Events: Komiket Schedule 2019

Five years with no stopping in sight. The community of local art continues to thrive even further as it expands its activities for 2019.

Aside from joining small events in Metro Manila, Komiket pushes itself towards south to also cater to the art loving locals in the area.

Here are Komiket's schedule for 2019:

• Fringe 2019 x Komiket Makati
• February 10, 2019
• 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Hole in the Wall PH, 4th Floor, Century Mall, Kalayaan cor. Salamanca St., Makati City

• February Komiket
• February 16 - 17, 2019
• 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Centris Elements, EDSA, Quezon City

• Komiket Cavite
• March 10, 2019
• The Event Center Annex, SM Dasmariñas, Dasmariñas City, Cavite

• Word Wonder x Komiket Makati
• March 15 - 17, 2019
• Century Mall, Makati City

• Komiket South
• May 25 - 26, 2019
• Buku Buku Kafe, Upper Ground Level, SM Southmall, Las Piñas City

• Cebulitfest x Komiket
• June 29 - 30, 2019
• 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
• Ayala Center Cebu Activity Center, Ayala Center Cebu, Cebu City

• 5th Comic Book Creator's Workshop
• August 10 - 11, 17 - 18, 2019
• Fully Booked BGC, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

• October Komiket
• October 12 - 13, 2019
• 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Centris Elements, EDSA, Quezon City

There is really no reason to miss out trying our local art with Komiket slowly entering different events.

More information about Komiket 2019 can be seen at:

Facebook Page: "Komiket"

* Note this list will be updated regularly

Events: Philippine Comic Conventions 2019 Schedule

There is an increasing number of comic conventions that can be seen in the country for the past years.

As a guide to the continuously growing komiks community, we present a list of events to watch out. So prepare your wallets and have a feast on the numerous comic conventions that is on our way this 2019.

• The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival
• January 20, 2019
• 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Roño's Place, Lakeside Park Subd., San Pablo City

• Munzinelupa 2019
• January 26, 2019
• 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Picked Cafe & Gallery, The Place Bldg, National Highway, Tunasan, Muntinlupa City

• Elbikon 2019
• February 16, 2019
• 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Baker Hall, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna

• February Komiket

• February 16 - 17, 2019
• 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Centris Elements, EDSA, Quezon City

• Komiket Cavite
• March 10, 2019
• The Event Center Annex, SM Dasmariñas, Dasmariñas City, Cavite

• Summer Komikon 2019
• April 13, 2019
• 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Bayanihan Center, Unilab Compound, Pasig City

• Komiket South
• May 25 - 26, 2019
• Buku Buku Kafe, Upper Ground Level, SM Southmall, Las Piñas City

• AsiaPOP Comicon Manila
• August 2 - 4, 2019 (Postponed to next year)

• Komikon Indieket 2019
• August 10, 2019
• 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Bayanihan Center, Unilab Compound, Pasig City

• October Komiket
• October 12 - 13, 2019
• 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Centris Elements, EDSA, Quezon City

• Komikon Grande 2019
• November 23 - 24, 2019
• 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Bayanihan Center, Unilab Compound, Pasig City

*Note: This list will be updated regularly

Events: Komiket Schedule

Komiket will be back BIGGER and BETTER next year, 2018. The Filipino Komiks and Art Market will be back for its 4th annual Komiket Convention. However, instead of the two (2) annual events, there will be five (5) major events scheduled next year on various locations.

Here is Komiket's schedule for 2018

• February Komiket
• February 24 - 25, 2018
• Centris Elements, Quezon City

• Komiket South
• May 19 - 20, 2018
• Buku-Buku Kafe, SM Southmall, Las Piñas City

• 4th Comic Book's Creator's Workshop
• June 16, 17, 23, 24, 2017
• Fully Booked, Bonifacio Global City

• Cebulit Fest x Komiket
• July 21 - 22, 2018
• Cebu

• October Komiket
• October 13 - 14, 2018
• Centris Elements, Quezon City

With the expansion of activities made by Komiket, we can only hope that it could reach more artists and communities to be more aware and interested in our local art.

