guzman) (Book Writer) More Trilogy 1: Touch Me More Jomar Bulda and Rustico Limosinero, Jr. Creator Neox (Sentai Pinoy Superheroes) My Hobbies Gumawa ako ng Bicycle Made in Wire By BDMS Voltes V T Shirt Sign By Supporting Cast My Collection ron canimo (Book Writer) Mga Tala At Tula Tza Gomez (Producer at Pixel Mafia) Patty Paraiso (Game Streamer) Atty. Rob Gozun (The Best Lawyer and Vlogger) Content About LAW September Stardust (Book Author) Bernadette Sembrano (Reporter) Jamir Zabarte (Actor) Voltes V Legacy and Magikland Ricky Lee (Awards: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Story in Filipino and Order of National Artists of the Philippines) Sven Lim (Book Sculpture.) My Ipon Diary Chinkee Tan Vera Mare Cosplay Luchi Cruz-Valdes (Broadcaster Tv5) Heal Vegerano (feu volleyball Diaries Cover and Book Design) Faye Villanueva (Illustrator) Maharlikan Chronicles Issue #1 Jip (The Adventures of the Gladiators of Cybertron, The Fiba World Cup) Manix Abrera with Wife (Best Known Kiko Machine) Writer and Artist Sven Lim (Living Page Crafting) Kajo Baldisimo (Comic Artist Best Known Trese Series) Alvin Juban (Chairman of the Game Developers Association of the Philippines) Pol Medina Jr. (Creator Pugad ng Baboy) Rustico P Limosinero (Creator Neox) Pinoy Superheroes John Becaro (Creator Pintura) Pinoy Superheroes Clint Takahashi Catalan (Shoes Artist) LoweBeltran (Revived Kid Komet) Pinoy Superheroes Tsubasa Tbs Cosplay From Hong Kong (Cosplayer) Nick Chun (Businessman) From South Korea

[dylanuy]

Pol Medina Jr. is my favorite filipino cartoonist with his Pugad Baboy Collection as my favorite. I have just purchased his graphic novel, Blood of the Shinobi. While we continue reading and supporting foreign comic strips, graphic novels and mangas, let us also support of local artists.

[twatkcox]

[#2020]

All right, so another year has passed. Despite the anticipation of the (supposedly) good things to happen, most of them are satisfactory. This year is nothing short of expectation versus reality.

All right, so I’m here to round up the things that happened in 2019. This can be a pretty lengthy read.

I’ve published a total of 36 posts on TWATKcox-WP this year, down from 58 last year.

Celebrating TWATKcox-WP’s sixth year in the cyberspace, a special post about me and my interests was written, revised, and published by none other than your host, Keihancarl. Despite feeling sick and lethargic at the time, I managed to finish this one as I’m already way behind my schedule and may soon become overdue if I didn’t work on it as fast as I could.

I bought a lot of books this year, which consist primarily of second-hand and discounted manga books. I also bought all three books in The Doppel Ganger Chronicles series by G.P. Taylor, as well as Adeline Yen Mah’s Falling Leaves, a more complete version of her autobiography and a compelling read as well.

Switching to fiber optic internet back in February, I managed to do a lot of downloads at a much faster speed. I began discovering some awesome anime series like Amagi Brilliant Park, Orange, and Tsurune, among others. Of course, I can finally enjoy music streaming via Spotify without having to deal with slow and/or intermittent internet connection most of the time.

I went on a lengthy hiatus from publishing new posts twice: a planned six-week break from February to March and an unplanned break from July to December. These lengthy breaks are necessary since I really need to focus on finishing the seven stories for a literary special, which is originally due for publishing last May but ultimately moved to either April or May next year. As for the unplanned break, I was completely pissed off at the dummy Gravatar accounts (PLR and cryptocurrency accounts) liking my posts, hence the need to move away from WordPress for a while.

Aside from my favorite cafes near my high school, I also found a perfect writing spot at the Fairview Terraces rooftop garden where I can write (on my smartphone) comfortably under a clear, moonlit night. I just happened to visit a couple of rooftop parks at Circuit Makati and Glorietta malls, complete with fake grass and some nice shade that the tall buildings can offer. Unfortunately, Fairview Terraces doesn’t have fake grass on its rooftop garden or some tall buildings to provide shade, but at least I’ve found a relaxing place to write.

