The Kengkoy Joint No.0 Online
August 30, 2009
As promised a few days ago, The Kengkoy Joint is now online! Available ABSOLUTELY FREE, only here at komiksmanila.i.ph. Damn, I feel good!
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The Kengkoy Joint Numero 0
Here are the list of stories and contributors for the book.
Answers (Story by Jerald Dorado, Art by Samuel Donato)
The Tomb of the Sleeping Gods was breached, releasing powerful souls of long-dead deities who seek human hosts to live again. The mad god of The End, Wakas was reawakened together with his ambition to bring all of existence to a halt. Only Lumen, the goddess of Answers knows the key to avert Wakas’ wicked schemes. And she will need the help of a powerful, but most disregarded hero of all –and he is found in the body of a young man, mining the marbles of Romblon.
The Legend of the Golden Pupu (Story and Art by Jerald Dorado)
This is the story of the Pinoy Passenger, Tsuper-man, Kadyong Kadiri and the rest of the gang in their quest to find the legendary “Golden Pupu” –a priceless treasure, hidden n the jungles of Laguna. It has been featured in this site before. The first few pages have appeared in Topak humor Magazine a few years ago, but it has found a new home in Kengkoy Joint.
Lazir (Story by Jerald Dorado, Art by Benjo Camay)
A masked vigilante roams the streets of Metro Manila, 2095 AD. Inspired of a patriot who died for the country almost two hundred years before his time, he takes the image of a National Hero to force justice into the society. His ways however, are nothing identical to that of his pacifist idol.
Gods Ablaze (Story and Art by Jonathan Ledesma)
The immensely popular Shun-008 of Deviantart.com delivers in these teaser pages of his upcoming series. The story is still being worked on at this moment, but by what we’ve seen in the pages, I’d brace myself tight for an action packed series if I were you.
Ang Mutya (Story by Godfrey Escota, Art by Franklin Ouano, Words by Jerald Dorado)
Unfortunately, we ran into some problems in this title, and there is a possibility that we might do a second take on it. I guess that happens sometimes if you try to finish an eight page story in four days. I’ll keep you updated.
Lazy-Eye Chico (Story and Art by Godfrey Escota)
It’s been forty years since a hardworking hen laid a peculiar egg –peculiar because it’s shaped like a cube! Four decades have passed and now that egg has hatched. The origin story of Lazy-Eye Chico unfolds. Together with his boy, Bigote and a host of hilarious characters, this series will surely take your fancy.
Pin-up Gallery
Includes works from Komiks Manila Artists: Mara Miranda, Alex Aguilar, Timothy Terrenal, Malaya De Guzman, Marvin Del Mundo, Shelly Soneja (Artist/Writer), Gio Tenco, Dave Gonzales, Zena Establecida, Andrew Santos, Rosame Gregorio, Neil Amiel Cervantes (Artist/Writer), Mico Suayan, Oliver Leang, Olei Ampayo, Jaime Salangsang, Sandeson Gonzaga, Cheyenne Quintana.
Watch out for a heavier Kengkoy Joint and more stuff from Komiks Manila, SOON!!!!
The Kengkoy Joint Launch + Photos
August 27, 2009
Well, this is an extremely late update about The Kengkoy Joint launch at the First Metro Comic-Con. Needless to say, the Komiks Manila crew managed to finish everything (as I’d say it in the office) just in the time of nick! The final product was a gut-wrenching, 60-page, rag of pure komiks goodness. That’s a lot of pages! And everything was made from concept to stapling the pages together in just twelve days.
Unfortunately, we ran into a printing problem on the opening day of the convention, which prevented us from releasing the book on that day. But everything went smoothly on the second day.
I intended to make The Kengkoy Joint available online right after the launch, but I decided to hold it for a while, so I could make some more edits on some things in the book that I overlooked in the first edition. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I’d be able to do so this week so make sure you stick around for that.
Here are some photos that I stole from my friends’ Facebooks (heheh…):
Okay, now that you’ve seen some of our photos at the launch. Scroll down some more and make yourself feel a little bit better about that Caparas: National Artist hullabaloo.
Lazir Butchers Ex Gov. Carlos (The Kengkoy Joint)
This story sold The Kengkoy Joint No. 0 to readers at the Metro Comic-Con. Visitors were free to browse the books on display at our booth, and a lot of them bought instantly in one glance at these pages.
I would have nominated this the the Komikon 2009’s Best Comics Scene of the Year Award, if only ithe nominations hasn’t been closed yet. Well, maybe next year. Hahaha.
These are just teaser pages for our original character, Lazir. Watch out for a complete story soon (tentative first Q of 2010).
Set in the turn of the next century, Lazir is a vigilante-type superhero who adorns a mask that bears the image of Philippine National Hero, Jose Rizal. But unlike the pacifist patriot, the theatrical Lazir uses deadly force to bring justice in the society.
“Change is nigh.” –Lazir
*Update:
The Kengkoy Joint is available for free as webkomiks. Click Here.
The Kengkoy Joint
August 6, 2009
Two days before the first-ever Manila Comicon, I am happy to announce that Komiks Manila will be attending the event this coming Saturday and Sunday, the 8th and the 9th of August, 2009 –in full force! This will also mark the release of our first ever effort to create a komiks, The Kengkoy Joint.
As of this writing, we are yet to compile the pages, and most of them are still unfinished. But I don’t worry. Not a bit. My team is THAT GOOD.
Please get a copy of the komiks from our table at the IAS Manila Studio booth. We’d be happy to sign, and even do sketches for everyone who’d bother. We are yet to decide about the price, but I guarantee everyone a great bargain—probably one of the best you’ll get this year!
