Lines I read

I was re-reading Spider-Man: Blue and Spidey says "You see, I've come to believe that things have to get really, really bad before they can get good."

I hope he's right...

Everyone thought that it would be Gwen... Everyone

"It's about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her. I didn't know that meant she would only get to spend the rest of her life with me."

Tragic. Tragic. Tragic.

Well, bring on the bad news. Can't wait for things to get good... Please hurry :(

Hanging out with Mr. Gerry Alanguilan

Yesterday, I went to Robinsons Galleria to meet up with Mr. Gerry Alanguilan. He was really cool to set aside a very very exclusive ELMER gift set. It's priceless!!! I love the whole set!!! Such an awesome idea from the Alanguilans to create that gift set!!!

When I arrived at Comic Odyssey, he wasn't there. I read from his blog that people should check the nearby restaurants or coffee shops. I didn't wait long, he arrived and we went to Red Ribbon to sit down.

He made me choose on what color I wanted and I chose blue :)

The man is a really really nice guy!!! I think he's a genius. He shared with me what he'll be doing and I promised that I wouldn't tell anyone. I'm really excited for him.

We chatted about geek stuff. Comics and TV Shows mostly. He suggested that I watch Dr. Who and Battlestar Galactica. After the holy week, I'll find the DVDs... He also mentioned Twitter and as you can see in the sidebar, I joined twitter and I love the tweets!!!

Wanted to hang out some more but I had to leave and he had to leave. He was headed to Sputnik and it's a comic shop I really want to visit. He said that there were loads of indies there and I HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT!!!

For those reading my blog, check out www.komikero.com and try to read ELMER. Available in comic shops!!! (I'll post my review soon as Mr. Alanguilan gave his blessing for me to write about it)

POWERS

One of the Trades I really look forward to is Bendis' and Mike Oeming's POWERS.

It used to be Image but now it's under Marvel's ICON Imprint. So it's creator owned.

Vol. 12 - The 25 Coolest Dead Superheroes of All Time.


Bendis' forte is really with Crime Noir and he puts a Superhero Twist into it. This is my longest and biggest collection of trades. Y: The Last Man has 10 and Sandman has 10. But this is an ongoing and I love every single book. Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim makes it into my favorite comic book tandems of all time. It's kinda like a Mulder and Scully in a sense that "When will they ever friggin get together man???"

12 Volumes and there was just ONE HUG.

That's about it. But other than that, it's also pretty much delayed. The wait for every volume is pretty long but it's still worth it.

Bendis puts in Superhero elements from Marvel and DC and makes it into a crime story. There's this arc wherein the "Batman" molested his "Robin", A "Fantastic Four" like group went insane, the "Superman" wanted the world to end. It's awesome!!!

Hope this book continues...

Looking back at the project...

(Standing L-R: Brian Barretto, Andrew Drilon, JPaul Marasigan, Harvey Tolibao, Jason Paz, Carlo Pagulayan, Leinil Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Carlo Montano, Jofred Villaruz)
(Kneeling down L-R: Jed Segovia, Jiggy Cruz, Stephen Segovia, Noah Salonga, Felix Cua, Andrew Agoncillo, Jonty Cruz)

The highlight of the whole project was probably meeting the artists. I threw a dinner for them last month and they were all such wonderful people.

You see, the comic book industry here in the Philippines isn't like the one in the U.S. or in Japan. I was talking to Gerry Alanguilan and he said that distribution is the hard part. Getting your work out there is difficult and most of the readers are in Metro Manila.

But nonetheless, what's important is that you have the love and passion for the craft. It's not to get famous or to get rich but you do it because you love everything about it.

Compiling the book was difficult since I was juggling two jobs.

By day, I was a guy working for the corporate world. By night, I was trying to be an editor-in-chief. I barely made it. But hey, I thought that it was a big accomplishment for me.