MANILA – After five years of exhibiting at the Philippine Komikons, Meganon Comics, a group of young, independent artists and writers, is bringing indie komiks to the mainstream with titles now available at Fully Booked stores.
“It’s about time indie komiks creators reach out to more people, and hope that our works encourage more readers,” said Tepai Pascual, Meganon creative director.
Meganon Comics aims to help build a more sustainable comics industry for more indie komiks artists and writers so that they can be a formidable creative industry.
The following titles are now available at Fully Booked:
DIGMAANG SALINLAHI (Action/Adventure Fantasy) by Jon Zamar featuring artists Wenz “Cheese” Chua, Gabriel Dela Cruz, Jhomar Soriano, Franklin Ouano, JM Valenzuela, Judd Abinuman, Renie Palo, Armand Roy Canlas and Mel Casipit. Filipino. Digmaang Salinlahi chronicles the war raging in the magical lands of Kahimanawari.
GWAPOMAN 2000 (Action) by Aaron Felizmenio. Filipino. After missing in action for twelve years, a forgotten hero returns. How, when and where nobody knows. But his resurfacing may be traced to the craziness of the world, or the rise of crime in the city. Gwapoman is sworn to fight against all the ugliness of this world.
MARK 9VERSE47 (Action/Supernatural) by Tepai Pascual and Maika Ezawa. English. A blind fighter named Visdei must prevent the demon Mal from opening the gates of hell. But to have a fighting chance, he must first find the Gatekeeper, and keep him safe from harm.
THE MINKOWSKI SPACE OPERA (Sci-Fi/Fantasy) by Aaron Felizmenio. English. Delve into the vastness of space and time for an all-new sci-fi fantasy epic loosely based on an old Bagobo tale. Randall, a lost traveller, with the help of voyager monk Nick Artus, journey to find home in Arcadia, the last planet in the universe.
NOODLE BOY (Romantic Comedy) by Paolo Herras and Tepai Pascual. English. Noodle Boy is the quirky love story of Carlo, an introvert call-center agent who expresses his feel- ings through cosplay, and Ayumi, a failed ramen shop owner who can’t cook.
STRANGE NATIVES (Supernatural) by Paolo Herras and Carlorozy Clemente. English. Spoiled city boy Francis is left with his stern provincial grandmother so he can learn to obey. He angers a forest spirit and is given capiz eyes so he can see.
SUMPA (Supernatural) by Paolo Herras and Brent Sabas. English. Curses are broken promises. Reluctant hero Sumpa and pre-colonial god Aliw know this all too well as they break curses that come their way. But the bigger the curse, the harder to break. Can they break the ultimate curse that plagues the native land?
For more info, please visit meganoncomics.com or email info@meganoncomics.com for inquiries.
