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Jan 25, 2019 · Francisco V. Coching, the “Dean of Filipino Illustrators”, was one of the greatest Filipino artistic influences of his time, drawing from personal experience to reflect a generation’s dreams and ideals onto a medium made accessible to the masses.
Jun 20, 2016 · Learn how Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines, is also considered the Father of Philippine Komiks for his three comic strip drawings. Discover the stories behind his sketches and the album that contains them.
Velasquez has come to be called "father of Filipino comics," partly due to his role as a publisher in later years, providing numerous creators with a platform to publish their works. During the 1930s, Filipino comics heavily mirrored American comic strips.
Aug 24, 2023 · Being the first Filipino to make these three comic strips, historians dubbed Rizal as the Father of Filipino Komiks. But it was in a different era when the komiks we know today really gained popularity among Filipinos.
On January 29, 1919, Francisco V. Coching was born in Buting, Pasig, Rizal. He was a comic books illustrator and writer who was often referred to as the "King of Komiks" and as the "Dean of Philippine Comics".
Paying homage to Velasquez as the acclaimed “Father of the Filipino Komiks,’’ the late historian and fellow comics creator Gerry Alanguilan said in 2011: “Even though Jose Rizal himself was the very first comics creator in the Philippines, Tony Velasquez was the man who popularized the medium not only [by creating] Kenkoy … but by pioneering the...
Antonio "Tony" Velasquez (29 October 1910 – 1997) is a Filipino illustrator regarded as the Father of Tagalog comics and as the pioneer and founding father of the Philippine comics industry. He was the creator of Kenkoy, an “iconic Philippine comic strip character”.
