Wow. 10 days left before the BIG DAY. Manila comic-con 2009 is just around the corner. Not really sure what to feel. I'm so excited and so nervous at the same time. A boyhood dream coming true. The first issue of my character. ANG ASTIGING BOY IPIS.. Will this work? Will this fail? What's next after this? 5 comic conventions this year. Have to make the most of it.. Hey, everyone started like this, huh? Even the almighty Stan Lee. Wonder what he felt 10 days prior to AMAZING FANTASY#15?
By the way, Boy Ipis, the guy who lost to the masterfully designed Ginggun ghouly-ghouly was nominated as one of the finalists in this years KOMIKON AWARDS 2009's KOMIKS CHARACTER OF THE YEAR! Never really expected that since Boy Ipis has yet to release a solo book. It's a welcome news. I think it is a good opportunity and privilege to be even nominated in this prestigious event. Thank you for the nomination whoever you guys are. Thank you for the Bayan Knights family for the exposure. Hoping for all your support in the actual voting period. Now, Im really excited... or nervous.
That's not all! Besides Boy Ipis, the Bayan Knights also got nominations in not one, not two, not three, not four(ok you get the point), but 6 Categories!
They are...
For BEST COMIC SERIES:
a.Bayan Knights by Gilbert Monsanto and the Bayan Knights, Sacred Mountain Publications
For BEST COMIC CREATOR/S:
a.Gilbert Monsanto (Bayan Knights, Rambol, Tropa )
b.Bayan Knights (Bayan Knights)
For BEST COVER:
a.Bayan Knights issue 1 by Gilbert Monsanto, pencils; Edgar Tadeo, inks; Mark Anthony Taduran and Rain Beredo, colors
b.Bayan Knights issue 2 by Lan Medina , pencils and inks; Gilbert Monsanto, colors
c.Pagbangon sa Abo: Prelude to Mananabas by Redg Vicente, Ehdz Rizo and Jusef Servanez
FOR BEST COMIC SCENE:
a.The Bayan Knights in an epic battle against the endless battalion of wolf-monsters, called "Sipakas" (Bayan Knights Issue 2)
b.Unstoppable' s late father, Mr. Unstoppable, was revealed to be just an actor in a hit self-titled TV series (Unstoppable Issue 1)
c.Kalayaan flying off in shame on discovering that he was sterile (Kalayaan Issue 4)
FOR COMICS AID AWARD:
a.Gilbert Monsanto is a writer, an artist and a publisher of local comics. He owns the Sacred Mountain Publications which published titles such as Tropa, Rambol and Bayan Knights. Gilbert formed the Bayan Knights calling on independent comic creators who wants their characters to be recognized by forming a unique league of Filipino superheroes. He is also known internationally, working on different comics abroad.
b.Ayala Foundation for Bayan Knights#2
FOR GRASSROOT AWARD (Best independent komiks):
a.Sanduguan Himagsikan by Gener Pedriña
b.Unstoppable by Heubert Khan Michael
c.Kalayaan by Gio Paredes
d. Pagasa by Erico Calimlim
The Voting period will be from August 10 – September 20, 2009. The official list of nominees and voting procedures will be announced anytime this week. Winners will be announced at the 5th Phiippine Annual Komiks Convention (KOMIKON) in October.
Ain't that something?
Showing posts with label Manilacomiccon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manilacomiccon. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
ANG ASTIGING BOY IPIS#1 : AVAILABLE AT THE MANILACOMIC-CON 2009!
YEP, I know. Sorry for the lack of updates here in my blog. Well that is mainly because I've been busy... BUSY WITH THIS!!!!(Right): Ang Astiging Boy Ipis # 1 ( Cover art by Gilbert Monsanto)
SACRED MOUNTAIN PUBLICATIONS AND BAYAN KNIGHTS PRESENTS: ANG ASTIGING BOY IPIS # 1!
From the pages of the revolutionary BAYAN KNIGHTS comics! Comes the higly-anticipated solo adventures of everybody's "slightly" favorite Pinoy super-hero, BOY IPIS! When a kidnapping syndicate decided to rear its ugly head, terrorizing malls around the metro, It's now up to Mike, secretly, the "Astiging" Boy Ipis to bring the criminals to justice, save the day, and at the same time, find a new... err girlfriend. ALSO FEATURING! the phenomenal PHANTOM CAT! Written by newcomer PAUL MICHAEL IGNACIO, with art chores by GILBERT MONSANTO (RAMBOL, TROPA, BAYAN KNIGHTS), REDG VICENTE (ANG PAGBANGON MULA SA ABO: PRELUDE TO MANANABAS) and AARON FELIZMENIO (ANG HULING BARAHA: ALAS, GWAPOMAN2000)
40 pages /b & w/ superhero, adventure, comedy/ ALL AGES!
