The NCCA Gallery | Velasquez Komiks Eksibit

Filipino Komiks has been around that has become part of the culture, and with that the history has been a challenging narrative by itself. These days mainstream people would immediately say they no longer exist due to that local book shops have slowly stop carrying graphic novels published by local and foreign publication. But there are still a community that keeps that culture alive, and most of them have been their relatives of these creators carrying their legacy to continue and remind people that they’re not going to be forgotten that easily. Because without this constant reminder of the past there won’t be a country that will remember that it happened.

SM Manila + Kenkoy | Meet & Greet Filipino Artists

06.03.2019 – The 90th Anniversary celebration for Kenkoy has begun. If you missed the weeklong celebration that began in FEU last month there’s still a chance you can catch the pocket tours that not only to celebrate the character’s first comic strip. But also meet a few local artists and illustrators. SM Manila and Kenkoy collaborate not only to celebrate the first Filipino komiks, but ahead of the Philippine Independence Day. Get to know the grassroots of the local komiks scene and check out their past and current works. It’s going to be an experience that Filipino Komiks is still here!

Sights & Highlights: Tony Velasquez Gallery!

02.16.2014 – Tony Velasquez is Filipino illustrator and pioneered as a found father of the Philippine comics industry. He created Pongyang Halobaybay and Kenkoy which is in Tagalog language in the late 1930s. But his most popular “iconic comic strip” is Kenkoy. His creations are told in the “slice of life” themes, where scenes the stories are in their humorous situations. There are only a few who knows the Philippine comics rich history and Tony Velasquez would be considered as one national treasure to be remembered…