Pasko ng Komiks 2007 Updates

Orvy Jundis has confirmed along with Ofelia Concepcion and Elizabeth Chionglo of the long-running Inquirer comic strip “Love Knots.” CUE SPAZZING. We’re still waiting for about four more speakers to confirm (or not) so we should post the final guest list by early next week.

The Pasko ng Komiks exhibit curated by Komikera will open on December 8, 2007. More details to follow c/o Prof. Joey Baquiran’s press release.

Thanks again to Dennis Villegas, Randy Valiente and Guhit Pinoy, and Gerry Alanguilan for coursing donated prints through Read or Die.

We’ve really liked working on this event though we’re unsure about how it will be received by the komiks community since we’re not in the industry. I’ve read some blog posts and forum messages expressing some reservations about hosting this symposium in the academe, citing the historical? distaste of literary critics for supposedly low-brow entertainment like komiks. Quite frankly I’m not sure we can do anything about changing perceptions, if perceptions do need to be changed, but we can assure everyone that the ICW staff headed by Dr. Vim Nadera has been very supportive.

Wala naman sigurong magliliparang kamatis. Tsaka pagkakataon na ng mga writers at artists at critics na magtagpo at–katulad nga ng sinabi ni Randy–magbalitaktakan.

Just to clarify things: The idea of the symposium came from our group. We asked the UP College of Arts and Letters to sponsor it and they agreed. The ICW and Komikera took an active hand in revising our submitted program flow so the final structure of the event is really a group effort. Hopefully this symposium will be a more or less regular occurrence and we can involve more groups in its planning next time. Wala pa kasi kaming masyadong kilala — sina Gerry, Randy, Carlo, Vivian, Andrew, Teta, Garro, Glady at Dennis lang talaga. Sa symposium sana marami kaming ma-meet na komiks artists at writers.

Ano bang pakialam ng Read or Die sa komiks? Parte kasi ito ng isang serye ng mga events na pinaplano namin na magspospotlight, kumbaga, ng iba’t ibang klase ng panitikang Filipino para sa publiko. Nagkataon lang na ito ang nauna pero marami pang susunod — sa Marso naman ang matagal na nabiting Filipino Fantastic na sa wakas ay hindi na lamang pantasya. At sa di inaasahang lugar. Dakilang kaladkarin lang talaga kami.

Not-so-incidentally, I should note that I attended the presentation of the 2007 Filipino readership survey results last November 28. The survey was conducted by the Social Weather Station and commissioned by the National Book Development Board. I’ll save a fuller report for another entry (including the details of the survey) but it might interest people to learn that komiks readership jumped to a record 23%. The Bible still tops the list followed by romance novels but komiks is now a significant presence in the literary marketplace.

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November 30, 2007 Written by: tin | Filed Under Latest, Events 

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3 Responses to “Pasko ng Komiks 2007 Updates”

  1. Gerry Alanguilan on November 30th, 2007 6:08 pm

    If there is a way to help komiks out of the perception of being “cheap entertainment for the masses”, then it would be events like this, which will take comics seriously and as a true form of art.

    The venue is perfectly appropriate. To subscribe to the notion that komiks shouldn’t be discussed at UP is to allow komiks to always wallow in shallow waters, never deserving to be in the company of intelligent discussion.

    People should get over this old fashioned notion, along with a whole package of old notions about the komiks industry that seeks to keep komiks dumb, cheap and disposable.

  2. tin on November 30th, 2007 6:17 pm

    Gerry — Korek ka dyan. Actually, a couple of professors/critics/literary writers have confided to me that they’ve started educating themselves about komiks, visiting blogs, art sites, etc., and there’s a certain somebody who’d like to talk to you about a potential project which just might… well, I am thinking about that famed collaboration between Lope K. Santos and Fernando Amorsolo hehe. Seriously, I’m not sure where this is all going, but yeah, I’m glad that this is pushing through.

    Ninenerbyos kami nang konti, sa totoo lang. Kami kasi minsan ang binabalikan pag hindi umayon sa expectations ng mga guests ang reception sa kanila ng audience etc. Disclaimer po sa lahat ng nagbabasa nito — Ang trabaho namin ay mag-umpisa at ayusin ang logistics ng mga ganitong event. Hindi kami writers at hindi kami artists! Volunteers lang po. Sa inyo ang follow-through. Mas maayos nga kung magtutulungan tayong lahat para mas maliit ang margin for error. Kaya sana maging okay ang lahat XO

  3. aamutar » Pasko ng Komiks 2007 Updates on November 30th, 2007 6:27 pm

    […] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Orvy Jundis has confirmed along with Ofelia Concepcion and Elizabeth Chionglo of the long-running Inquirer comic strip “Love Knots.” CUE SPAZZING. We’re still waiting for about four more speakers to confirm (or not) so we should post the final guest list by early next week. The Pasko ng Komiks exhibit curated by Komikera will open on December 8, 2007. More details to follow c/o Prof. Joey Baquiran’s press release. Thanks again to Dennis Villegas, Randy Valiente and Guhit Pinoy, and Gerry Alan […]

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