INITIALLY AVAILABLE AT THE MANILACOMIC-CON 2009! (AUGUST 8-9, 2009)
Also available from Sacred Mountain Publications! (GILBERT MONSANTO'S TABLE AT THE INDIE GO! VALLEY)
BAYAN KNIGHTS # 1
BAYAN KNIGHTS # 2
RAMBOL # 1
RAMBOL # 2
RAMBOL # 3
TROPA # 1
TROPA # 2
Kitakits SA MCC!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
ROACHES' ROAD TO MCC: DAY 100=THE MAKING OF BOY IPIS part 1
Hi! Kamusta kayo? Today is APRIL 29, 2009, and this day marks the 100th day before the much-awaited and higly anticipated first MANILACOMICCON 2009. If you have no idea what that is, it's a hobbyist' convention/event organized by HOBBYLINK PRODUCTIONS, INC. It will be held on August 8 and 9, 2009; at the SM MEGATRADE HALLS 1 and 2, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. More info here.
Incidentaly, it will also be the venue where we will hopefully release the first spin-off title to come out from the BAYAN KNIGHTS banner of SACRED MOUNTAIN PUBLICATIONS, "ANG ASTIGING BOY IPIS # 1". The book will come out supposedly with 36 black and white interior pages, Back and front laminated and digitally colored covers, in a 5.75"x8.25" size format.
Highlighting a story by (Me) Paul Michael Ignacio, and art duties by Bayan Knights head, Mr. Gilbert Monsanto (Tropa, Rambol, Hellcop). Aaron Felizmenio (Gwapoman2000, Alas: Ang huling Baraha) will also provide additional inking help. The decision to release the title is in order to further more expand the Bayan Knights' universe (where the character "Boy Ipis" is a part of) to current readers.
These series of posts will serve as a countdown of sorts towards the Manilacomiccon event. Join me as I relay to you updates, previews, interviews, and other news regarding the creative process of the Astiging Boy Ipis comic book.
Being this post as the initial installment of the said topic, I suppose I need to tell you how I came up with the Boy Ipis character.
BOY IPIS ORIGINS PART 1
It all started with my passion for comic books, sentai and superhero cartoons. It was 1994. I was 14 years old. Inevitably, my desire for this so-called superhero icons led me to create my own original character. Sometimes, school, girls and peer pressure would make you think of things you would not normally think of. Boy Ipis (who was initially baptized as something else those days) was one of those abnormal thoughts..
Everybody loves Spider-man. And everybody wants to be Spider-man. 14 year old Me wasn't an exception. I told myself if I were to make a superhero character, It should at least resemble or have Spider-man's qualities such as his speed, agility, heightened senses, and etc., but I already thought I have to somehow... be original and not use a spider as my character's source of power, either way, i thought it should also be some type of insect. I first started conceptualizing with "cool" bugs like bees, grasshoppers, scarabs and even fireflies.. But I couldn't seem to get any "spark" or some sort of connection with all of them.
(Right) Claire Danes: Perpetually banned by former President Joseph Estrada to ever step foot in the Philippines, because of her once "unpleasant" remarks about our country...... Oh well, let's just enjoy this photo of her in a bikini.
CLAIRE DANES.
Later on, I don't know if any of you remember her. She's the "Juliet" of Leonardo DiCaprio's "Romeo" in... well Romeo + Juliet. She was pretty popular in the early nineties. Do you guys remember when she came to the Philippines to shoot for a movie? I can't seem to recall the flick's title.. but I remember she was interviewed by someone asking her to say something about her time in the Philippines.. and she got quoted about our country being festered with rats and cockroaches....YON. It was her. I was like, what if I turned something so negative into a positive? And that's when I turned my attention to cockroaches.
WHY COCKROACHES?
Cockroaches..Icky. "Are you sure about that?" I asked that question myself so many times. Who the hell would like cockroaches? They bring all sorts of diseases and something else. What was I thinking about? Would that be a good idea?
Honestly, when I first thought of the concept, I also have no concrete or should I say "logical" reason. All I thought was that cockroaches are agile, FAST and mysterious insects. Of course, you have seen how a cockroach scampers across the floor.. Wouldn't it be cool to also have that speed in normal human size?Also, I thought of cockroaches as something who is a part of our everyday lives. "Walang bahay na hindi nagkakaroon ng ipis." I thought that by having a character based on an animal or something that is usually and commonly found inside the house, it would be a good idea for "character recall". Just like the effect on me when I was still a kid, whenever I saw a spider in the ceiling, I would remember Spider-man.
BUT THE TRUTH IS.
I only "realized" the impact and importance of cockroaches in my life when I experienced my first heartbreak.. Cockroaches is quite a good symbolism or epitome for "Survival". Roaches have been here in our planet for a long time and will continue to do so in the future...the most impressive thing was, they were able to do it, not because of their indestructible hides and very simple body systems.. They were able to survive the last million years because THEY KNEW how to "adapt" in the world, or the way I mildly put it in relationship terms.. "Move on."
(Top) A cockroach..... Just an ordinary household pest? Or our constant reminder that we are not the exact "rulers" of this planet?
