Gerry Alanguilan
Gerry Alanguilan, an architecture graduate from the University of Santo Tomas, became a comic book artist in 1992. As an inker, Gerry has worked on various titles for Marvel, DC, and Image comics including X-Men, X-Force, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Stone, Darkness, Iron Man, High Roads, and Superman: Birthright. In 1994-1996, Gerry wrote and drew WASTED, the graphic novel on which the movie is based. An architect by profession and a comic book writer and artist by trade, poor unsuspecting Gerry was forced kicking and screaming by the director into playing Eric, the lead character in the movie. He is also writing the screenplay.
Alfredo Alcala 1925-2000
Becoming an established star of the Filipino comics scene, his work was featured in a publication called Alcala Komix Magazine. In 1963 he created his fantasy strip 'Voltar', which earned him international fame. This comic introduced Alcala to fantasy fans in the United States, where he won several science-fiction awards in the early 1970s. Alfredo has worked for nearly every company from Marvel to DC to Dark Horse, etc. He worked on characters as diverse as Conan, Hellblazer, Hulk, Star Wars and Swamp Thing with writer Alan Moore. Heidi MacDonald and Phil Yeh have written a book about this artist, called 'Secret Teachings of a Comic Book Master - the Art of Alfredo Alcala.' One of the most productive and eccentric comic artists - he is said to never have slept on a bed, but always on the floor or his desk. Alcala died, after a long battle with cancer, in April 2000.
www.ideaship.com/CAA/contacts_artists/alfredoalcala.html
Larry Alcala 1926-2002
Larry Alcala has made over 500 characters, twenty comic strips, six movies, two murals, and 15,000 published pages in 56 years of cartooning. A retired Fine Arts professor at the University of the Philippines, Alcala was well-aware of the impact of cartoons in education and society. Famous for his humorous and satirical cartoons such as Mang Ambo and A Slice of Life, Alcala participated in numerous exhibitions and won numerous prizes. He was born on August 18, 1926 in Daraga, Albay, Philippines, and passed away due to a heart attack on June 24, 2002 at the age of 75.
www.geocities.com/larryalcala/index.html
Jay Anacleto
Jay Anacleto is well-known for his detailed illustrations such as Aria and @thena Inc. Aside from being a talented illustrator, Jay has another career as a dentist.
Ruben Aquino
Born in Okinawa, this Filipino-American animation artist has had quite a distinguished career at Disney. He has served as a supervising animator in several films. His credits include Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse Detective, 1986), Fagin (Oliver & Company, 1987), Ursula (The Little Mermaid, 1989), Maurice (Beauty and the Beast, 1991), Mc Leach (The Rescuers Down Under, 1992), Adult Simba (The Lion King, 1995), Powahatan (Pocahontas, 1996), Li Shang, Fa Li (Mulan, 1998) and Pacha (Kingdom of the Sun, 2000). He won an Award at the 6th Annual International Animated Film Society's Annie Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation of Shang in Mulan (1998).
www.lorenjavier.com/asian/apanotable-ab.html
Arnold Arre
Arnold Arre has won two Manila Critics Circle National Book Awards for his graphic novels The Mythology Class (2000), a four-part action adventure miniseries, and Trip to Tagaytay (2001), a future fiction piece, released under his own graphic design and publishing company, Tala Studios. Mythos, his first solo gallery show, featured images of characters drawn from Philippine folklore. He was also part of the ‘2001 Filipino American Art Expo Exhibits’ in San Francisco and New Jersey.
Jose Aruego
Jose Aruego was born in Manila, the Philippines, on August 9, 1932. Like his father, he completed a law degree at the University of the Philippines but chose a career as an illustrator instead. He moved to New York City in the l950s to attend Parsons School of Design. He has lived there ever since. He frequently works with his former wife, Ariane Dewey, in producing his artwork. He draws the pictures using pen and ink; then she applies the color. Their collaborations include Gregory, the Terrible Eater, Rockabye Crocodile: A Folktale from the Philippines, and Mushroom in the Rain. Aruego's books frequently are included in Best Books Lists, such as100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know from the New York Public Library. The list includes Mushroom in the Rain and Leo the Late Bloomer. In 1976 Mr. Aruego was honored by the government of the Philippines with the Outstanding Filipino Abroad in the Arts Award.
falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/aruego.htm
Lazarino Baarde
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Leonard Banaag
Writer - Taleweaver.
Dell Barras
Delfin "Dell" Barras was born in Manila, and his artwork was published in the Philippines from 1970-1984 by Atlas, Bulaklak and Miranda Publishing. Romeo Tanghal introduced Dell to the editors of DC Comics and started as an inker, then penciled and inked various titles for the Marvel US and Marvel UK (Death's Head ... to name a few ). From 1984-1993, Dell worked on titles such as Batman, Superman, Green Arrow, Web of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Conan the Barbarian. He also worked with Neal Adams for 5 years, penciling and inking for his Continuity Comics. A designer, animator and storyboard artist for films/television and the internet, Dell is based in Van Nuys, California.
www.barrasandclark.net
www.media-blastoff.net
javlin47@yahoo.com
dell@media-blastoff.net
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Dante Barreno, Jr.
