SUBSCRIBEThe komiks of my childhood
Komiks has always been part of childhood. I can say that it has enriched my Tagalog vocabulary much especially that I’m a Cebuano. I remember back in the old house of my grandparents where we used to live (we moved to our own house in 1986 but just beside the old one) and the maids always have these copies lying around.
I still vividly remember ALIWAN, a popular komiks that I usually lay my hands on not for the romantic stories but to read Zuma, the green and bald man with two snakes over his neck wearing nothing but an Igorot inspired thong that was a hit way back then. Just think of our excitement when that story was produced into a movie and we went to see it in one of the theaters in downtown Colon St.
It was also a distant relative who introduced me to Funny Komiks (never an Archie/Jughead/Mad or foreign comics fan though), another publication that I’ve been reading back then. I already forgot most of the stories but never the Noon - Ngayon section that always elicited laughter. Those were the days when I used to stop at every newstand to check if they have new copies and ask my mother to buy one for me or just to know if they carry my favorite komiks.
With the new Carlo J Caparas komiks release of Super Funny Komiks, I sure will try to read it.
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.
Just when I was hoping of ridding the room of some pesky mosquitoes with this Baygon electronic mosquito repellent that promises to banish mosquitoes without harmful fumes and the whole mumbo jumbo and it just doesn’t work. Either its a dud or just pure empty promises. I was a lot more successful with their cheaper repellent but not this.I just regret getting this one and paying P175 for a nonworking device. Better if I got that spray instead.
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