Hit Reload or Refresh
If Not All Images Load.
Original Art
For Sale!
Click Here!
Know Your Rights as
Philippine Comic Book
Professionals!
Click Image Above
or HERE for details.
Entries
All Entries For
January 2007
Journal
Archives
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Featured Articles
The Filipino Comics Artist
And Manga
Why No Comments?
Why Do I choose English
To Write My Stories?
Exploitation and
Self-Exploitation
in Comics
Making Mini Comics
Comics Lettering
Reviving a
Comic Book Industry
Commentary on
Anonymous Writers
Breaking Into
Philippine Comics
Preserving a Legacy and
Reviving an Industry
Featured Links
The Philippine
Comics Art
Museum
Main Site
Philippine Comics
Message Board
Crest Hut
Butt Blog
My Personal Blog
Ilyn Florese-Alanguilan
Website ng Aking
Mahal na Asawa
Doroteo L. Alanguilan
My Dad's Official Site
Emmanuel Jose
Blog Ng Aking
Dakilang Kapatid
MySpace
MyDeviantART
Blog Links
![[Powered by Blogger]](http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif){kind=small}
 Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Posted
12/15/2004 09:07:00 AM
by Gerry Alanguilan
LASTIKMAN A Critical Self Review Spoilers! Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled on some story elements. 
I'm pretty sure reviews of Lastikman will be forthcoming after the comic book gets more widely circulated. The schedule on it was pretty tight and the copies that arrived yesterday at the launching were literally HOT off the presses, as printing continues for the week. I actually haven't seen and read the comic in its printed form before then. So there I was reading it as people were giving their talks at the launching ceremony. So what did I think? I gotta say, Arnold's art really just rocks. I mean, bow ako. Same goes for Ed's coloring. It really is a nice looking comic book. But I must admit, there are things about the writing that I wish I could fix. Reading through it I felt like I was rushing to finish everything in one go. I think this was a story that could best be served being told in 4 issues (wishful thinking!), but I think if I had maybe an additional 15 to 20 pages, I could try and make the story flow more to my satisfaction. I'd devote more pages to Lastikman's adaption to the society, specially the reaction of the people in general, the development of the perceived threat, and more choreography of the battle scene at the end. Kasi parang may kulang over all. There are some minor errors in the lettering, specially when Atomika is confronting Lastikman, a couple of balloons pointing to Atomika should be pointing to Lastikman. There were some balloon placements that I think could be done better, because some words that should be read second gets read first and or vice versa. It's all a matter of placing the balloons in the right places to tell a story in an order and pace that I like. It's a writer's responsiblity that I unfortunately was not able to take care of this time around. If we will be doing another comic book in the future, I'll be directly supervising this aspect of production and more. Those are probably the only technical errors I know, but everything else stems from my own personal opinion of the comic book. Although this isn't really my first writing gig, it is my first writing gig where I'm handling a popular character drawn by someone else. It's a continuing learning process for me, and this particular project taught me a LOT about writing for comics like this. I welcome all thoughts on Lastikman, specially thoughts on what you think doesn't work, what's bothering you about it and opinions on what you think should be done to fix it. Post comments below, or email me. Wag kayo mahiya. :) gerryalanguilan at yahoo dot com. At any rate, I'm extremely proud of this comic book and I'm very happy at how it all turned out, errors and all, and I'll be actively promoting it whenever I can. Artist Arnold Arre and colorist Edgar Tadeo created something truly exceptional with the art, and they breathed a kind of life into the story that went beyond what I had imagined. Thanks guys! Thanks also to Ryan Orosco for some invaluable assistance. And thanks to Zach, Mr. Hugo Yonzon and Mango Comics for the opportunity. I hope we could do more!
|