on May 14, 2012 in:
News, 2012, Bonifacio High Street, comic odyssey, Comic Odyssey in Fort, Comic odyssey in Fully Booked, Comics Cube, FCBD, FCBD 2012, Free Comic Book Day, Free Comic Book Day 2012, fully booked, komiks
As is their usual practice, Fully Booked will be celebrating FCBD a few weeks later than everyone else, and this year that date is May 19. There will be free comics available at many Fully Booked branches, but the place is their flagship store at Bon...
on May 13, 2012 in:
News, 2012, Cogsmith, diversity in fantasy, diversity in science fiction, diversity in speculative fiction, diversity in writing, Djibril Alayad, Fabio Fernandes, The Cogsmith, We See a Different Frontier, why is diversity important
A bit late to this, but over at The Cogsmith, Djibril Alayad and Fabio Fernandes (you may remember them from the “We See A Different Frontier” project) have compiled comments made in an online discussion about diversity in speculative f...
on May 11, 2012 in:
News, 2012, Fantasy Faction, komiks, Paolo Chikiamco, Philippine comics, Philippine fantastic, Philippine folklore, Philippine mythology, Philippine Speculative Fiction, Philippines, primer, World Tour of Wonderment
Part 2 of my article on the Philippine fantastic for the “World Tour of Wonderment“ feature of Fantasy Faction is now up. (You can find part one here.) In this post, I give a brief primer on the fantastic in prose fiction and comics, by talking a...
The Mind Museum is celebrating International Museum Day on May 18 with a cool little promo, with all day passes going at a discounted price of PHP500, and several special science events (some are free with the day pass, but for others you need to pur...
on May 1, 2012 in:
News, 2012, comic, comic odyssey, comics, ComicXHub, FCBD, FCBD 2012, Free Comic Book Day, Free Comic Book Day 2012, komiks, Planet X Comic Book Shop
It’s time for the annual Free Comic Book Day, which this year falls on the 5th of May, this Saturday. This year is extra special, because Andrew Villar has marshaled two groups of Philippine comics creators (including my High Society col...
For those who don’t know, I’m a contributor over at the U.K. site Fantasy Faction, and the editors graciously allowed me to handle the Philippine stop of their “World Tour of Wonderment“, a regular feature where the site focus...
on Apr 25, 2012 in:
News, 24 hour comics, Contest, contest komixathon, Flipside, Flipside Publishing, komikon, komiks, komix, komixathon, summer komikon, Summer Komikon 2012
Flipside Publishing has partnered up with the 2012 Summer Komikon to hold a 24-Hour Comic Creation contest, with three winners receiving publishing contracts with Flipside Publishing, for digital releases of their comics. Registration will take place...
