Silent Sanctum Manga: Jump On The Tiger

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Komiket
The 1st Filipino Komiks Market
Element Centris, EDSA Cor. Quezon Ave., Q.C.
April 5,2015
(Easter Sunday)
10am - 8 pm

Christ has risen, now it's time to testify and buy/sell some motherfuck'n comic books!
And how appropriate because the place kinda resembles a church!

NEAT-O!

And oh, can't have an event without tarps....

Now,on to various visitors to our booth. Some friends and some customers.
All equally as sweet as pecan pie!

Sweet freebies from the event:
Thanks newlyweds: Ails + Omeng!

Also met a few Kuyugun-Z Fight fans! (Katas ng Reading Comics, thanks Chamtamaria!)

Marvy Uchica marker pens

from well...the MARVY UCHIDA booth!

Or from Paolo Herras to be exact! Either way, it's all good!
and of course, free Drumsticks courtesy of Nestle.

And now, time for some

Art Gallery:

Sheena art courtesy of Sheena.

Carlorozy art courtesy of Carlorozy.

Dark Chapel art courtesy of Dark Chapel.

And now, time for some obligatory crowd shots:

After selling a more than decent amount of books, it's time to go home.

The parting gifts were very lovely and how fitting it's SUMMERTIME in the city!

Our Komiket haul:

We're sorry! It isn't much to look at but at least we tried.

Free Comic Book Day 2015.
May 2,2015
Comic Odyssey (Dafort, Taguig) and Filbar's Megamall (Ortigas)

For a list of our FCBD recommendations, feel free to click on the link below:
http://silentsanctummanga.blogspot.com/2015/04/ssm-recommends-these-5-books-for-fcbd.html

We arrived considerably early even if we really didn't have a booth.

And lo' behold the queues and queues of people wanting to score some free comic books.

Some fans and some opportunists.

But then again, we're not here to judge for we are no Arishem.

After some twist and turns, we've finally arrived at our destination.

The line was only half of the battle for the final boss resides at the top floor.

Let the FCBD-ing begin!!!!

Again, as we've mentioned earlier. We really didn't have a booth.
Because that's what happens when you have nothing to release that year, you don't get squat.
That's what happens, man! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS!
But luckily enough, we do have some friends(Imagine that!) that had SOMETHING

to release that year and that's good of a reason enough for us to make "Tambay-tambay" at their booth and hopefully find refuge from the scorch'n hot weather that Manila summer had to offer.
Hurray for Nepotism!

Kidding aside, we are more than pleased to have signed a few FCBD Samplers while manning the Anino Comics booth.

And we even sold the Big Barda artwork we sketched earlier that morning. Thanks Benj!

That feeling of respect and high sense of belongingness is a sensation that is second to none.

So thank you, fine folks of FCBD. And more importantly,thank you Sir Sandy.

Then all of a sudden, RANDOM CROWD SHOTS!

And oh, congratulations to the incomparable and very deserving Sir Francisco Coching!

Much love and respect from your loyal admirers at SSM!.

As my Anino bros. started to occupy the reserved seats.

The more logical order of action was to leave.

And gracefully leave we shall.

Believe it or not, this was our first even in YEARS that we were able to arrive-get free swags-leave.
Normally we'd have to arrive late-set-up our booth-endure hunger-sell-endure a full bladder--sell some more-tolerate weird customers-finish the event-leave.
See how many more steps were added to the routine once we switch those roles up. That's what happens,man! That's what happens!

Photos of the day:

As we've mentioned earlier, this event took place during the summer. And as expected it does get a bit humid from time to time. With bottlenecks in some areas...

and really spacious corners towards the end of the room.

But nothing like a few trips to the event's air dispensing drones couldn't fix!

Ahhh, refreshing!
Now, where were we?

Oh right, leaving the event but not without taking some detours to the Comic Odyssey shop directly downstairs from the event. Dahil mga comic fans talaga kami at hindi kagaya niyong mga p*******-**ng posers kayo!!! Ok, kalma....

At P100 per book,

it's a definitive steal for both comic fans and collectors alike.
Our CO Haul:

Oh sweet, The Mask #1! Bruce Timm Cover!

We actually do have #5 as well, but we were unable to find it in time for this documentation.
And lookie-lookie!
Jack Kirby's NEW GODS!

And what's this, The Visprint Exhibition Area?

What a nice day to be a comic book fan!

The rest of the afternoon was originally planned to be a movie night with the rest of the SSM! Crew. The film of choice was of course, Avengers :Age Of Ultron. But quick twist and turns later on, we ended up lining up for yet another FCBD line and the rest as they say was history.