I’ve found my very own cross stitch masterpiece from eighteen years ago. This small piece I created back when I was in fourth-grade (which is not a school project) is currently displayed in my room.

In late March, some reddish-orange ants have invaded my books on the shelves, forcing me to take an entire afternoon just to clean the shelves, rearrange the books, and get rid of these pests. Aside from that, I noticed that most of the books in my collection are showing brown spots, possibly due to exposure to light and dust. Among those affected are my treasured books Battle Royale (Koushun Takami) and Sadako And The Thousand Cranes (Eleanor Coerr). I was initially planning to divest two-thirds of the books in my collection (most of them unread), but I decided to hold off for now.

In April. a strong earthquake hits Central Luzon and is felt in nearby areas, including Metro Manila. Both my brother and I felt the intensity of the earthquake at work and at home, respectively. More earthquakes occurred in various areas in the country, mostly in Mindanao.

A series of concept posts, All In The Books series, was published on TWATKcox-WP from April to May, along with a throwback post about my reading habits. The aforementioned series is all about books, being a bibliophile, and being a bookworm. It also includes some informative stuff about book hunting, e-books and audiobooks, and the things that can ruin your precious book collection. Of course, I’ve also listed down some of my favorite books as well.

I get to see MNL48 at a mall tour in Starmall San Jose Del Monte back in March, and I get to have a selfie with Ariel Villasanta of Maverick and Ariel at Pinoy Otaku Festival: Asobu 2019 in May.

Of course, I get to enjoy the three-day Pinoy Otaku Festival: Asobu 2019 which is held at Robinsons Novaliches. I did save up a lot just for this. I bought some awesome pins from Pixel Hero (especially the otaku pin), a red anime shirt featuring Izaya Orihara of Durarara!! (a.k.a. the red “People Are My Play Things” shirt), and a small dinosaur plushie. I actually get to dine in at Yoshinoya SM Fairview one last time before it closed down. And I get to enjoy my salty cream jasmine tea from OTeaHamaru while watching the bands compete in the Battle of the Bands segment.

#TheFourWeekendPlan, which includes the POF: Asobu 2019 and the Quezon City-Manila mall-hopping trip, went well, despite some disappointments and inconveniences.

I bought another shirt (the gray I Am Not A Latte shirt) and a Rockman mug during the final week of #TFWP, which serves as an addition to the merch bought at the otaku event.

TWATKcox-WP and its Tumblr blogs had a makeover. The main blog initially chose the Lodestar theme, which is actually a good-looking theme, but the missing categories on every blog post become one of my biggest headaches. I eventually switched to the Twenty Seventeen theme, though I’m not completely satisfied with it no matter how much I customize it. That should do for now. TWATKcox-Tumblr uses the Black Rabbit theme (its preview shows Ayato Kirishima of Tokyo Ghoul), and The Quirk Concept (QuirkCon) uses the Astralis theme (some of the latter theme’s fonts didn’t look good when viewed on Firefox). Both my Tumblr blogs’ themes are from Glenthemes.

I created my public Instagram account, @kcox_105, where I post some of my awesome, non-selfie pics. The pictures featured on The Keihancarl Diaries posts are still sourced from my private Instagram account, though, as not all of the pics uploaded there are worthy of being called awesome.

June 2019: My tenth year on Facebook... like I really care about it, anyway.

In July, I’m starting to get fed up with all the spam likes from dummy Gravatar accounts which are associated with WordPress-hosted PLR (Private Label Rights) sites, so I’m considering moving out of WordPress. I was thinking of hosting my blog to Weebly (as TWATKcox-Main), but the process of transferring every blog post manually is stressing me out so I gave up. I set my WordPress blog to private in the meantime, but I eventually reopened it and resumed posting new content there in December. From September to November, there were no blog posts on either my WordPress or Weebly sites.