More information about Komiket 2018 can be seen at:

Facebook Page: "Komiket"

Events: Finalists of the 36th National Book Awards

The list is here as the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) released the list of finalists for the 36th National Book Awards for books published in the 2016.

The finalists are:

Literary Division

Short Fiction in English

• Of  That Other Country We Nos Speak and Other Stories by Charlson Ong (University of the Philippines Press)
• The Axoloti Colony: Stories by Jaime An Lim (University of the Philippine Press)
• Mariposa Gang and Other Storeis by Catherine Torres (UST Publishing House)
• The Stories So Far by Jessica Zafra (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Short Fiction in Filipino

• Sanga sa Basang Lupa at iba pang kuwento by Jim Pascual Agustin (UST Publishing House)
• Alternatibo sa Alternatibong Mundo: 13 Meta/Malakuwento by Edgar Calabia Samar (Visprint, Inc.)
• Troya: 12 Kuwento by Joselito delos Reyes (Visprint, Inc.)
• Sangkatauhan, Sangkahayupan: Mga Kwento by Alvin B. Yapan (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Wagi/Sawi: Mga Kuwentong Luwalhati at Pighati by Rolando B. Tolentino and Rommel B. Rodriguez (University of the Philippines Press)

Fiction (Novel) in English

• The Music Child & The Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• Wounded Little Gods by Eliza Victoria (Visprint, Inc.)

Fiction (Novel) in Filipino

• Toto Q by Charmaine Lasar (PageJump Media)

Nonfiction Prose in English

• Navel by Rica Bolipata-Santos (UST Publishing House)
• Writing Naked: A Memoir by Arnie Quibranza Mejia (UST Publishing House)
• Bamboo Bed by Weldon M. McCarty (University of the Philippines Press)
• Lessons from Nationalist Struggle by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. and Josef T. Yap (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• Marcos Martial Law Never Again by Raissa Robles (Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc.)

Nonfiction Prose in Filipino

• Sulyap Sa Aking Pinanggaingan by Roque J. Ferriols, SJ (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Selda Dos (Manila City Jail) by Bobby V. Villagracia (University of the Philippines Press)
• Araw/Gabi: Mga Aporismo ng Pagkautal at Pagkaulol/Mga Aporismo ng Pagtanga at Pagtunganga by Rolando B. Tolentino (University of the Philippines Press)
• The Lait Chronicles by John Jack G. Wigley (Visprint, Inc.)

Poetry in English

• Partly Cloudy by Simeon Dumdum, Jr. (UST Publishing House)
• Artemio Tadena (This Craft, As With A Woman Loved: Selected Poems) by Gemino H. Abad and Myrna Pena-Reyes (Editors) (UST Publishing House)
• Faultsetting: Poems by Joel Toledo (University of the Philippines Press)
• Snail Fever: Poems of Two Decades by Francis Macansantos (University of the Philippines Press)

Poetry in Filipino

• Banayad: Mga Tula by Rowena Festin (University of the Philippines Press)
• Kurap sa Ilalim by Mesandel Virtusio Arguelles (De La Salle University Publishing House)

Poetry in Waray

• Taburos Han Dagat by Victor N. Sugbo (University of the Philippines Press)

Anthology (Bilingual)

• Hoy, Boy! A Festschrift for Deflin Tolentino, Jr. by Ben Tapang and Grace Celeste Subido (Cordillero Studies Center)
• Remembering/Rethinking EDSA by JPaul Manzanilla and Caroline Hau (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• BIEN! A Festschrift in Honor of National Artist Bienvenido L. Lumbera by David Jonathan Bayot, Jamie Oscar Salazar, and Johann Vladimir Espiritu (De La Salle Publishing House)
• Elite: An Anthology by Caroline Hau, Katrina Tuvera, and Isabelita Reyes (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Anthology in Filipino

