Rough Groove

Carlo J Caparas’ Komiks

My sister has been bugging me to bring her the new komiks (comics) of Carlo J Caparas as its not available in Cebu (note: stories by the master storyteller rendered by talented artists). I’ve been looking for it since last October but couldn’t find any. Thankfully, while making my way from Intramuros, I passed by a newspaper stand and there lying on a sheet of plastic were the much requested komiks. I didn’t realize that it is available in 5 variants: Super Funny, OFW Super Stories, Gwapo, Klasik and Estudyante but to be sure, I bought a copy each. Its now in Volume 1, Series 4 and am requesting the vendor to contact me once she will be able to procure the first 3.

These komiks series is published by Sterling Publishing and new issues are available every Tuesday at only P10 (25 US cents). The cover artwork is really good and the colors are saturated enough to pop and attract attention. Inside (sample, right), all works are in black and white which is just okay considering the cost. The way the drawing is rendered is superb and well done. The style is still the same as with the comics many years ago.

Its also a good thing that they used an adhesive seal to bind both ends of the cover to prevent people from reading it because one of the problems why the komiks of old died out was that the vendors rent out issues instead of selling these and once new copies are available, these are just returned. The publisher doesn’t earn anything but the vendors already made a killing through renting.

I do hope that people will patronize this one. Its one of the cheap and useful literatures available that will surely promote reading especially in the lower rung of the social strata.

Check also komiks.ph for anything about Philippine komiks.