I was thinking of creating spin-off blogs, all within the Weebly site. These are The Otaku Diaries (focusing on anime, manga, the otaku culture, and everything Japanese), The Literary Corner (focusing on my own literary works, including my upcoming literary special), and The New Quirk Concept (focusing mostly on edited cellphone and smartphone pics, as well as some of my notable selfies). None of these materialized as of this writing, however.

I created a new set of post banners for both the WordPress, Tumblr, and Weebly sites. I already updated all of TWATKcox-WP’s post banners, but I haven’t updated the ones on its Tumblr counterpart yet.

I attended the 40th Manila International Book Fair 2019 last September. While I never bought anything there, I did saw a lot of interesting books (original Japanese manga, vintage Filipiniana books, and Wattpad novels), check out Pop X Hub and The Bazket, and saw Pol Medina Jr. in person (I didn’t get to have a selfie with him, unfortunately). There are a lot of people inside the venue, but it didn’t take me long to get in.

I celebrated my 29th birthday (XXIX In MMXIX) with a Red Ribbon Black Forest cake, which isn’t really that good, with an extreme amount of sweetness and all that. I had a mall-hopping trip a few days later as well, but it didn’t go smoothly as planned.

In October LRT Line 2 temporarily suspends operations from Cubao/Anonas to Santolan stations due to a rectifier fire in Katipunan Station. I decided not to push through with the intended mall-hopping trip in UP-Marikina-Masinag areas for November and opted for Eastwood-East Ortigas instead. Right now, only the Cubao-Recto portion of the line is operational, with the affected portion of the line to be operational again by July.

A surprisingly feel-good announcement: Automattic acquired Tumblr from Verizon Media. Sorry porn trolls, but they’ll maintain the lewdness ban in hurr.

The follow up to The Noir Project is still in the works, with the first set of pics expected to be published on QuirkCon by January 2020. It is originally slated for November this year, supposedly the debut post for the scrapped The New Quirk Concept on TWATKcox-Main, but I had to postpone it due to an extreme case of procrastination and lethargy due to stress.

For the first time in three years, I decided on a graham cake as the official dessert for the Christmas and New Year’s Eve feasts, which is topped with sliced peach halves. To be honest, I kinda missed making a cheesecake, which is actually more of an ice cream cake since it only sets when frozen or chilled.

All right, so a lot of interesting things happened this year. So what should I look forward to next year?

Chinese New Year (January 2020)

TWATKcox’s 7th year (January 2020)

The Noir Project II (January or February 2020)*

The Otaku Diaries on TWATKcox-WP (February 2020)*

TWATKcox’s 300th Post (February or March 2020)*

TWATKcox’s Special Literary Post (May 2020)*

Pinoy Otaku Festival: Godai (originally Tanoshii Matsuri) (May 2020)

#TheFourWeekendPlanY2 (May to June 2020)

41st Manila International Book Fair (September 2020)

My Autobiography In 5000+ Words (TWATKcox’s 350th Post) (October 2020)*

My 30th birthday celebration in all-black (October 2020)

Project:Upgrade (2020)*

My first novel (2020/2021)*

(* Tentative, subject to change without prior notice)

And what are my plans for 2020?

I’m spending too much money on second-hand manga books, so I’ll probably have to restrict myself to just buying one or two books a month. Of course, I need to save up for the upcoming otaku event (POF: Godai 2020) and the MIBF 2019. And hopefully, a third one.

I’m planning to update the post banners in Tumblr posts.

I’m also planning to edit some of the earlier blog posts, the ones published between 2013 to 2015. It’ll be an exhausting and extensive editing job so I’ll only do this in phases.

A new header for my blog, plus some customizations in my Tumblr blogs.

I need to finish writing the seven stories for a special literary post, to be published (tentatively) in May. And then I’ll treat myself to a bowl of ramen after that, probably within #TheFourWeekendPlanY2.

I’m planning to write a novel, I’ll probably just start from scratch. I’m aiming to finish it by the end of 2020 or by mid-2021.

I need to read more books especially manga and graphic novels. I’ve bought and collected about 20 books this year, but I only read a handful of them.

