The Philippine 24 Hour Comic Book Challenge

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

And the WINNERS are…

After much deliberation we finally have the result of the second Philippine 24-hour Comic Book Challenge.

First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone for the delay. I know you guys have been waiting for the results for the longest time but the judges had a difficult time in choosing the winners. So much so that we had to call in a fourth judge, Carlo Vergara. Let me take this opportunity to thank Carlo for coming in and helping us out. It is much appreciated indeed.

And with that, on to the winners…

We would like to congratulate Kevin Justin Ang for bagging the Best Story prize with his comics, “Part of the Job” and Freely Abrigo who won the Best Art and the Grand Prize to boot for his comics, “Bakit?”

It was an amazing challenge with many of the participants coming up with awesome work despite the pressure.

One such work came to the attention of one of our judges, Gerry Alanguilan.

“Norby Ela's art still has a long way to go and did not score highly. However, his story is one of the highest ones I rated. I found it strangely affecting, not only because of the subject matter, but because of how it was written. It’s quiet, unforced and surprisingly convincing, free from bombast and hysterics. He almost made me believe he was reliving a memory, rather than simply imagining a story.”

Gerry Alanguilan

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the challenge and took the time and effort to share with us all their stories and their art. We look forward to seeing you all again at the next 24-hour Comic Book Challenge.

To the participants, expect an e-mail from Johnny Danganan in your inbox and see you guys soon.

Don't forget to check out the Top 10 most popular stories.

Tatong Jurolan
Sampaguita

Mikko Marcelo
Essay

Teddy Pavon
Worth Dying for

Ammathorn
Y2Kill Filipinos

Freely Abrigo
Bakit?

Jazz Carmona
Ang Huling Salong-bola

Kevin Justin Ang
Part of the Job

Norby Ela
Weather-weather Lang

Tobie Abad
Deadline

Noel Cervantes
Brewed Coffee Dilemma

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Friday, August 13, 2010

Almost THERE...

Good news, everyone!

Gerry Alanguilan and Elbert Or's results are in and all we're waiting for now is Sir Boboy Yonzon's top picks. Gerry even said some very, very kind words about two of the participants (and Gerry doesn't often do this) but I won't reveal who and what just yet.

Kaunti na lang...

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Friday, July 30, 2010

Wait Lang...

I know all of you guys are excited. We just ask for a bit more patience as our judges go through the Top 10.

Hopefully we'll have the decision by next week.

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Monday, July 26, 2010

The Top 10

And here now is what you guys have been waiting for. The top 10 most popular stories according to Google Analytics.

Tatong Jurolan
Sampaguita

Mikko Marcelo
Essay

Teddy Pavon
Worth Dying for

Ammathorn
Y2Kill Filipinos

Freely Abrigo
Bakit?

Jazz Carmona
Ang Huling Salong-bola

Kevin Justin Ang
Part of the Job

Norby Ela
Weather-weather Lang

Tobie Abad
Deadline

Noel Cervantes
Brewed Coffee Dilemma

The judges will now be deliberating this week who among the 10 is the best.

I would like to once again thank our sponsors, Comic Odyssey and Espresso Comics as well as our media partner, The Philippine Online Chronicles.

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Saturday, July 24, 2010

It's off to the JUDGES

The promotion period for the 15 who finished the second 24-hour Comic Book Challenge is almost finished.

By tomorrow the top 10 most popular comics to finish the challenge will be sent to our distinguished judges:

Gerry Alanguilan
Gerry created comics such as Wasted, Johnny Balbona, Humanis Rex!, and ELMER. He also contributed to anthologies like Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion published in the Philippines. In the US he is known as an inker for such titles like Wetworks, X-Men, Superman: Birthright, Wolverine, High Roads, Fantastic Four, and Silent Dragon. He has also worked alongside with Leinil Francis Yu and Whilce Portacio.

Elbert Or
Elbert’s work include Bakemono High, a comic strip about monsters in high school but he became known for his illustrations in The More The Manyer, a book of Filipino malapropisms. After a year, Without Further Adieu was published and was followed by Lola: A Ghost Story, his first mainstream US project as the illustrator for Filipino-Canadian writer J. Torres.

Boboy Yonzon
Boboy is one of the founding members of the PICCA Festival. He is also currently the president of the Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP) and is the President and CEO of Yonzon Entertainment Syndicate (YES). He published The First One Hundred Years of Philippine Komiks and Cartoons written by John Lent and remains one of the stalwart champions of the Philippine Comic Book Industry.

The top 10 will be posted here in this blog by Monday. Abangan!

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The 15 who Finished the 24hr Comic Book Challenge

After checking all the entries, I am proud to present the fifteen (15) participants who finished the second Philippine 24-hour Comic Book Challenge.

I will be submitting the Top 10 most popular stories to the judges by July 25, 2010, Sunday. The participants will be promoting their comics until then in an effort to boost their visibility and improve their chances in getting in on the Top 10.

How about you guys? Which story/comic book creator is your favorite?

For questions and clarifications contact Johnny Danganan!
E-mail: johnny@jonasdiego.com
YM ID: johnny_danganan

Sunday, July 18, 2010

It is DONE!

The 24-hour period is now officially up.

In behalf of the team I would like to thank everyone who took up the 24-hour Comic Book Challenge.

Finished or not, you guys created wonderful comics.

You’re one of the reasons kung “bakit ASTIG ang PINOY”.

We’re just going to get some sleep first, fix up the entries a bit afterwards (formatting, etc.), then present them to the judges who will then proceed to pick their top choices.

Thanks are in order to our sponsors, Comic Odyssey and Espresso Comics as well as our media partner, The Philippine Online Chronicles. Hats off to Johnny Danganan and Rizal Alagar for slugging it out with me for the last 24 hours promoting the comics online. And a big, big SALAMAT to everyone who helped promote and supported the Second 24-hour Comic Book Challenge.

In the meantime you guys give yourselves a pat on the back for a job well done!

Ang astig ninyong lahat!