Kid-Friendly Graphic Novels On My Shelf
Jul 16We’ve recently been cleaning the house. My wife is now 8 months pregnant and we’re expecting a baby boy soon. According to her doctor, she’ll be giving birth anytime within the last week of July or the first week of August. So the need to buy some baby stuff and prepare the house is increasing. While looking at my collection, I realized I had more than a few titles I wanted to share with...
Shortlisted Interview #15: Cristian Sabarre
Jun 08For those waiting for it, here goes another interview. This time, let’s go meet a cool colorist from Ormoc, Leyte. Cristian Sabarre! Mark Rosario: Tell us something about yourself. Cristian Sabarre: My name is Cristian John L. Sabarre from Ormoc City, Leyte. I’m the youngest of 5 siblings. I graduated from Informatics Raintree Mall with a bachelor degree in Information Technology....
Urban Animal #1 | Comics Review
May 08
Written and drawn by Cebu-based creator John Amor, Urban Animal #1 is an indie comic book (a 4-part story actually) about Joe – a naughty teenager who gets cursed and turns into a monster because of his, well, naughtiness. For a description, John describes the book as a mash-up between The Catcher In The Rye and The Incredible Hulk with a dash of Archie. Actually, John says this comic book is...
The Avengers Are Everywhere (In The Philippines)
May 01
My next blog entry after this would be the movie review but let me just confirm this for everybody - The Avengers fever has conquered the country! Here are a few official Avengers movie merchandise available from the local stores. From 7-11: As the poster says, every purchase of a 22-oz Gulp (or Slurpee) and an additional P15 gets you one Avengers Collector Card. On a side note, its too...
Soundgarden on Avengers Movie Soundtrack
Apr 11
I’m taking a quick break from posting interviews for the 34 Pinoy artists that made it to Cebulski’s shortlist. In the mean time, let me just tell you how much I love it when 3 of my favorite things combine namely comics, movie, and rock and roll! Soundgarden will be releasing a NEW song (their first since after reuniting in 2010) and it will be released on the Avengers movie...
American Born Chinese (Graphic Novel Review)
Mar 01Story Recently dropped by the bookstore and picked up American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. The book gives us three seemingly-separate (but interestingly-interrelated) tales about the frustrations of being different. First, there’s the Monkey King who tries to gain acceptance amongst the gods. Don’t mess with this monkey (or even dare calling him that) because he is actually a Kung Fu master....