So basically, what I'm trying to say is, it took me more than 10 years to actually settle that I am actually going to create a superhero character based on a cockroach.
Now that you guys know why I chose the cockroach as the basis for my superhero character, and picked speed and agility as part of my hero's power sets, in the next edition (Part 2 of this post), I will tell how I fully conceptualized the Boy Ipis character's costume, personality and
universe.
See Ya!:)
Incidentaly, it will also be the venue where we will hopefully release the first spin-off title to come out from the BAYAN KNIGHTS banner of SACRED MOUNTAIN PUBLICATIONS, "ANG ASTIGING BOY IPIS # 1". The book will come out supposedly with 36 black and white interior pages, Back and front laminated and digitally colored covers, in a 5.75"x8.25" size format.
Highlighting a story by (Me) Paul Michael Ignacio, and art duties by Bayan Knights head, Mr. Gilbert Monsanto (Tropa, Rambol, Hellcop). Aaron Felizmenio (Gwapoman2000, Alas: Ang huling Baraha) will also provide additional inking help. The decision to release the title is in order to further more expand the Bayan Knights' universe (where the character "Boy Ipis" is a part of) to current readers.
These series of posts will serve as a countdown of sorts towards the Manilacomiccon event. Join me as I relay to you updates, previews, interviews, and other news regarding the creative process of the Astiging Boy Ipis comic book.
Being this post as the initial installment of the said topic, I suppose I need to tell you how I came up with the Boy Ipis character.
BOY IPIS ORIGINS PART 1
It all started with my passion for comic books, sentai and superhero cartoons. It was 1994. I was 14 years old. Inevitably, my desire for this so-called superhero icons led me to create my own original character. Sometimes, school, girls and peer pressure would make you think of things you would not normally think of. Boy Ipis (who was initially baptized as something else those days) was one of those abnormal thoughts..
Everybody loves Spider-man. And everybody wants to be Spider-man. 14 year old Me wasn't an exception. I told myself if I were to make a superhero character, It should at least resemble or have Spider-man's qualities such as his speed, agility, heightened senses, and etc., but I already thought I have to somehow... be original and not use a spider as my character's source of power, either way, i thought it should also be some type of insect. I first started conceptualizing with "cool" bugs like bees, grasshoppers, scarabs and even fireflies.. But I couldn't seem to get any "spark" or some sort of connection with all of them.
(Right) Claire Danes: Perpetually banned by former President Joseph Estrada to ever step foot in the Philippines, because of her once "unpleasant" remarks about our country...... Oh well, let's just enjoy this photo of her in a bikini.
CLAIRE DANES.
Later on, I don't know if any of you remember her. She's the "Juliet" of Leonardo DiCaprio's "Romeo" in... well Romeo + Juliet. She was pretty popular in the early nineties. Do you guys remember when she came to the Philippines to shoot for a movie? I can't seem to recall the flick's title.. but I remember she was interviewed by someone asking her to say something about her time in the Philippines.. and she got quoted about our country being festered with rats and cockroaches....YON. It was her. I was like, what if I turned something so negative into a positive? And that's when I turned my attention to cockroaches.
WHY COCKROACHES?
Cockroaches..Icky. "Are you sure about that?" I asked that question myself so many times. Who the hell would like cockroaches? They bring all sorts of diseases and something else. What was I thinking about? Would that be a good idea?
Honestly, when I first thought of the concept, I also have no concrete or should I say "logical" reason. All I thought was that cockroaches are agile, FAST and mysterious insects. Of course, you have seen how a cockroach scampers across the floor.. Wouldn't it be cool to also have that speed in normal human size?Also, I thought of cockroaches as something who is a part of our everyday lives. "Walang bahay na hindi nagkakaroon ng ipis." I thought that by having a character based on an animal or something that is usually and commonly found inside the house, it would be a good idea for "character recall". Just like the effect on me when I was still a kid, whenever I saw a spider in the ceiling, I would remember Spider-man.
BUT THE TRUTH IS.
I only "realized" the impact and importance of cockroaches in my life when I experienced my first heartbreak.. Cockroaches is quite a good symbolism or epitome for "Survival". Roaches have been here in our planet for a long time and will continue to do so in the future...the most impressive thing was, they were able to do it, not because of their indestructible hides and very simple body systems.. They were able to survive the last million years because THEY KNEW how to "adapt" in the world, or the way I mildly put it in relationship terms.. "Move on."
(Top) A cockroach..... Just an ordinary household pest? Or our constant reminder that we are not the exact "rulers" of this planet?So basically, what I'm trying to say is, it took me more than 10 years to actually settle that I am actually going to create a superhero character based on a cockroach.
Now that you guys know why I chose the cockroach as the basis for my superhero character, and picked speed and agility as part of my hero's power sets, in the next edition (Part 2 of this post), I will tell how I fully conceptualized the Boy Ipis character's costume, personality and
universe.
See Ya!:)
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