In 1922, Don Alejandro Roces’ eldest son, Don Ramon, entered the reins of his father’s publishing empire. By building upon his father’s accomplishments, Don Ramon established a chain of vernacular magazines beginning with the publication of the Tagalog LIWAYWAY. The Liwayway was actually a re-issue of Don Ramon’s first published magazine, the PHOTO NEWS, a news magazine jointly edited by Don Ramon Roces himself and the Filipino novelist Severino Reyes… (read more)
KIKO AT ANGGE is the very first regular komiks strip in the Philippines. It antedated Kenkoy at Rosing for about seven years. Published in an obscure news-magazine called Telembang in the early 1920s, Kiko at Angge was written by Tagalog novelist Inigo Ed Regalado and illustrated by Fernando Amorsolo… (read more)
ALBUM NG MGA KABALBALAN NI KENKOY is the very first comic book that was published in the Philippines. Originally priced at 30 centavos a copy, this comic book was first launched in 1934. It is a compilation of Kenkoy strips that previously appeared in Liwayway from 1929-1934… (read more)
IPO-IPO is presumably the first true Pinoy komiks superhero, a character created by Lib Abrena and Oscar del Rosario in April, 1947 in a Tagalog magazine called Magasin ng Pagsilang. Ipo-Ipo is an interesting character, he gets his superpowers from the whirlwind. He acquires the speed of the wind and bullets fired into him just pass through his body… (read more)