I’m planning to organize everything inside my room, as well as the files on my PC. I hope I can persuade my brother to buy a new hard drive to replace the failing one, which is already long overdue.

I’ll probably start eating something healthy, but I can’t just ditch meat (especially pork and chicken) just yet since I’m pretty much obsessed with consuming a lot of protein. Oh well...

An artistic concept + handmade posters. I’ll get these done within the year.

I’ll probably invest in some black clothing, from shirts (plain or graphic tees) to pants (preferably slacks). I’ve already owned some black jackets, cardigans, and coats, but I’ll probably need more. And I’ve got to have a pair of black sneakers as an alternative to my dark olive green Converse.

I might need a new pair of eyeglasses since I’m having a hard time seeing everything clearly with my current pair as of the moment. I’m already thinking of switching back to wire-framed glasses, preferably round ones. I had a feeling I’ll look good on it.

More importantly, I should brace myself for a hectic life ahead. Of course, I’m not willing to give up my coffee frappe and mall-hopping weekend, which is becoming a ritual for my loner self.

As with 2018, the year 2019 isn’t really the best year for me. I somehow managed to get through this crazy, chaotic year, but at least I enjoy every bit of it. All right, now time to move on to a brighter new year ahead and make it awesome!

From Keihancarl in Manila, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

[headlinermanila]

A celebration of TOYCON's 18th year in the Asian Pop Culture Scene

The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention, better known as TOYCON PH, is celebrating 18 years of serving pop culture enjoyment to its fans both local and international. It is, simply put, the longest-running and premiere pop culture event in Asia.  

Early this year, TOYCON PH presented a fresh visual identity, through a new logo, to cater to the growing millennial crowd, and also attract visitors from all over the world with a global perspective to promote the Philippines as the leading pop culture playground in Asia, that showcases Filipino creativity, innovativeness and talent through toys, games, entertainment and digital content.

TOYCON PH – Where Asia Comes to Play!

TOYCON’s new tagline indicates the direction of where it is going.

It is now an International event that will flex its muscle to further increase the international visitors that are coming.

This all means that a better and grander line-up of activities is expected for this year. These activities are guaranteed to give its enthusiastic followers and the casual fans more to enjoy in TOYCON.

TOYCON has had 17 years of excellent experience in making the Philippine pop culture scene the most dynamic and the most fan-centric experience in the region!  It started the pop culture revolution in the country. And now it is capturing the heart of pop culture enthusiasts in the whole Asia Pacific region.

This year is the 18th year of the event, and through the years it has been adding value and uniting the different toy and pop culture communities in the Philippines.

TOYCON’s Exclusive Toys and merchandise

One of the things to anticipate this year are the exclusive toys, collectibles and merchandise that will come out of the event.

This year, there will be more exclusive toys that will come out in TOYCON. And if you are a toy collector, it will be one of those events that you can call heaven sent.

Headlining as the marquee TOYCON exclusive is the Zeta Manila Killa PH Colorway designed and created by Quiccs Maiquez, who was awarded Toy Designer of the Year and Toy of the Year in the recently held Designer Toy Awards in New York City.

In addition, the much-anticipated Jollibee Flocked variant Funko Pop will also exclusively be distributed by the Funko Funatics Philippines during the event this year.  We also have Filipino-inspired toy exclusives of Tiny Ghost by Bim Toy, Dino by Ziqi Toys and the first release of the Batman Imperial Palace warrior vinyl toy by Mindstyle.

TOYCON’s Toy Designer Line-up Gets Bigger

When there are exclusive toys, not far behind are the big toy brands and toy designers. There will be more local and international brands and toy designers that will grace this year’s event.

Brands like Lego, Funko, Bandai, Good Smile, Hot Toys and XM Studios, along with internationally renowned toy designers: Ron English (the legendary godfather of street art), Quiccs, Wetworks, Anatoy, Yoii, Hariken, Creon Chkn Head, Happy Garaje, Jessica Emmett, Daniel Yu, Fanny Kao, Mumbot, Rusho Toys, Jwon, Kaze Studio, Messymaru, Mupa, Non World, Siam Ruf, Tangent and Too Natthapong will line up the event with their distinct brand of collectibles. These designers from all over the globe certainly get the art toy enthusiasts excited in all the international toy shows and certainly, art toy aficionados will get spoiled in this year’s event!

