January 24, 2007

Upcoming Filipino Komiks Congress
Mood:  happy

Joe Lad Santos, Commissioner on National Commission for the Filipino Language (Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino) had recently announced its plan to sponsor a Komiks Congress in a gathering held last January 21, 2006 in Loren Banag's Place, Valenzuela City, Philippines.

The said Congress will tentatively be set on February 16, 2006 and the venue is still on the process. This will showcase an Art Exhibit featuring the masterpieces of the great Komiks Illustrators of 1960's up to present. Various activities and competitions are being lined up also. Its primary objective is to promote an awareness in the past Glory of the Philippine Komiks Industry and to create new actions to refresh it and be able to campaign for public acceptance once again.

In the process, the Congress will also identify some selected persons to carry out projects benefiting the welfare of the Komiks Industry and its people.

The event will be a little bit of similar to Komikon that was held in two consecutive years but with the focus on the past Komiks Industry and with the attempt to merge it in the the present generation of Komiks Industry. This time the past generations are already bigger in numbers when it comes ton public appearances participation. Read more here!