Lomo...

So I bought a Holga 120N camera & these are the pictures I took...

A door... I think. So hipster.

A friends wedding.

My wife & I... EARTHQUAKE!!!

Taal Volcano engulfed in bright light.

...they are all blurry. I suck! This was my first time using a lomo camera. If you are reading this & know secret, magical, amazing stuff about the Holga 120N. PLEASE!!! Gimme tips! Pretty please?

Validation

 BLTX2 was a huge success! Only stayed for about 3 hours so I wasn't able to go around much & check out stuff. But from what I've been hearing there were tons of great books, zines & comics that came out. Had fun hanging out & talking to some komiks peeps, too. 

Thanks to everyone who bought ??? #2! Seeing peoples reactions when they crack open a copy was priceless & I am extremely flattered by all the nice things people said & are saying about the comic...

"...??? #2 was one of the better reads from this summer's BETTER LIVING THROUGH XEROXOGRAPHY. It felt like listening to a girl you've been crazy about for months finally talk to you about her favourite movie." - Adam David (El Bimbo Variations)

"‎???#2 is the !!!" - Dark Chapel (Silent Sanctum Manga!)

I'm not sure if the last one was a compliment though, but I ♥ U Chaps! More "Josel & Chappy Show"! I feel validated as a komik-book-making-person. Yey! Props to Josel for cleaning up my sloppy lettering & getting the book printed. Also for being the biggest supporter of my stuff. You da man, BROOO!

Here's the original cover, where my one-armed Deathlok action figure makes an appearance...

If you have anything to say about ???#2 (good, bad, whatever), please leave a comment. Would very much like to know what you thought of the komik. Again, thank you komiks-buying-person! See you next issue (which will be out hopefully by December 2012). Oh yeah! Baro Investigations this (fingers crossed) November 2012! 

P.S. - Check out Rob Cham's The Amazing Topless Head. Rob (who along with his girlfriend Pat are very nice peeps) released a printed version of the komik at BLTX. Reminded me a lot of Invader Zim. Also, buy a copy of SSM Jet at the next 'Kon or at them comic shops (Comic Odyssey / Sputnik)! Fun kid friendly komik done the SSM! way.

???#2 & Mind Control

Coming out later (March 2, 2012 - 8PM) at BLTX2! Cover above... 34 pages of comicbookness! Be amazed at my sloppy lettering & migraine-inducing typos!

 A special thingy (by Josel Nicolas of Windmills fame) for my thingy! Yeti Crab!

Also, the first full-length comic to be published under the QBCCC imprint! Mind Control by Powil Guzmanos! A 50-page one-shot!

Adam David's foreword for the comic...

Thanks for printing the books Josel!

See you all later! 

BLTX 2!

Poster #2 / page preview of ??? #2.

Fun Fact: My first self-published comic, ??? #1. Came out in the 1st BLTX, 2 years ago... :)

Poster #1 is here.

BETTER LIVING THROUGH XEROXOGRAPHY
A SMALL PRESS EXPO!!!

BOOKS / ZINES / KOMIX / FIRST 100 BOTTLES OF BEER FOR FREE / FREE VIDEOKE, TOO, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO SING ON STAGE

QBCCC! HEIGHTS! UP WRITERS CLUB! THE PATRICK RAWWRR! THE GELO SUAREZ! THE ROB CHAM! HIGH CHAIR! THE MACOY! PAPER MONSTER PRESS! SILENT SANCTUM MANGA! THE TILDE ACUñA! THE YOUTH & BEAUTY BRIGADE! HAL.! KUBORI KIKIAM! TAPAT JOURNAL! THE OMENG ESTANISLAO! THE CABINET! AND MORE AS THEY SIGN UP!

MARCH 2, 2012 // ILYONG’S, KALANTIAW, PROJECT FOUR, CUBAO

Maps to the venue:
from the Cubao area > http://twitpic.com/tr6ok
from the UP/Ateneo area > http://twitpic.com/tr6za

Poster art > http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150485850937717.367672.574957716&type=1&l=2dac22c2a3

For inquiries and such about signing up
and whatever else, contact Adam David
via eMail > juncruznaligas@gmail.com
or via text > 09163063173

It has been too darn cold in the office for the past week… I opened up my locker & broke out my Arctic gear!

• Sennheiser headphones which double as ear muffs (functional fashion).
• a very long (8 feet or so) knitted scarf which my wife bought from a thrift store.
• a brown / green / orange plaid jacket, heavily insulated. bought also from a thrift store.
• black knitted gloves, a gift from my wife.
• brown beanie with white stripes which I borrowed from my niece & did not return.
• unshaven face for extra insulation (not shown)

Toasty! My office mates, they envy me.

Needed to get some blood flowing thru my hands since they're all shriveled up & numb because of the cold. So I drew this... 

Please ignore the badly drawn hands…

My bored pregnant (& beautiful! I need to put that in as not to incur her wrath... but it is true! hehehe...) wife started drawing portraits of people who attended our wedding. She draws awesomely! I did the inking by the by :)

More to come...

A preview... 2 years of procrastinating! This is it! I need to finish the comic this year! GRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA!!!

In other news, watercolors are the new markers! I love them! This is how the actual comic will look like :)