 TOYCON’s International Influencers and Celebrity Guests

The era of the digital influencers is here. TOYCON, with our partner Pop Life Global, is giving the community a taste of the future and beyond.  First up are influencers from the Pop Life’s Pro-Am Studios, which is in the business of making movies out of their studio and post-production facilities in China. They are slated to release five movies this year and next.    

One highlight of this year’s FanXperience event will be the Battle Dance Champions featured in the Pop Life produced movie, No Dance, No Life.  World-class dance will take over the FanXperience stage featuring talents such as Former Bboy of the Year: Bboy Morris, World of Dance 2019 Champions: The Kings, World of Dance Team of the Year: Academy of Villains, and The Creator of the dance style, Krumping, Tight Eyez.

The international artists are a staple of TOYCON. Through our partner, Pop Life Global, we have had guests from Game of Thrones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Power Rangers, Superman and X-Men, and other great franchises.

This year two guests confirmed to arrive are from the hit AMC series The Walking Dead. These are actors Michael Cudlitz, who played Sergeant Abraham Ford, and Steven Ogg, who played Simon and also plays Trevor in the hit video game Grand Theft Auto V.

TOYCON’s Sound Arena

We love music, who doesn’t? This year, fresh new talent will hit the stage of TOYCON with band performances and idol groups joining the fray. This TOYCON, you will cheer your heart out, guaranteed!

Up and coming bands Souldrift, Lila, The Lock Pickers, The Glass O, Project:Materia, Kanjiru, Asterysk, Lunar Rhythm, as well as fan favorites Aidoru Sozai, CH4U, and Pastel∞Mix will be performing at the TOYCON stage for its Music Festival.

TOYCON’s Comics and Gaming Exhibition!

TOYCON is also our country’s undisputed Comic Con with top-caliber comic book artists gracing the event.

The line-up this year includes:

Berlin Manalaysay: Creator of the well-loved cyborg, ‘Combatron’, one of the most well received characters in Funny Komics in 1992.

Ed Tadeo: A prolific Filipino comic book artist, colorist and inker for Marvel, DC, and Image Comics. Titles of his works in coloring and inking include: Wolverine, Silver Surfer, High Roads and District X.

Heubert Khan Michael: Former guidance councilor turned legendary comic book artist. Judged by Neil Gaiman himself, Hubert won 3rd place in the Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards back in 2010 and has been inking since then! Some of his awesome works include: Vampirella, Unstoppable, and The Owl.

Miguel Mercado: Miguel is a Cosplayer and Illustrator. Miguel has is known within the Comic Book community for his epic cover art for Back to the Future (2015), Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2019) and Over The Garden Wall (2017).

Harvey Tolibao: Harvey first got involved in the comics industry in late 2006 when he penciled and inked the twelfth issue of Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He also did the art for Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Psylocke, the Avengers and has also done some work for Top Cow and for DC.  

Pol Medina Jr: Pol is a Filipino cartoonist best known for creating Pugad Baboy, a comic strip about a community of fatsos and a dog named Polgas, highlighting domestic life and the characters’ commentary on relevant societal issues and pop culture. Pol is the 2018 recipient of the TOYCON Pinoy Pop Culture Icon Award.

Raymund Bermudez: Filipino Comic Book Artist, Penciler and Cover Artist for DC Comics. Some of his notable works include: Justice League, Pathfinders and Lex Luthor.

Raymund Lee: Professional Digital Comic Book Colorist who is known for his painterly style and classic renditions of superheroes.

And finally, Steve Gan: One of the most accomplished Chinese-Filipino Comic Book Artists to date. Best known for co-creating the legendary comic book “Ang Panday” as well as Marvel’s “Star-Lord” and “Skull the Slayer”.

