Tag: The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival

Share Your Story: What happened to your Lindol Comics Blank Cover Variant? (January 27, 2019)

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Antiquity by Randy Valiente (From the collection of Mr. Olan Amago)

After the dust has settled

After back-to-back monster events[i] to start out Lindol Comics’ convention schedule for 2019, a thought occurred to me this afternoon while I was working on the script for Issue #5:

“What have people been doing with their Lindol Blank Cover Variants?”

How we got here

Published in September 2017, the print run of the first issue stood at a solid 500 copies with 100 designated as the limited edition blank cover variant[ii].  Now, between the creative team’s complimentary copies, advance orders, and convention sales–more than a few are currently circulating locally and abroad.

So, I am curious, if you own one of our blank cover variants…how did you make use of them?

Are they stored for safe keeping?  Did you have a commission done by Lindol co-creator Randy Valiente? Maybe another artist worked their magic on it?  Did you have it graded?[iii]

Share with us your story. Continue reading “Share Your Story: What happened to your Lindol Comics Blank Cover Variant? (January 27, 2019)”

The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival (January 21, 2019)

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With the man of the hour: Gerry Alanguilan.

January 20, 2019.

After six long years, the eagerly anticipated Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival finally opened its doors to the residents and visitors of San Pablo City.  The event, billed as a “celebration of Philippine comics as a form of art, entertainment, education,” featured a number of new and established independent comic book creators and publishers.

In the afternoon, guest speakers Manix Abrera and Gioseppe Custodio (aka Loser Mangaka) each took their turn onstage and shared some of their adventures in producing independent comics.  The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival was also not without its star value as it entertained a number of notable guest in the comic book field such as Leinil Francis Yu, Carlo Pagulayan, Stephen Jorge Segovia, Michael Jason Paz, Jeff Huet, and even legendary Filipino illustrator Doninador “Hal” Santiago–who just happened to be taking a walk with his wife along Sampaloc Lake that day when he came across a Comics Festival banner.[i]

The event also served as a birthday celebration of sorts for one of the Festival’s founders and chief organizer, Gerry Alanguilan, who turned 51.

Happy Birthday Sir Gerry! Continue reading “The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival (January 21, 2019)”

Incoming Title: Lindol #4 (January 20, 2019)

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Sneak peak: Lindol #4 cover by Randy Valiente (Credit: Art, Inks, Color).

And the story continues…

I can’t think of a better way to open Lindol Comics‘ 2019 convention schedule than by giving you all a sneak peak of our latest cover.

The upcoming issue–entitled “Fiat Accompli“–is the fourth installment in an on-going post-apocalyptic black-and-white comic book series that is set in The Republic of the Philippines. Continue reading “Incoming Title: Lindol #4 (January 20, 2019)”

Solo Flight: Journey to San Pablo City (January 19, 2019)

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Clockwise: Lakeside view. | Photo oppotunity outside of the very intimate Rono’s Place. | That’s my room on the top floor of Ang Tahanan ni Aling Meding.

A first for everything

Over the last two or three years, my friends and I have gone on several day trips to San Pablo City–the farthest point that I have ever driven down south.  On each of those road trips, I was always the one behind the wheel with my friends usually handling the navigational duties.

Armed then with the ever reliable Goggle maps, a confidence-building group presence, and (much needed) good conversation—we hardly felt any of those three-hour trips[i].

However, today’s narrative was quite different with me going on it solo and I’d be lying if I told you that I wasn’t the least bit concerned[ii].

But I managed, powered through, and arrived in San Pablo unscathed at about 3:20 pm. Continue reading “Solo Flight: Journey to San Pablo City (January 19, 2019)”

Lindol Comics at The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival (January 14, 2019)

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Bearing traffic conditions, the trip to San Pablo City (via Manila) is estimated at about 3 hours.

Starting out the year with a BANG!

On January 20, 2019, Lindol Comics will joining several Filipino Indie comic book exhibitors for The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival!  The event–Lindol Comics first of many for 2019–is set to be a celebration of “Philippine comic books as a form of art, entertainment, education, (as well as) a recognition of the vast history of comic book creating by some of the greatest Filipino artists for almost a hundred years” (KomikeroDotCom).

Festival patrons can also look forward to a comprehensive comics book art exhibit (1929 to present) as well as several comic book creation seminars spearheaded by none other than Sir Gerry Alanguilan himself. Continue reading “Lindol Comics at The Fourth San Pablo City Comics Festival (January 14, 2019)”