WIP: WORK IN PROGRESS a weekly webcomic

Thanks to the first International Read Comics in Public Day, Eli has the perfect excuse to display his geekiness to everyone!

Papercraft by Teddy Pavon
Photos by Hub Pacheco

We start the day off with Josel Nicolas’ El Bimbo Variations at the LRT.

Feeling famished, Eli heads to an SM food court to enjoy Gerry Alanguilan’s ELMER.

Not wasting this bright(est) day, Eli heads to a local park for some Bayan Knights action by Gilbert Monsanto, et al!

While passing by the Makati Central Business District, Eli enjoys bits from Hazel Manzano’s Callwork: A Call Center Life.

A bus ride can take ages so there’s time for Arnold Arre’s Andong Agimat!

A quick pit stop to Planet X Comics Shop Glorietta, where WIPCOMICS was born (*cough*shamelessplug*cough), satiates Eli’s craving for other comics! 

The local fast food chain Jollibee serves as the perfect backdrop for Macoy Tan’s Ang Maskot!

The nightlife isn't complete without a little TRESE mystery or two by Budjette Tan and Ka-Jo Baldisimo. 

A jeep ride home later, the day is done, son! Seeya next year! Hoo! 

*22 August 2010, SM Megatrade Hall 2

The stash: 
-Macoy's Taal Volcano Monster vs. Evil Space Paru-paro, Operasyon, School Run 1-2.
-Hazel Manzano's Dra. Yap
-Freely Abrigo's Kulas
-Studio Kakomiks LOL! Komiks
-Apo Aparentado and Andrew Villar's Magiting Throwdown
-Carlo Jose San Juan MD's Callous Comics compilation
-Budjette Tan & Mark Torres' Songs of the Lewenri: Farewell to Pain
-Budjette Tan & Ka-Jo Baldisimo's TRESE: Cadena de Amor
-David Hontiveros & Ace Enriquez' Bathala Apokalypsis

Can't wait to read 'em all! Thanks to all the peeps we met today! Hope you all check out Chapter 1 of WIPCOMICS! OYEAH! :D


-Hub

Me and Periwinkle Percy (aka Teddy) handing out WIPCOMICS preview pages! They're FREE! HOO! 

Very cool running into Mr. Budjette today! HOO! Hope you drop by and check out Chapter 1, sir! :D


BT-DUB, more photos of our invasion on the WIPCOMICS FB page!

Well, sorta. 

We got a view last week from Capetown, South Africa! 

CHYEAH! 

Hehe. 

-Hub

Couple of weeks back, Ms. Hazel Manzano of Callwork Comics posted on her blog that the June 2010 of Wow 'Pinas! Magazine featured Komikon Summer de Avance 2010. Ted told me that our photo was included and a matter of hours later, I grabbed a copy of it at the 7-Eleven across the street. Haha! What is egotism?

Anyhoo, Mucho thanks to KC Cordero for including our mugs in that page! Much appreciated! Haha! The word is out there! Woohoo! Hehe! 

The cover to the June 2010 issue.

And here is the infamous photo. To the OFWs out there, we apologize for our AWESOMENESS. (WHAT!) haha!

May 1, 2010, Planet X Comics, Glorietta: Ah, Free Comic Book Day, my third favorite holiday (next to Christmas and my birthday, of course! HAH!). Ted and I missed last year's FCBD so we made up for that lost day this year! Hoo!   

Lotsa neat selections this year. I went for The Tick, Bongo Comics, and the Oni Press Free For All!

Kuya Eric! YEAH! Thanks for the freebies!

I take it people LOOOVE the P50-bargain bins. I know I do! From this side,

to the other side! (Crap I was too busy shooting! Missed a few bargain comics! hehe)

For every P3k purchase, you get a balloon! Erm, with a special prize of course! So here I am channelling Shawn Spencer. Is the cool prize in the blue balloon?

Or the white balloon?

We chose the white one and here's what I got! Incidentally, we watched Iron Man 2 afterwards! I almost wanted to flash that big-ass poster inside the theater! HWAT! haha! 

And so we dragged that FCBD balloon all the way home. 

The end.


Till next year! CHYEAH! 


-Hub 

Ted and I had an AWESOME/MEGA-TIRING TIME at Summer KOMIKON 2010 in UP-D yesterday. 


It was real cool to meet a lot of comics peeps namely Callwork's Hazel Manzano, Macoy (ang Maskot), Josel Nicolas (El Bimbo Variations), JP Cuison and Dennis Nierra (Punnx Comics), AJ Hecali & Jules Gregorio (Lucia), Nico Villarete & Janno Gonzales & Nico Zapanta (Gerilya), Arly Pescuela (Green Reaper), Elmer Damaso (Cat's Trail), Sir Gerry Alangulan (Elmer), Kevin Ang (Zombies in Manila), Mervin Ignacio & Ian Sta. Maria (Skyworld), Mel Casipit (Baboy, Dogstyle), Jose Gamboa (LABAN!: A Love Story), Manix Abrera (Kikomachine Komix), Gio Paredes (Kalayaan), Nixon Na & Ron Escultura (TRIPLE! PUNCH! KOMIKS!), Jonathan Salazar (Break Out Comics), and the Comicspotting guys! (whoo! lotsa peeps!)

Anyhoo, now it's back to the drawing board for us. WIPCOMICS'll still be updating on Wednesdays, noon-ish so be sure to drop by and read the latest page. See you guys again soon in the next con! Maybe we can give out something other than out ultra cool photo cards! Haha!

Peace!


Bt-dub, photos from yesterday's Summer Komikon are HERE (Facebook) or HERE (Multiply). 

-Hub :D

I don't think I've told a lot of people about this, I'm not the kind of person who likes to brag too much after all(too much being the operational word).
Buuut, seeing as its been around 6 years already, and I've been cleaning up lately and stumbled on old CCCom mags...
Guess whose artwork was on Issue 15?? Hehehehe... 

Congrats to the graduates of batch 2010! This is the start of a new day for you guys! 


-Hub

I'm admittedly a casual Neil Gaiman fan, having only read Sandman. When I was in line for last Thursday's book signing at Rockwell (my fir, I repeatedly told my new friend/line buddy Paige that I am not and will not be starstruck. Hell, I used to see local celebs day in and day out at work before, so this shouldn't be too hard! 

Alas, I succumbed (as seen in the above illustrative reenactment of that moment). :D

Anyhoo, despite that megatron-fail moment, Paige still managed to snap a quick Instax of me with the man of the hour. (Thanks, Paige!)

And what advice did Neil Gaiman leave me with?

Take a look. 

:D

Well, 'til I have enough money on me, I mean. Haha! Got some good ones from today's Comic Odyssey Summer Sale. Some of those being Paul Pope's !00%, GIlbert Hernandez' Citizen Rex #1, and DC: A New Frontier #1. 


I really hope they have these P50 bin sales more often. Ehem-ehem. ;)