Another exciting comics-related news is that ABS-CBN will launch the Ravelo Komiks Universe in TOYCON 2019, the first ever unified comics universe in the Philippines,

with a legacy display of new merchandise for its prominent stable of heroes, Darna, Captain Barbell and Lastikman.  Watch out for life-size statues of these character on display!

Other TOYCON 2019 Highlights

Exhibits from epic movies coming soon will make the TOYCON scene more engaging. Headlined by movies from Sony Pictures, Spider-Man: Far from Home, and Warner Brothers’ line-up of movie icons from the horror genre, the Annabelle doll from Warner Brothers upcoming Anabelle Comes Home, Pennywise the Clown from IT: Chapter 2 and Chucky from Reality Pictures’ 2019 adaptation of Child’s Play. Meet them up close, but don’t blink!

This year’s TOYCON will also feature a new fun zone, the Play Hub!

This is where fans of comics and gaming will find the young and upstart artists in the design, graphic and digital spheres come together to exhibit their craft and talents! The Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP) will host TOYCON’s Gaming Conference, while the Animation Council of the Philippines will showcase more than 50 short films in the Theater Room.

TOYCON POPLIFE FANXPERIENCE will also be the stage for the unveiling of the biggest Batman statue in Asia, the 22-foot tall Imperial Palace Batman which is a likeness of the Dark Knight never seen before until now. Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Batman, DC Collectibles has announced a collaboration with Pop Life Global and China’s Imperial Palace for a special series of figures featuring DC Comics characters in costumes themed after ancient Chinese warriors and soldier armors. This Batman statue is going to be one for the history books!

This year’s World Cosplay Summit Philippines (WCSPH) National Finals will also be held at TOYCON 2019, with Japanese Cosplayer Reika and WCSPH Alumni Ming Miho and 2018 Philippine Representative Team Sekai (Sergio Sta. Ana and Kai Raito) headlining this activity. Five  cosplay pairs selected from parts of the country will compete for the right  to represent the Philippines at the 2019 World Cosplay Summit in Japan.

Aside from these, TOYCON 2019 will host a number of activities such as a Mobile Legends gaming Tournament in partnership with InFlux TV, The TOYCON Cosplay KO Competition and bestow the Pinoy Pop Culture Icon Award, which honors the icons that made our Filipino pop culture heritage truly distinct and long-lasting.

TOYCON’s line-up of vendors and exhibitors also gets bigger and better every year with more than 300 merchandise booths of toys, pop culture memorabilia, apparel, collectibles and more, with more international brands coming to town.

TOYCON Pop Life FanXperience 2019 – It’s a Whole New Playground!

TOYCON PH and Pop Life FanXperience is proving indeed that it is the leading pop culture playground in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia. There will be more sights to share for your various channels and social media, engaging activities, shows and panel discussions, interactive brand activations, collectibles and merchandise, and YOU are definitely going to be a part of what will make TOYCON great this year!

TOYCON POPLIFE FANXPERIENCE happens on June 28-30, 2019 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

[The event is made possible by PLDT Home Fibr, MaxiCollector, Big Boys Toy Store, Filbars, Great Toys Online, Ano Toys, Arigatoys, Hobbiestock Collectibles, De La Salle College of St. Benilde, Kramer Toy Warden and main media partner, ABS-CBN. With thanks to our official residence partner, Tryp by Wyndham Mall of Asia Manila.]  

So cheers for TOYCON’s 18th year and we hope you join us in this ground-breaking international event. Always check out the TOYCON website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts for more updates:

www.toyconph.com www.Facebook.com/ToyconPH www.twitter.com/PHToycon www.instagram.com/PHToycon

[jpehg]

Kunyare 050319 2334

Hoy?

Nauna pang pumalo ‘yung kape kesa sa alas dyes nang gabi. Dilaw ang mga mata ng buwan, at may bahid ng pula ang mga kurtinang gumuginita sa gabi. Tahan ka lang muna, kaibigan. Minsan, sarili mo lang ang tinatakbuhan mo.

