Top 5 Of 2018

The Best Of The Best
1. No GRAY area for CATRIONA.

One word: FIERCE 👏#LavaWalk #MissUniverse @catrionaelisa pic.twitter.com/mydE0wVBW8

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 21, 2018

Hence, give it up for your new queen!

Miss Universe 2018 is... PHILIPPINES! pic.twitter.com/r2BkN8JpXh

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 17, 2018

2.  A very successful return match for Brandon Vera.

3. Manila was Welcomed To The Jungle by Guns N' Roses.

We're all gonna die...

 and we loved every moment of it!
4. The formal recognition of both Sir Larry Alcala and Kidlat Tahimik as National Artists.
For ART

and FILM respectively

A very well deserved recognition indeed.
5. The return of the 3 Balangiga Bells to Samar.

Photo by Noy Morcoso / INQUIRER.net

The Worst Of The Worst
1.  Ateneo de Manila Junior High School bullying incident.

Kailangan pa ba ng video neto? 
Huwag na!!!!
2.

A viral video that he would later spoof himself.

3. Anong petsa na pero hindi parin nakakulong si Imelda Marcos!!!!!!

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Where are my shoes!! #imeldamarcos #jailtime #corruption #marcos #philippines

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4. The closure then eventual rehabilitation of Boracay.

So not entirely a bad thing after all.
5. Hello grabeng traffic courtesy of Mr. 神經病 !

In Memoriam of:
1. Mr Stan "The Man" Lee

2. Big Van Vader

3. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

4. Grandmaster Sexay

5. Nikolai Volkoff

7. Nonong de Andres aka Bangkay

8. Rico J. Puno

9. Bernardo Bernardo

10. Stephen Hillenburg

11. Burt Reynolds

12. Stephen Hawking

13. Bruno Sammartino

14. Aretha Franklin

15. Anthony Bourdain 

16. Richard Benjamin "Old Man" Harrison Jr.

The Bull Of The Wood

2018 was such a busy year.
How so?
Well, we were too darn busy to both promote/hype our one and only convention appearance this year.
But then again, there was this poster right here:

So there is that.
And yes it REALLY did happen within this lifetime! And now that the dust had settled, we could finally talk more about it in details.
For after all, I'm just a common man.
If you will, bay-bay!

October 13-14 would just happen to be October Komiket.

A 2 day Komiket event held at Elements at Centris.

This would mark as the 2nd year and 9th month break from our supposedly self-imposed indefinite hiatus.

Phantasm (which was still an unnamed project as of October 6)

was a discontinued group collaboration between komiks friends.
A project that was later revisited and finished by Ardie Aquino and yours truly.

Sharing a table with Chopsoy Comics. (Thanks Ardie & BK Pena!)
This was our first convention in years so you could bet your ass that we were going to snap away like there's no tomorrow.

Shots of our booth/table:

The event had been on our favor from the get-go and we were able to kick names and take ass.
Hence here were a few familiar faces / new friends courtesy of Komiket 2018.

Sticker buddies.

We were able to end the event on a high note.
Clearing out our stocks.

The same could be said about our sticker packs.

and receiving a friend art and mostly positive reviews from both Mike and EK, respectively.

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Two semi-connected stories set in space where there are few rules and the strongest survive. First, yes dark chapel is back, Yay!, with the story of the mafia assassin cook who maybe turns out well after being rescued. Also, ardie makes a no-dialogue story of a guy who saves this mysterious girl from immediate danger while in a space diner. Chapel's control of elements is getting better, while still being his irreverent self with good packed panels. Ardie's piece got a bit confusing toward the end, but is not a major complaint. Be aware that this has violence and dismemberment, but if that's fine with you or is your thing, maybe go find. #komiks #pinoykomiks

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Despite the limited engagement, this was indeed a very fun comeback for yours truly.
This is an industry built on passion, friendship and a whole lot of determination.

We are definitely looking forward to our next convention and hopefully it doesn't take us another 2 years to do so.