Events: Experiencing Southside Collective

I had attended their event on its first day at around 11:00 a.m. It was still too early so the music part of this event were not yet present. So that leaves us with the fashion and art section.

All of the booths were nicely decorated and presented. I'm not much a fashion lover so its the art section that I had my eyes on in which most of them had framed illustrations up for sale.

I noticed that there were only two booths that had other merchandises up for sale aside from the framed illustrations. The booth named Steph Alvarez offers various items, with the artist's own designs on them, that could be used everyday rather than left hanging on a wall. Notebooks and ecobags were beautifully designed with different illustrations of women.

The Meganon Comics booth is the only one who sells comics in this event. One of the people manning the booth (or in this case womanning) was Tepai Pascual (Maktan 1521). I had discovered some interesting things as I talked with Ms. Pascual. To begin with, she mentioned that their Meganon Comics booth in the Southside Collective was the most presentable booth in comparison to the previous ones they had made.

Purchasing a comic book from Meganon Comics during this event, will entitle you to one (1) free pass for this year's 36th Manila International Book Fair. One free pass will be given for every comic book that was purchased.

Also, if you're a fan of Paolo Herras' Strange Natives and has noticed the small orange colored poster for sale, according to Tepai Pascual, that is the cover of the 2nd stand alone story for the Strange Natives that is being rushed to completion within this year. When asked if there were any updates for the release of the 2nd chapter of the Ang Sumpa series, she said that they are still convincing the creator to try to finish it within this year. Tepai Pascual has been a really nice artist because she patiently answered most of my questions as she helped me in purchasing some items from their booth. Southside Collective have a different approach when it comes to payment so it can get really confusing.

A piece of advise for fellow comic lovers, especially to our locally made komiks, be sure to check out any post that an artist, group or from the story series' facebook fan page to be always updated of whether they'll be taking part of an event closer to you. This event really was a treat for we seldom see our local comic creators in the southern part of Metro Manila.

Southside Collective has been a nice venue to showcase our local talents, not only the comic creation side, but also in terms of fashion and music.

Here are the things that I got from Southside Collective:

• Buhay Habangbuhay ~ Chapter 1: Buhay Buwis Buhay
• Paolo Herras and Tepai Pascual
• Meganon Comics
• Buhay Habangbuhay ~ Chapter 2: Buhay Agaw Buhay
• Paolo Herras and Tepai Pascual
• Meganon Comics