PONYANG HALOBAYBAY is a komiks cartoon character created by Tony Velasquez in 1932. First appeared in the comic strip of the same title serialized in the vernacular magazine Liwayway, Ponyang is a portrait of the modern and materialistic Filipina as opposed to Kenkoy’s Rosing. She was a lovable woman character with many suitors.
The man who started it all speaks of how the Tagalog komiks came to be. As reminisced by the "Father of Tagalog Komiks", ANTONIO S. VELASQUEZ, it all started in 1926 when he was 16... (read more)
Long before the era of the movie stars and showbiz celebrities, there already was a Philippine pop icon named Francisco Harabas, or more popularly known as KENKOY. He was born on the pages of Liwayway on January 11, 1929...(read more)
A well-known Nestor Redondo creation, Darna. This was from the script of Mars Ravelo and published in the Pilipino Komiks.