• Batang Rizal at iba pang Dula by Christine S. Bellen (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Anthology in Waray

• Susumaton: Oral Narratives of Leyte by Merlie M. Alunan (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Graphic Literature

• Melag by Bong Redilla (Adarna House, Inc.)
• After Lambana by Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo (Visprint, Inc.)
• Kikomachine 12: Mandirigma ng Tadhana by Manix Abrera (Visprint, Inc.)
• Strange Natives: The Forgotten Memories of a Forgetful Old Woman by Paolo Herras and Jerico Marte (Paolo Herras)

Literary Criticism / Literary History in English

• Filipinas Everywhere: Essays in Criticism and Cultural Studies from a Filipino Perspective by E. San Juan Jr. (De La Salle Publishing House)
• Slivers of the Sky by Ma. Ailil B. Alvarez (UST Publishing House)
• Myth and Writing by Jose Neil C. Garcia (University of the Philippines Press)
• Migrations and Mediations: The Emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia, 1972-2007 by Jose Wendell Capili (University of the Philippines Press)

Essays in English

• To the People Sitting in Darkness by Jose Victor Torres (UST Publishing House)
• Basagan ng Trip by Lisandro Claudio (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• Notes for the Filipino Playwright by Malou Jacob (De La Salle University Publishing)
• Motherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language Amid Wars of Translation by Vicente L. Rafael (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Translated Book

• Shri-Bishaya by Ramon Muzones / Maria Cecilia Locsin-Nava (New Day Publishers)
• Tatlong Dula Adaptasyon by Rody Vera (UST Publishing House)
• Typewriter Altar by Marne Kilates (University of the Philippines Press)
• Kalampay: Book 5 Sugidanon Epics of Panay by Alicia P. Magos, Anna Razel Limoso Ramirez and Federico Caballero (University of the Philippines Press)
• Jaime Gil de Biedma in the Philippines by Alice Sun-Cua, Jose Ma Fons Guardiola, and Wystan de la Peña (Vibal Foundation, Inc.)

Non-Literary Division

Food

• In High Spirits, Tropical Wines of the Philippines by Arthuro G. Pacho (Arturo G. Pacho Publishing, Inc.)
• Kusina Gastronomika by Richmond Victor Ejanda (PSICOM Publishing Inc.)
• The Expat Kitchen by Blance Gallardo (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• Via Mare: 40 Years by Glenda Barretto (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• Philippine Food, Cooking and Dining Dictionary by Edgie Polistico (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

History

• Central Banking As State Building: Policymakers and Their Nationalism in the Philippines, 1933-1964 by Yusuke Takagi (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945 by Daniel F. Doeppers (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Occupation 1942-1945 by Benito J. Legarda, Jr. (Vibal Foundation, Inc.)
• Metroimperial Intimacies: Fantasy, Racial-Sexual Governance, and the Philippines in U.S. Imperialism, 1899-1913 by Victor Roman Mendoza (University of the Philippines Press)
• Orientalists, Propagandists and Ilustrados by Megan Thomas (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Science

• A Field Guide to Flight: Identifying Birds on Three School Grounds by Amado C. Bajarias, Jr. (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• The Philippines: A Natural History by Colin Rees (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Hotspot, Cool Country: Biodiversity in the Philippine by Almira Gilles (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Social Science

• Jose M. De Mesa: A Theological Reader by Jose de Mesa (De La Salle University Publishing House)
• Religious Festivals in Contemporary Southeast Asia by Patrick Alcedo / Sally Ann Ness / Hendrik M.J. Maier (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy of Mindanao by Francisco J. Lara, Jr. / Steven Schoofs (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Sibod: Ideology and Expressivity in Binanog Dance, Music and Folkways of the Panay Bukidnon by Maria Christine Muyco (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Keywords: Essays on Philippine Media Cultures and Neocolonialisms by Rolando B. Tolentino (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Journalism

• Divide by Two by Luis V. Teodoro (University of the Philippines Press)
• Peryodismo sa Bingit: Mga Naratibong Ulat sa Panahon ng Digmaan at Krisis by Kenneth Roland A. Guda (University of the Philippines Press)

Leisure

• Pinoy Manners A Modern Guide to Delicadeza For All Generations by Joy Lumawig-Buensalido (Christine Jocelyn Buensalido)
• Kwentaxi 2 by Mae Paner (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)
• #TagaCallCenterAko by Sofronio L. Tomandao III (PSICOM Publishing Inc.)

