FEATURED KOMIKS

	Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah ni Carlo Visconde Vergara Si Ada ay isang pambalanang bakla na may simpleng pangarap sa buhay: ang makapagtayo ng sariling parlor, magkaroon ng sapat na ikabubuhay, at maging isang responsableng mamamayan. Sa kanyang pangarap ay kasa-kasama ang matalik na kaibigang si Didi, isa ring mangungulot. Ang buhay nilang dalawa ay nabago nang matagpuan nila ang isang mahiwagang bato na nakapagpapabago sa katauhan ni Ada. Siya ay nagiging tunay na babae at makapangyarihan tuwing isusubo ang mahiwagang bato. Ang katauhang ito ang tumulong kay Ada upang sagupain ang dambuhalang palaka at ang mga Amazonistang nais sakupin ang daigdig... more
	Ang Panday ni Carlo J. Caparas Ang Panday ay umiinog sa buhay ng bayaning si Flavio, ang binatang Panday, at ang pakikipagtunggali niya sa halimaw na si Lizardo sampu ng mga kampon ng kadiliman nito. Si Flavio ay nakatira sa isang bayan na malaon nang ginagambala ni Lizardo. Mula sa mahiwagang metal na humaginit mula sa kalawakan ay hinulma ni Flavio ang isang makapangyarihang balaraw. Ang klimaktikong tagpo ay ang pakikipagtunggali ni Flavio kay Lizardo kung saan mapapatunayan kung ang kanya mahiwagang balaraw ay mananaig laban sa diabolikong kapangyarihan ni Lizardo.
	Bondying ni Mars S. Ravelo Si Bondying ay ulilang lubos at dahil dito ay pinalaki ng kanyang Impong Tisya at Ingkong Teroy. Si Bondying ay lumaking matipuno ang katawan, subalit may isang problema: siya'y isip bata, nagsasalitang parang bata, nakadamit pambata, at laging may tangan-tangang botelya ng gatas! Sa kabila nito ay mahal na mahal si Bondying ni Impong Tisya at sinusunod ang lahat ng kapritso ng apo, bagay naman na ikinayayamot ni Ingkong Teroy... more
	Wasted ni Gerardo Doroteo Alanguilan Iniwan ni Jenny ang kanyang nobyong si Eric upang magpakasal sa Amerikanong si Bill. Ang kasawiang ito ay nagdulot ng lubhang kalungkutan sa binata kalungkutang nagbigay daan sa matinding karahasan.... more

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A SHORT HISTORY OF PINOY KOMIKS SERIALS

It is said that the first comics was written by the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal when he illustrated the tale of "The Monkey and the Tortoise" on the back of painter Juan Luna's sketchbook. However the concept of comic strips as a serial published in mass media only appeared in the early 1920s as page fillers in Tagalog magazines.

In 1922 two of these news and variety magazines, Telembang and Bagong Lipang Kalabaw, carried satirical cartoons. These could be considered as the precursors of today's komiks. more...

KOMIKS SERIALS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

During the Japanese occupation, all publishing houses were either confiscated or severely censored by the Japanese military administration. Liwayway, the leading Tagalog weekly, was confiscated. Japanese officials forced Tony Velasquez to continue "Kenkoy," and he acquiesced on the condition that the komiks serial would be apolitical and that the strip would just voice out the health programs of the Japanese administration.

Another Velasquez cartoon during the Japanese occupation was "KALIBAPI Family," a comic strip about a typical Filipino family living under Japanese rule. It was not pro-Japanese however, as the cartoons only featured day-to-day activities of simple family life.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE KOMIKS SERIALS (1946-71)

After liberation, the first all-komiks magazine in the Philippines was born in 1946: Halakhak Komiks. Halakhak (an onomatopeic Tagalog word for "guffaw") carried mostly cartoon strips although it also had two adventure and fantasy serials: Francisco Reyes' "Talahib," and Francisco V. Coching's "Bulalakaw."

Halakhak was short-lived. It only lasted for a year with ten printed issues. It had to close down due to lack of publishing capital. The failure to gather enough readership may have been due to the fact that Filipinos were not ready to laugh yet after the disastrous war years. more...

DECLINE OF KOMIKS IN THE 1990S

The 1990s saw the decline and collapse of the komiks industry. There were several factors that led to this sad state. Among them were the economic and power crises of the early 1990s, the Filipinos' diversion into telenovelas, the arrival of text messaging and the internet.

The decline of readership forced many publishers to cancel their komiks titles, until in the end, only the big publishers remained in the market. But then, these big publishers greatly reduced their budget for komiks magazines so that the remaining title in the market had been greatly compromised by using cheap labor and material, and mostly rehashed stories. more...

In 2007 Carlo J. Caparas took the headlines by spearheading the revival of the komiks industry in the Philippines, together with the support of Cecile Guidote Alvarez, the powerful executive director of National Commission for Culture and Arts. New and promising komiks titles are to be issued by September 2007, proving that komiks is still a popular art form that is loved and cherished by the Filipino people.