I was going through my small comic collection and it seems that Carlo Vergara’s creation fills up my shelves the most. It was my man who introduced me to the world of our local comics industry, which I eventually share the same passion now with the boyfriend. I got my very first copy of Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni ZsaZsa Zaturnnah in 2009, I was able to have it signed during a Mangaholix event (2009).
A series of events of what happened to the event yesterday.
First grabbed some breakfast at Robinsons, Pioneer, we had to be early so we can set up the their booth.
KOMIKASI TEAM
The comics created by our friends Kenneth, Nicoy and Rasel were given for free.
The artists
The game and producer
We were glad that the people liked the game. Below is a photo of one of the testers, awesome kids
Most of the people who tried said one thing, is it available for the IOS? There seems to be a lot of IOS users out there, but anyway, yes it will definitely be available by December, for 99 cents for a full game :)
Two of our favorite artists took their time to try the game, fan boy and girl moment.
Sir Melvin of Taga – Ilog (Pasig)
Sir Carlo Vergara
Early birds get this free bag with freebies inside
My man feeling so nervous, haha~
The whole morning we were with the gang, Ria, Martin, Kenneth, his brother Mark and Nicoy. We had lunch in front of Bayanihan center. After lunch our friend came to spend time with us and buy our things.
This year’s KOMIKON was a success, there were more people who came compared to last year’s.
Stacy saw this booth and found a hello kitty beanie hat! And yes, Martin bought one for me. Thanks love~
Me and Stacy wearing our beanie hats
We also saw our fellow former officemates back in our OB days, was pleasantly surprised to see them. I knew Alvin will be launching his comics, we call him senor~ hehe.
NAKS, Ikaw ba yan Alvin? LOL~
This was at the TRESE station, of course everyone wanted to buy the figurines, but they’re not for sale :(
The photo below the figurines is a trese shirt which I bought for P300, I love the texture of the t-shirt (it’s very presko).
I bought a copy of One Night In Purgatory, Thank you thank you sir Carlo
It was a tiring but fun day for us…
Here’s what I got
These 2 cat keychains we’re given by my friend, here’s where I put them (Martin got the black ones)
The place was jam packed, but good thing that the place was airconditioned.
Till then!
Meow..Meow..
Hi everyone, sorry if I haven’t been blogging lately, I apologize. Been busy with work lately.
Last Sunday, M and I watched the play ZsaZsa Zaturnnah ze musikal at CCP. I was so worried, since I didn’t enjoy the movie that much. But boy, the play was a treat! First off, I wasn’t able to take a lot of pictures, I only had 2 hours of sleep and competing with other people having their taken pictures with the actors was difficult.
Before I continue, for those who don’t know what ZsaZsa is, let me tell you a short description about it. The creator is non other than Carlo Vergara or Visconde Carlo Vergara, a local comic book artist/writer.
“Zsazsa Zaturnnah is a comics character created in 2002 by Carlo Vergara. She debuted in the National Book Award-winning graphic novel, "Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah."
About the character: Zaturnnah, a powerful and voluptuous female with large red hair and a muscular physique, is reminiscent of the DC Comics character Wonder Woman and the classic Filipino superhero Darna. The distinct difference is the sexuality of her alter ego Ada, who is an effeminate homosexual male. The proprietor of a small town beauty salon, Ada receives a huge spiky stone that, when ingested, physically transforms him into Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah.
I first met him a few years back during the Komikon event held at UP Bahay ng Alumni. He was really so nice to us, aside from my admiration in his works, I love his personality.
Ze musikal (IMHO) is far way better than the movie, no offense. The whole time we we’re laughing so hard, the actors were really good even Eula Valdez who played the role of ZsaZsa Zaturnnah. She may not be a singer, but she pulled it off graciously. Dodong, Ada’s love interest was not the way we pictured, but it was still okay. My favorite scene was when ZsaZsa, Ada and their deceased father met at the cemetery, I loved the song and almost cried. Well, they were selling the album actually but at that time M and I we’re on a very tight budget. There was also t-shirts too, sigh. The only thing we bought was the preview comics, but it was a lot more better. I now can’t wait for the full book (part 2), I’m actually curious where Didi is, haha~ I suppose the only thing I didn’t like about the place is that I find it hot.
Ever since M introduced me to the local comics world, I have so much respect for these artists. We watched the 3pm show, so here’s the only photos we had that day.
with the creator – Visconde Carlo Vergara
We had to take a quick shot since there were a lot of people in line wanting to have their pictures taken too.
Here’s my book which was signed during the Mangaholix event a year ago
It was so cool, that he even took the time to draw for me. Thanks Sir Carlo!
Till then!
Meow..Meow..