Professions

• Data Privacy and Cybercrime Protection by Henry Roel Aguda, Maria Francesa Montes, and Bryan Dennis Tiojanco (Vibal Group, Inc.)
• The Balance Concept in Nursing: New Perspectives in Survival and Health by Daisy M. Rodriguez (University of the Philippines Press)
• Gusto Kong Maging Voice Talent by Pocholo Gonzales (PSICOM Publishing Inc.)
• Winning: Management Lessons Outside the Classroom by Management Association of the Philippines (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Art

• Music in the Zarzuelas of Severino Reyes by Helen Samson-Lauterwald (University of the Philippines Press)
• Performing Catholicism: Faith and Theater in a Philippine Province by Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco (University of the Philippines Press)
• The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century by Patrick F. Campos (University of the Philippines Press)
• EIGA: Cinema in the Philippines During World War II by Nick Deocampo (Anvil Publishing, Inc.)

Language Studies

• Glosari sa Paggawa ng Damit by Kristina T. Caragay, Maria Josephine T. Lumawig, and Maria Monica E. Rayala (Sentro sa Wikang Filipino)
• Capampangan Roots by Papa Osmubal (Oscar Balajadia) (Holy Angel University Press)
• Guide to Isinay Orthography Compiled by Lawrence A. Reid and Analyn V. Salvador-Amores (Cordillera Studies Center)

Book Design

• Marcos Martial Law Never Again cover by Felix Mago Miguel (Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc.)
• Motherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language Amid Wars of Translation cover by Amy Ruth Buchanan (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• Colonial Manila, 1909-1912: Three Dutch Travel Accounts cover by Karl Fredrick M. Castro (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
• World Heritage Sites and Living Cultures of the Philippines cover by Melody Gocheco Wigforss (ArtPostAsia)
• Blood, Sweat, Hope and Quiapo cover by Ben Molina (Rick Rocamora)

Events: Asia Pop Comicon Manila 2017 Schedule

Asia Pop Comicon (APCC) Manila is on a roll as it ventures into its 3rd year.

The biggest annual pop culture convention in the Philippines and region is back for the 3rd time. It will be held from August 25-27, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

More information about Asia Pop Comicon 2017 can be seen at:

https://www.asiapopcomicon.com/manila/

Movie News: Film Adaptation of Arnold Arre's Mythology Class Is Now In Development

The film adaptation of Arnold Arre's Mythology Class is now in development. This is one among the big announcements made during TBA Studios' Launch Party at EDSA Shangrila Hotel last July 26, 2017.

It was said during the event that the graphic novel would be adopted into a live-action film. The film will be directed and written by Jerrold Tarog and the screenplay will be co-written by Jade Castro. No official release date has been mentioned yet.

As a teaser to this upcoming movie adaptation, Arre has created an animation of the Mythology Class with the song "Milenyo" by Peryodiko playing in the background.

A nice trivia was mentioned wherein it was said that The Mythology Class was the source of inspiration by the band, Peryodiko, in creating the song "Milenyo".

The Mythology Class Official Animated Video / music: "Milenyo" by Peryodiko

Events: Indieket 2017 Schedule

The 6th annual Indieket is back this year for another round of indie komiks goodies. Indieket 2017 will be held on August 5, 2017 (Saturday) at the Bayanihan Center, Unilab Compound, Pasig City.

This is one market to be in search for that local comic book gem that awaits to be picked up by the big local publishers.

More information about Indieket 2017 can be seen at:

Facebook Event Page: "Komikon Indieket 2017 (Official)"