Sabi niya, maraming klase ng demonyo sa may impyerno. Mahigit isang daan na libong maligno ang nagpapaandar doon. May taksil, may hangal, may sakim at meron ding magtetext sa’yo ng “Tara ‘nom na.” Pero, nakakainis, kasi bakit sa dinami-rami ng mga puwedeng dapat mong iwasan, ‘yung demonyong hahalik pa sa’yo sa ilalim ng maulap na gabi pagkatapos ng isang bote ng alak ‘yung ‘di mo makikita? Lagot ka. Pero sa totoo lang, lagot kayong dalawa.

Teka, teka, teka. ‘Di talaga maiiwasan ‘yung dami ng tao dito no? Kadalasan, tahimik dito, kasi biruin mo, sa loob ng limampu’t-tatlong linggo, walang masyadong tumatambay. Pero sa loob ng isang linggo bawat taon, nagtitipun-tipon lahat ng mga kaluluwa nila. ‘Yung iba, maglalakad lang. ‘Yung iba, nagpapa-umaga na ng uwi. ‘Yung iba, magbebenta na lang ng libro habang pinapanood ‘yung ibang magyakapan at sumabay sa tugtugan. Isang malaking palabas lang din kung titignan mo e. Kung tutuusin, kung sino pa ang ‘di dapat marinig, siya pa ‘yung nabibigyan ng mikropono. Kung sino ‘yung dapat na nakapikit, sila pa ‘yung nakamulat ang mga mata. Sabi nga ni Gadre, lahat tayo hipokrito.

Sa isang pagpupulong, nagkita-kita ang magkakaibigang sina Onyap, Pisi, at Ilis. Tumutugtog ‘yung “Blurred Lines” ni Robin Thicke pero sintunado ‘yung kumakanta. Habang lumalalim ang gabi, lumalakas ang pagtawa ng bawat isa. Tatakpan ni Onyap ang mga mata mo. Hahalikan ka ni Ilis. At si Sipi? ‘Di mo na alam kung saang lupalop ng Wonderland siya napadpad pero medyo wala ka na ring pakialam dahil abala kang mag-isip ng mga paraan para mamatay. Bawal daw may maulit e. Sabi mo, death by labatiba (Pol Medina Jr. reference ‘yan kung ‘di mo gets). Sabi nila ganto, sabi nila ganyan. Ngayon at tapos na ang lahat-lahat, tanungin mo ‘yung mga nakatatanda sa inyo kung binugbog, sinampal, o binatukan ba sila sa pag-apply sa trabaho.

Eh? Anong ginagawa mo ngayon? Kasama pa rin ba ‘to sa mga plano mo? Wastong sakripisyo ba ‘yung bansa namin para sa malaki at komplikado mong mga balak? Hindi ko naman sinasabing ‘di na ako naniniwala, pero, sa pagitan ng pagtanggap sa pagsangla ng mga kaluluwa namin sa mga singkit, pagpatay sa mga kapatid kong naglalakad sa daan, at sa pagtanggi ni chancellor sa mga mag-aaral na mag-aral, inaasahan mo bang tutunganga na lamang kami’t magtiwala? Tingin ko, isang malaking tulong kahit magparamdam ka man lamang. Pero kung hindi, okay, whatever floats your boat.

Pare-pareho tayong may kasalanan sa mundo pero isang “katotohanan” na palaging mas malaki ang kasalanan ng mundo sa atin. Isang malaking karera ang buhay. Pare-pareho kayong may dadaanan, pero magkakaiba ‘yung mga finish lines. May nababangga, may tumataob. Kung kailan ka aandar, saka ka mawawalan ng gas. Kung kailan ka hihinto, saka ka mawawalan ng preno. Kaya siguro nauso ‘yung kasabihang “Jesus, take the wheel.”

Pero, kadalasan, kapag sira na ang makina’t huminto na ‘yung sasakyan, sa sobrang taranta, lungkot, inis, at galit, nakakalimutan nating pwede naman palang maglakad.

[amessedsoul]

PUGAD BABOY!!

Hi guy, nagtitinda ba kayo ng pugad baboy comics ni pol medina jr.? Or may kilala ba kayong nagtitinda. Pamessage naman ako. Please. Maganda sana kung set na para mas madami. Pamessage n lng po ako, please. Salamat po 😁