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Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry is a cartoonist and novelist. She is the creator of Ernie Pook's Comeek, as well as the brilliant characters Marlys, Maybonne, and Freddie Mullen. Lynda was born on January 2, 1956, and grew up in a working class Seattle neighborhood. She attended Evergreen State University (the first in her family to go to college), where she met best friend Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and the Life in Hell strips. He was the first to publish her work, in the school newspaper, without her knowledge. Lynda is one-quarter Filipino. Her grandma is from Iloilo in the Philippines; her mother grew up in Makati. They came to the states in the mid 50's. Some of her recent on-line cartoons in the 100 Demons series at Salon.com show a Filipina grandma, telling part of the story of the aswang, the most dreaded of supernatural beings. Previous materials deal with the challenges of bagoong and dinuguan. Lynda's amazing insight into the reality of the lives of adolescent girls (enter Marlys and Maybonne) has made her a cult favorite in feminist and alternative newspapers, but she spreads her talents wide, also covering such diverse subjects as adult romance, war, peace, abortion, politics, and just about "Everything In The World."
Source: Rachel MacKnight and Ariadne Unst
www.marlysmagazine.com
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2770/LyndaBarry2.html
www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/Lynda.Barry.Cartoonist.htm
Michael Bartolo
Colorist - Taleweaver, Captain
America
Danny Bulanadi
Danny Bulanadi, the main artist responsible for the "Captain Newfoundland" strip and the adventures of Captain Canada, was born in the Philippines in 1946. He has worked in the American comic book field since the 1970s, contributing primarily to Marvel (mostly as an inker) such as Captain America, Daredevil, The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, and Alpha Flight.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/3/t3-409-e.html
Eric Canete
Eric Canete, was born in Cebu City, Philippines. His body of work include animation as well as comic books including Mr. Majestic, Wildcats, Ladytron, and various other DC/Wildstorm projects. Eric has been working full time on storyboards for Colossal Pictures' hit series Aeon Flux, for which he designed an Aeon Flux coffee table book. His exciting work can be seen on the Phantom 2040 animated series. He has also drawn Satanika, Venus Domina and other books for Verotik. Other credits include Overpower cards for Fleer.
www.blackvelvetstudios.com/artists/eric/eric.html
Dario Carrasco
Dario's first published work was TIME CITY #5 by Rocket Comics (1990). He worked for Marvel Comics on Alpha Flight, Captain America, and the Phinhead mini-series (Epic). For Dark Horse Comics, he worked on STAR WARS TALES OF THE JEDI: THE SITH WAR Series and JEDI ACADEMY: LEVIATHAN mini-series, all collaboration work with writer/novelist Kevin J. Anderson. Currently, Dario is working hard on several projects for Modern Pulp Comics, including online strips of CONSTABLE IV and LUCIFER FAWKES, as well as a SPRECKEN miniseries slated for 2003. He is also with Mike W. Barr on a new online strip called SORCERER OF FORTUNE, which is exclusive to AdventureStrips.com
Fred Carrillo
Artist.
Ernie Chan 1940-
Ernesto Chan has worked on Conan and the Hulk,
and signed some of his early works as "Ernie Chua."
Francisco V. Coching 1919-1998
Francisco V. Coching was born in Buting, Pasig, Rizal in the Philippines. His father, Gregorio, was one of the better-known novelists of his time. He used to take his young son to Liwayway Publications where a young Coching met all the prominent artists of the day. His first creation was 'Bing Bigotilyo', about a bungling playboy, which appeared in Silahis Magazine. A year later he created another character, a warrior called Marabini, which was published in Bahaghari Magazine. Unfortunately, this series was never completed, due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Like many young men of his time, Francisco Coching joined the guerillas and fought against the Japanese army. In 1945, when the war ended, Coching returned to comics, creating 'Hagibis', initially conceived as the local equivalent of the US 'Tarzan'. This series appeared in Liwayway Magazine and lasted for fifteen years, resulting in five adventure books and a movie. Coching has taught and inspired many Philippine comic artists, such as Nestor Redondo and Alfredo Alcala. He made 53 comics in his whole career, 50 of which were made into movies. At the height of his productivity, Francisco V. Coching was working on three weekly series at the time. In 1973, Coching retired, devoting his last years to golf, traveling and his family. The perennial answer he gave to aspiring artists who asked him for advice, was simply: "You have to love your craft."
Source: Manuel Auad
Corky
Corky is the pen name of Philippine-born cartoonist Francisco FloresTrinidad, Jr.,the award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The first Asian editorial cartoonist to be syndicated in the U.S., his works have appeared in most major publications nationally, like the New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times, USA Today, Time, Newsweek; as well as foreign periodicals like the Punch of London, Paris Herald Tribune, Politiken in Sweden, Buenos Aires Herald, Philippines Daily Journal and Manila Chronicle. He was the 1982 awardee of the ACLU Allan Saunders Award a 1980 Freedom Foundation Thomas Jefferson medal and the 1998 recipient of the Fletcher Knebel journalism prize by the Hawaii Media Council, only the fourth person to receive the award; and the 1998 editorial Cartoon prize of the PAI awards given by the Hawaii Publishers association.
Jinky Coronado
Artist - Banzai Girl.
Dennis Crisostomo
Artist.
E.R. Cruz
E.R. Cruz illustrated an adaptation of Homer's
The Iliad for Pocket Classics, and The Shadow with writer Dennis O’Neil for DC
Comics.