Before I got into Marvel and DC stuff, my love for the sequential art started to bloom when I was in grade school reading Filipino komiks. I especially enjoyed the horror and fantasy genre. I eventually moved on to American comics, but I’m constantly waiting for the right time to get into reading local sequential art again. And I believe that the time is nigh.
Thanks to a couple of online initiatives, Komiks is starting a new life on the web.
The Webcomic Republic is a group of Filipino web comic authors. Their initial roster is an awesome bunch: Jonas Diego, Gerry Alanguilan, Ariel Atienza, Rey Villegas, Laguna Teddy Pavon, and Laurento Jovito Fua offer stories of action, drama, humor, horror, and possibly any other genre that you can think of.
Komiks.ph is a Philippine comics portal that’s also a blog host for Filipino comics creators, producers, and historians.
According to the webmasters…
We aim to show everybody what Filipino Comics has already achieved, what it is currently doing, and what it is capable of in the future. We want to help people believe that as an industry, there is a bright future just ahead.
It features reviews, news, and other stuff concerning Filipino comics. It’s a good time to be a komiks fan.
03 Jul 07 11:18 am
Hey, Baddie! Thanks for the plug!
03 Jul 07 11:33 am
You’re welcome, Jonas! Keep up the stellar work! *high five*
06 Jul 07 5:43 pm
In behalf of my Komiks.ph cohort, thanks for writing about us! ^_^
06 Jul 07 6:00 pm
No prob, Ia. Awesome work on the site, by the way. *high five with kindat*