The 9th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2010 » comics http://toyconph.com/blog Official website of the Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Crushing on DC Comics hotties” – Inquirer.net http://toyconph.com/blog/2010/05/30/crushing-on-dc-comics-hotties-inquirer-net/ http://toyconph.com/blog/2010/05/30/crushing-on-dc-comics-hotties-inquirer-net/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 13:59:58 +0000 Azrael http://toyconph.com/blog/?p=363

This year, I found myself invited to the briefing for this year’s 9th Toy Convention, whose theme focuses on DC Comics’ 75th anniversary. I was surrounded by fan-boys (fan-men, really): There was one who brought his Superman figurine collection, a Red Son version (a what-if-Superman-had-landed-in-Russia-instead-of-the-US series), which was even reverently passed around and fawned over.

I kept silent because I didn’t want to betray the fact that, given a chance to choose comics on Free Comic Book day, I chose DC Kids instead of the more bad-ass titles, because it had an adorable masked puppy on the cover, and because my favorite comic-book character was Betty Cooper (superpower: good at home economics).

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]]> http://toyconph.com/blog/2010/05/30/crushing-on-dc-comics-hotties-inquirer-net/feed/ -1 DC comics writer J. Torres and Oni Press artist Elbert Or meet / autograph signing event at Comic Odyssey http://toyconph.com/blog/2009/01/01/dc-comics-writer-j-torres-and-oni-press-artist-elbert-or-meet-autograph-signing-event-at-comic-odyssey/ http://toyconph.com/blog/2009/01/01/dc-comics-writer-j-torres-and-oni-press-artist-elbert-or-meet-autograph-signing-event-at-comic-odyssey/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:44:06 +0000 Azrael http://toyconph.com/blog/?p=40 Details is posted below.
I’m pasting the info I got from the Alamat mailing list, thanks Budj for the info.
and see you comic fans there!

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COMIC ODYSSEY invites you to our first creator signing event of the New Year!

Meet DC Comics writer J. TORRES and Oni Press artist ELBERT OR.

January 3, 2009 (Saturday), 2 – 4 pm
Comic Odyssey, Robinsons Galleria branch

The first 100 people in attendance will receive a FREE DC COMIC written by J. Torres and a Wonder Woman Promo Pin.

J.TORRES is the writer of Wonder Girl, Ninja Scroll, Teen Titans Go, Family Dynamic, Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, The Batman Strikes, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Blue Beetles, Alison Dare, X-Men:Ronin, and more!

ELBERT OR will be previewing pages of his upcoming project with J.Torres, LOLA: A GHOST STORY to be published by Oni Press in 2009. (Read more below)

Start: Jan 3, ‘09 2:00p
End: Jan 3, ‘09 4:00p
Location: Comic Odyssey, Robinsons Galleria Branch

from : http://jtorresonline.blogspot.com/2008/12/store-signing.html
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Attention, Filipino comic book fans!

If you’ve got nothing better to do on Saturday, January 3, 2009 stop by Comic Odyssey in Robinsons Galleria between 2 PM – 4 PM and meet me and artist Elbert Or.

I’ll be giving away copies of Wonder Girl and Ninja Scroll, as well as Wonder Woman pins (courtesy of DC Comics).

Elbert will be previewing art from our upcoming Oni Press graphic novel Lola: A Ghost Story.

Comic Odyssey
Robinsons Galleria Branch
Ortigas, Quezon City
Philippines

Hope to see you there! Until then, have a Merry Merry and a Happy Happy!

J.Torres

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J. Torres is the writer of Family Dynamic, Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century, and Wonder Girl for DC Comics.

Other works include the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare, the ALA listed Days Like This, the Harvey nominated Sidekicks and the Shuster Award winning Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go.

His upcoming projects include Lola: A Ghost Story and Dead Goombas for Oni Press as well as new Degrassi: The Next Generation webisodes for Epitome Pictures.

http://jtorresonline.blogspot.com/2008/09/lola-first-look.html

Here’s the first look at my next project for Oni Press, the graphic novel Lola: A Ghost Story. “Lola” is the Tagalog (Filipino) word for grandmother and this story is loosely based on some tall tales about my own maternal grandmother’s childhood, some other family “history,” as well as some folklore and mythology from the Philippines.

The artist of Lola is the multi-talented Elbert Or, whose blog can be found here. While you’re there, make sure to check out his webcomics, which can be accessed from the right hand sidebar. The effectively minimalist and iconic Love and Heartbreak is probably my favourite one, but Camy and Me is also very charming and fun.

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