Elan’ Rodger Trinidad’s “Speak No Evil” Nominated for Eisner
Just today I received an update from Elan' Rodger Trinidad about his comic, Speak No Evil, which I blogged about earlier...
It would appear that Speak No Evil has been nominated for an Eisner Comic Book Industry Award for Best Digital Comic.
Quoting Elan': "To my knowledge, me and Lan Medina (Fables) are the only Filipinos to have been nominated for an Eisner (and he won his)."
Congratulations, Elan'!
To view the list of 2009, Eisner Award Nominees, click here.
Links to Filipino-made speculative works online, some announcements
1. Charles Tan has been compiling a list of speculative works written by Filipinos and published in the international market in 2007 and 2008. He also posts links to the full texts of some earlier speculative fiction stories posted in Literatura.
2. The Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler compiled by Charles Tan and Mia Tijam has been reviewed at Boing Boing. The group blog is having some server problems, so if you can't view the page now, try again later.
3. Dean Alfar, co-editor and publisher of the annual Philippine Speculative Fiction anthology, says that the publication and launch of PSF4 has been moved to February 2009.
4. In honor of the Komikon - the 4th Philippine Komiks Convention which takes place today, at the UP Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City - I plug two comics by authors of Filipino heritage:
a) No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set
This clever science fiction story is also a social commentary by Filipino artist Elan Rodger Trinidad. Read the whole piece at Theory of Everything Comics, and don't forget to check out Elan Rodger's afterword.
This clever science fiction story is also a social commentary by Filipino artist Elan Rodger Trinidad. Read the whole piece at Theory of Everything Comics, and don't forget to check out Elan Rodger's afterword. Comics and Manga Day 2007, and a Question
Gotten from Komiks.ph:
Still related to komiks, I have a question: Is it still correct to say Philippine speculative fiction is a "young" genre, when we have been printing fantastic stories for over a century - although mostly in komiks form, not in prose form? Are our komiks traditions and literary traditions so distant from each other that we can't draw any relationships? Or is a literary tradition that spans a little over 100 years still considered "young"? I'm just wondering. It doesn't seem like many modern fictionists in the Philippines like to build on what our predecessors have made, at least not our predecessors in komiks. And classic fantastic komiks were also largely influenced by foreign lore and literature, like our current writings. There are a lot of parallels, I think... In short, I'm asking if when we say "the history of Philippine speculative fiction," we should also discuss speculative fiction in the form of komiks? Or should we stick to prose only?
Saturday, October 20, 2007 1pm-6pm Powerbooks, SM MEGAMALL FREE ENTRANCE! featuring artists in the field of comics and manga. - panel discussions - signings and autographs with the artists - sketching - raffle prizes - comics and art lectures - portfolio reviews - art shows and exhibits - drawing exhibition - and much more!Read more about it here.
Still related to komiks, I have a question: Is it still correct to say Philippine speculative fiction is a "young" genre, when we have been printing fantastic stories for over a century - although mostly in komiks form, not in prose form? Are our komiks traditions and literary traditions so distant from each other that we can't draw any relationships? Or is a literary tradition that spans a little over 100 years still considered "young"? I'm just wondering. It doesn't seem like many modern fictionists in the Philippines like to build on what our predecessors have made, at least not our predecessors in komiks. And classic fantastic komiks were also largely influenced by foreign lore and literature, like our current writings. There are a lot of parallels, I think... In short, I'm asking if when we say "the history of Philippine speculative fiction," we should also discuss speculative fiction in the form of komiks? Or should we stick to prose only?
Kare-Kare Komiks #3: Secret Heart
Dudes, read Andrew Drilon's Secret Heart right now. It's gorgeous. Those who don't already know that I'm a sucker for the senti, should know it now :P
I missed talking about Andrew's The Legend of Caraboy (Kare-Kare Komiks #2) on this blog earlier. Do head over and enjoy!
ELMER by Gerry Alanguilan
I'm several days late in helping promote this, but here's something else to look into for an alternative comic theme:
ELMER by Gerry Alanguilan
In the author's own words:
ELMER is a window into an alternate Earth where chickens have suddenly acquired the intelligence and consciousness of humans, where they consider themselves a race no different than whites, browns or blacks, and push to recognize rights for themselves as the newest members of the human race. It tells the story of a family of chickens who live and struggle to survive in a suddenly complicated, dangerous and yet beautiful world.You can purchase copies of ELMER through Komikero Publishing and Alamat Comics. The first issue is available at ComicQuest Megamall, Comics Odyssey Robinson's Malate, and Druid's Keep in Magallanes.