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The weekly Liwayway, the first literary magazine in the Philippines, introduced its first comic strip in 1929. [8] [12] [13] Titled Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy (Misadventures of Kenkoy), the strip was centered around Kenkoy, a Filipino trying to imitate Americans.
Antonio "Tony" Velasquez (29 October 1910 – 1997) was a Filipino illustrator regarded as the Father of Tagalog comics and as the pioneer and founding father of the Philippine comics industry. He was the co-creator of Kenkoy, an “iconic Philippine comic strip character”. [1]
The Philippine Comics Art Museum; Celebrating 120 Years of Komiks From the Philippines I: The History of Komiks, Newsarama, October 19, 2006; Celebrating 120 Years of Komiks From the Philippines II: The Future of Komiks, Newsarama, October 21, 2006; Lent, John A. (2009) The First One Hundred Years of Philippine Komiks and Cartoons. Boboy Yonzon.
Francisco "Kenkoy" Harabas is a Philippine comics character created by writer Romualdo Ramos and cartoonist and illustrator Tony Velasquez in 1929. [1] Velazquez continued the strip for decades after Ramos' death in 1932. Kenkoy was seminal to Philippine comics and thus Velasquez is considered the founding father of the komiks industry. [2]
The Monkey and the Turtle is the very first known Philippine comics. [92] It was written and illustrated by the national hero of the Philippines Dr. Jose Rizal in 1885 while he was on Paris. The Mythology Class [93] by Arnold Arre [94] Tiny Tony [95] by Mars Ravelo and Jim Fernandez (artist) Topak! Humor Magazine [96]
Kulafu was one of the earliest comic book heroes in the Philippines.Created on July 7, 1933, by Filipino illustrator Francisco Reyes and Filipino writer Pedrito Reyes, Kulafu appeared on the first colored adventure strip and the first two-page comic strip in the Philippines, under the same title.
It was also the title of the first comic strip created by Filipino cartoonist Lauro "Larry" Zarate Alcala after World War II. Siopawman first appeared in Halakhak Komiks ("halakhak" means laughter in Tagalog) in 1947. [1] Siopawman was described as a “Superman parody”.
Lauro "Larry" Zarate Alcala ONA (August 18, 1926 – June 24, 2002) was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, he was posthumously conferred the National Artist for Visual Arts title and the Grand Collar of the Order of National Artists (Order ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining).