Filipino Comic Book Artists

[frankiko]

I have been a comic book fan since I discovered Funny Komiks and aspired to be part of one when I grew up. Now that I grew old (not up, sadly), I am thankful to have been part of the industry (although just a tiny, little small dot in the comics universe). 

Dumudugo na ilong ko sa kaka-english. Hehehe.

Gusto ko lang sana i-share ang mga Filipino artists in the Comics industry both here and abroad. Sikat, di sikat at yung kailangan nating pasikatin. Feel free to share your favorites din.

I'll start by sharing this artists from deviantart.

Leinil Francis Yu
http://leinilyu.deviantart.com
http://kwanchang.com
Penciller, inker


Lan Medina
http://thepunisherone.deviantart.com
Penciller, inker


Carlo Pagulayan
http://guisadong-gulay.deviantart.com
Penciller, inker


Gerry Alanguilan
http://tagasanpablo.deviantart.com
http://gerry.alanguilan.com
Penciller, inker, writer


Harvey Tolibao
http://harveytolibao.deviantart.com
Penciller, inker, cover illustrator


Marami pa dito... trabaho muna ko. 
http://alanguilan.com/museum/index.html

 

[Heathcliff]

Hey magandang topic ito ah...dagdagan pa natin....

 Roy Allan Martinez

SABOGSINTIDO



Roy is an expert on anatomy, details, erotic and dark comic arts.He's mastery on contrast on black and white is  exemplary!Roy works on comics for almost more than 9 years already.Meaning, he isa one of the veterans that founded Exodus togetehr with Gilbert Monsanto, Luisito Antonio,  The jbrothers and More.He has the magic to aroused the scene on the panels (hehehe).He has worked  also on several local comics scenes and his International  credits includes Wetworks 14, Grifter 10, Loner 1 & 2,  Hazard,  Aria ,  Avalon Comics’ The Wicked, Wonder Woman # 179-183, Global frequency and Smallville. He's work on House of M from Marvel is one of the "talk" when it comes to comics reviews on the boards in cyberspace.Roy is also working for Glasshouse Graphics.

credits to DevianArt


Gerry Alanguilan

"TIMAWA"





Doroteo Gerardo N. "Gerry" Alanguilan, Jr., better known in the Philippines by his stage name Komikero, is a Filipino comic book artist and writer from San Pablo, Laguna, best known for his graphic novels Wasted and Elmer.

. . . I saw some works by these two comic artists, meron din palang Marvel series R.A Martinez, and his works are remarkable. 

credits to Komikero Dot Com.

[naruto789544]

there are a lot of good comic and graphic artist in our country.... they just need breaks... thanks for sharing sir @frankiko and mam @Schy   

[Heathcliff]

on comics update....

1953's LAPU-LAPU by Francisco V. Coching, which was reissued by Atlas Publications back in 2009.



1929, when the Spaniards have been driven out by Americans right after the Spanish-American War. Most history books will mention this war but never mention the Philippines, but yes, we were involved and we became an American territory right after. It makes sense that we got a lot of stuff from American culture then, including commercial comic strips. In the pages of Liwayway magazine, Tony Velasquez created the recurring character Kenkoy, in the strip ANG KABALBALAN NI KENKOY (THE MISADVENTURES OF KENKOY).




Kenkoy is a pop icon, and was our first recurring comic character. He was a satirical portrait of a Filipino always trying to keep up with the Americans, going with the latest fashions, slang, and all the other aspects of American culture that were working their way into our society at the time. This started his version of pidgin English. Just note some of his dialogue in that example up there — "Is beri nesesari..." ("It's very necessary...") and "Gud moning, Mis Biyutipul." ("Good morning, Miss Beautiful."). This kind of language mixing and mangling has stuck with us since then and can be seen even in the titles of our comedy shows (Show Me Da Manny starring Manny Pacquiao, for instance). "Kenkoy" has also become part of our language, and is defined simply as "a funny person."

The end of World War II saw the American GIs introducing the serialized comic book format, giving way to HALAKHAK KOMIKS in 1946.  The new breed of Filipino komiks showcased a lot of American influence, from characters such as the detective D.I. Trece (I'll let you figure out the American comic he was based on) to Mars Ravelo's characters, the most notable of which is Darna.




Co-created by Nestor Redondo, Darna is Superman, Wonder Woman, and most prominently, Captain Marvel, all rolled into one package. She's our premiere superhero, and she's a little girl named Narda who swallows a magic stone, enabling her to switch to the superpowered form of Darna.

Darna has been the subject of multiple movies and TV adaptations. In addition to her and Captain Barbell, the second most successful of Ravelo's co-creations, Ravelo also co-created a bunch of other Filipino superheroes, thus showing the feeling of freedom and escapism that was in the air at the time, having just driven the Japanese out and gaining our independence even as an American territory.





*Credits to the source . . . .

[frankiko]

Hindi na ulit ako nakapagdagdag dito ah..
Heto from Culture Crash comics and then beyond..

Elmer Damaso
of Cat's Trail and One Day Isang Diwa (Culture Crash Comics)
http://iq40.deviantart.com


Melvin Calingo (AKA Taga-Ilog)
http://tagailog.deviantart.com


Jio Beltran
jio.deviantart.com


Michael David (AKA Taga-Kanal)
http://kanal.deviantart.com


Sayang, hindi na nagtuloy yung publication nila.

But they are all still drawing! Keep it up!
 

[tnod26]

I'm always fascinated seeing works of our very own comic book artists even before  during my grade school days wherein in our comic industry was very progressive then... kabi-kabila pa nga ang mga ibat-ibang komiks noon at meron pang mga pocket komiks na nauso..Here are some of few komiks during those days Funny Komiks, Lovelife, Aliwan, Hiwaga at marami pang iba kaso ito lang ang mga natatandaan ko adik kasi ang tita kong magbasa nito at ako naman lagi kong inaabangan ang Funny Komiks sa mga newsstands may gawa kasi noon si Sir Larry Alcala duon na Bing, Bam Bum at Planet Opdi Eyps na sinusubaybayan ko...

Thank you for sharing ma'am schy at sir frankiko for the sample works & trivia about our Filipino Comic Book Artists you have posted in... keep on coming please...+K for both ov you...      

[dragyron]

I love Leinil Yu and Gerry Alanguilan especially since parati silang nag-tteam up when Marvel calls for their skill