BIO:

After six years of working as a comic illustrator in the Philippines, Gilbert, together with his colleagues, founded Exodus. When Whilce Portacio came to Manila, Gilbert was among the few to be hand-picked and trained in his studio, and for a time served as chief instructor for Portacio's comic art school. His body of work includes layouts and pencils for such titles as Hazard, Loner, Tales of Darkness #1 and STONE. Gilbert got his break when he penciled Avalon Comics' Hellcop in October 1998. He is the art director for the 2003 revival of the 'Darna' (Mango Comics), and has pencilled, inked and colored various issues. He is also the colorist on 'The Philippine Legends.' Gilbert hopes to continue creating new and exciting characters for current and future generations of comic book readers, and inspire them the way comics inspired him as a child.
 

GILBERT VILLANUEVA MONSANTO

E-mail: guilty@edsamail.com.ph

1990 - 1996 GASI, Sonic Triangle Inc. and Infinity Inc.
Comic Illustrator, Writer
· Contributed Comic book pages for numerous Comic Magazines such as: Kick Fighter, Bata-Batuta, Space Horror Comix, Super Adventure Comix, Terminator, Kidlat, Combat, Alien, Super Fantasy, Dugo and more.
1993- 2000 Exodus Publication Inc.
· Co-founder - One of seven comic artists who ventured into publishing their own creations for distribution in the Philippine market. Served as the books' Art Director.

1996-1999 LEARN, PWU at the 5th level of Megamall-A
· Chief Instructor for the Whilce Portacio Comic Creation Course, where aspiring artists learn how to develop their drawing skills in the hopes of increasing the number of professional comic artists in the Philippines

1998-2000 Avalon Comics (Image Comics)
· Penciler for the comic book "Hellcop".
· Also did some inking, layout, and color assist for some other titles.

2000 to present Saturn Comics
· Penciler/colorist for the comic book "The Saints"
Atlas Publications
· Colorist for "K2K"
· Colorist for "ATX"
· Writer, penciler, colorist for "RAM"
· Creator, writer and colorist for "Alagad Inc."
PSICom
· Colorist for the Philippine Legend series

Mango ComIcs
· Penciler, Inker, and Colorist for "Darna"
· Art Director