Media Relations 101 for Komiks Creators

Days back, I got into a kilometric online argument with a Komikon group member who hides by the name of Talka Orbil or Aklat Libro. Minus all of his or her name-calling and fallacious statements that he or she should be right because he or she got 11 “likes,” the anonymous poster points out that mainstream media should stop portraying the komiks industry in a bad shape. He or she went on to saying that a television program should do some “pambobola” or praises in favor of Komiks. That may not be the exact translation of it because “pambobola” connotes enticing a person with honeyed words, true or not.

Muslim Terrorists and Military Textbooks

Review: Filipino Heroes League

While waiting for the screening of a movie, I grabbed a copy of the Filipino Heroes League (FHL) today and read in one sitting the whole first volume of the Paolo Fabregas opus.

For someone who also aims to create comics relevant to Filipinos, I really enjoyed how Fabregas combined the fantastic and the mundane. FHL also serves as a critique of the Philippine society, including how news organizations cover events.

But there are just a couple of misses, one may offend sensibilities and the other,  possibly a minor factual mistake.

GMA News features Segovia Solutions

GMA 7's Saksi ,  GMA News TV's News to Go, and Balitanghali Weekend aired reports about our comics, Segovia Solutions. Their news website GMA News Online wrote an article about it. This may not be the best comic in Komikon, but we hope to prove to the viewers that comics can be used as a medium for social commentary.

Saksi. Aired Nov. 21, 2011


For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV
News to Go. Aired Nov. 22, 2011.


For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV
Balitanghali Weekend. Aired Nov. 20, 2011.

Here's another feature in DownwithManila  by indie comics creator Amado Aparentado.

Writing comics for something you really are passionate about is really fulfilling.

Today marks the second anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre. Join the country as it calls for an end to impunity. 

Jerald Uy

11!

Segovia Solutions # 1 will be available on Table no. 11 in Komikon 2011! We hope you'd support our comics this Saturday (10am-7pm), Bayanihan Center, Pioneer St, Pasig City.

Back to the ill-fated ship

Our comic series Segovia Solutions is mainly about fantastic characters in contemporary social problems in the Philippines. First issue tackles killings of journalists, the second one will revolve around cyclone preparedness and sea tragedies. 

 Segovia Solutions # 2. As a rescue diver searches for her missing sister in the ill-fated Endosulfan-carrying M/V Princess of the Stars, she encounters a horde of restless souls (art by Tin Manasan )

Segovia Solutions # 1 Cover Art



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The cover art for the first issue of Segovia Solutions is here! Jether Amar's artwork rocks!

Grab a copy of Segovia Solutions on Komikon 2011 on Nov. 19, Bayanihan Center, Pasig City. Gates open at 10 am.

Sneak Peek: Segovia Solutions # 1

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Here's a sample page by Jether Amar from Segovia Solutions # 1 available on Komikon 2011 (colored cover, black and white interior pages).

More Segovia Solutions teasers

Our collaborator Tin Manasan made these stylish teasers for our upcoming comics Segovia Solutions. Yup, the name on the calling card is Julius Segovia, my best bud GMA News reporter who allowed me to create a character named after him.



Uy! Comics debuts Segovia Solutions in Komikon

©Jerald Uy

Two years ago, I took this shot from my cellphone camera, on a makeshift graveyard for journalists down south. Yes, that is a real news vehicle, crushed and buried deep in the ground.


Being among the few Manila-based reporters who witnessed the bodies of  57 (another one is still missing) people being dug out. Everyone who saw the crime scene itself has the responsibility to let the people know of the problem of impunity in the country. No one is above the law, they say, but until now, more than a hundred suspects roam free after the massacre. The list of journalists being assassinated has not stopped even after Nov. 23, 2009.


Journalists being killed on a regular basis, for most people I'm afraid, have become a recurring plot that they set aside.

On my part, I aimto reach a different group of people, mostly teenagers and twentysomethings who may have been stereotyped for their fond of big-eyed characters and hyper-muscled heroes. With the help of Singapore-based artist Tin Manasan and former Philippine Collegian artist Jether Amar, we created the comic series, "Segovia Solutions. " 

Press release

The Maguindanao Massacre. The M/V Princess of the Stars Tragedy. The havoc of the Tropical Storm Ondoy. If super heroes walked the earth, would the Philippines have a different history?

Segovia Solutions in Komikon 2011!

I'm so excited for this year's Komikon because I'll be releasing the first comic that I wrote.