![]() Two reasons I thought it would be nice to sit down and do a short interview with him now: next week marks the 2nd Philippine Komiks Convention, which he managed to bring up first and this Fall should see the publication of the second issues of his comic Elmer. I could sit down with Alanguilan on any day of any year and throw questions at him about the shape and scale of the Filipino contribution to world comics until one or both of us fell asleep on the keyboard. ![]() Filipino cartoonist Gerry Alanguilan has a passion for the great comics tradition of the Philippines: its values are embodied in his work, its artists trip off his tongue, provide the working material for articles he writes, and their art makes its way to his site its lost magazines and developing industries and invasions into other countries and young artists working together cross the fabric of his life it's a complete world of comics unto itself, and Alanguilan is its most enthusiastic guide. The more knowledge you gain, the more knowledge, it seems, there is to gain. If you spend enough times learning about comics, one thing eventually becomes clear. ![]()
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