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Comics in the Philippines (Filipino: Komiks) is the general term used for comics created or produced in the Philippines. Komiks (Comics is a Filipino fantasy-drama series that began airing on the ABS-CBN network on February 4 2006 Filipino is the national and an Official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Partially inspired by American mainstream comic strips and comic books during the early 20th century, particularly after World War II, the medium became widespread and popular throughout the country, though its popularity has subsided somewhat with the advent of other mass-media forms such as telenovelas. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist An American comic book is a small Magazine originating in the United States and containing a Narrative in the Comics form A telenovela is a limited-run Television serial Melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America.

The word komiks is simply the English word "comics", adapted to fit the orthography of native Filipino languages such as Tagalog. Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines.

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History

While the first indigenous cartoons may be traced to José Rizal's fable "The Monkey and the Tortoise", the origins of the mainstream komiks industry would not arise until after the Spanish-American War. Dr José P Rizal (full name José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896 was a Filipino Polymath, In the 1920s, Liwayway magazine began running comic strips under the direction of Romualdo Ramos and Tony Velasquez such as the still-running Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy (The Misadventures of Kenkoy). Liwayway ( Tagalog word meaning "dawn" is a leading Tagalog weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922 Originally inspired by American comic strips and comic books left behind by American GIs , the medium steadily diverged, and by the 1950s, drew more inspiration from other forms of Filipino literature such as komedya, as well as Philippine mythology. The literature of the Philippines started with fables and legends of pre-colonial Philippines, written in a pre-hispanic writing system down to the Mexican ( Philippine mythology and folklore include a collection of tales and superstitions about magical creatures and entities Many komiks were evidently inspired by specific American comics, such as Kulafu and Og (Tarzan), Darna (Wonder Woman, but Wonder Woman was created after Darna was), and D. Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to Darna is a Fictional character and Superheroine created by Filipino Komiks (Philippine colloquial term for Comics) I. Trece (Dick Tracy). Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. The predominance of superheroes has continued into the modern day. However, other characters such as Dyesebel draw more from traditional folklore. Dyesebel is a popular Mermaid character in the Philippines The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino

At one point, between 33 to 40 percent of Filipinos read komiks, but this number has since dwindled somewhat due to competition from other media forms. More recently, comic artists have begun producing what is often called "Pinoy Manga", inspired largely by Japanese anime and manga which have been widely available in the Philippines since the 1970s. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly (anime in Japanese, ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Some Filipino komik artists have gone on to work in the American comic industry, including Alfredo Alcala, Mar Amongo, Alex Niño, and Nestor Redondo. Alfredo P Alcala ( August 23, 1925 - April 8, 2000) was a Filipino Comic book artist, born in Talisay Negros Mar Amongo ( October 9, 1936 &ndash August 10, 2005) was born in Santa Cruz Manila, Philippines. Alex Niño (born May 1, 1940) is a Filipino Comic book Artist best known for his work for the American publishers Nestor Redondo (born April 5, 1928, in Candon Ilocos Sur The Philippines; died December 1995 was a Comic-book Artist best-known

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This is a list of comic creators. Although Comics have different formats this list mainly focuses on Comic book and Graphic novel creators The following is a list of Filipino (Pinoy Superheroes who have either appeared in Filipino comic books ( Komiks) television shows ( Fantaserye) or The following is a list of Filipino (pinoy supervillains who have either appeared in Filipino comic books television shows ( Fantaserye) or movies Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book Newsarama is an American Website that publishes News, Interviews and Essays about the American comic book
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