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PRESS RELEASE: Summer Komikon 2012 Sizzles This May 26

SUMMER KOMIKON 2012 PRESS RELEASE:
Summer Komikon 2012 Sizzles this May 26

Metro Manila, 30 April 2012 – Summer is not complete without Summer Komikon 2012, the hottest and yet coolest Filipino comics convention in the country.

Come join us on May 26, 2012 from 10am to 7pm at the Bayanihan Center, Pioneer St. Pasig City for this must-attend komiks event. As it is 2012, this year’s theme is “Wakasan”, which is a challenge against the end of the dying or dead comics industry. It’s time for everyone to pitch in and breathe life to proudly made Filipino comics. This fourth consecutive Summer Komikon is a spin-off from the longer running Annual Philippine Komiks Convention (Komikon) held every last quarter of the year since 2005.

View the Full Summer Komikon 2012 Press Release .

More Fun in Summer Komikon 2012 Contest

Do you want to attend the Summer Komikon 2012 for FREE?

Then join the “More Fun in Summer Komikon 2012” Contest! Here’s how.

1) Create your own More fun in Summer Komikon image using photos/drawings that you have (Please use images that you have the right to use only).

Add the Summer Komikon 2012 logo AND the text “whatever your catch word/phrase is>, it’s more fun in KOMIKON” anywhere on your image.

Summer Komikon logo is available at: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=331659376886657

2) Go to http://www.facebook.com/events/274902389238661/ and click on “JOIN” at the upper left corner.

3) Click on Share photo to upload your file. Make sure to put this in the description:

“(Entry number of entry/ies you have added> by your name>)

whatever your catch word/phrase is>, more fun at @Summer Komikon 2012 !”

for example:

(Entry #1 by Jon Zamar)

Selling, more fun at Summer Komikon 2012!

Sample: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=331638260222102

Selling! It's more fun in Komikon

4) Make sure to select the link going to the Summer Komikon 2012 events page by putting the @ in the beginning.

5) Click on the uploaded image and Tag your name (as the creator) and the official Komikon page (http://www.facebook.com/komikon.org) where the Summer Komikon 2012 logo is.

6) The creator of the top 3 images that have the most number of ‘likes’ will get a complimentary pass to Summer Komikon 2012.

7) The creator of the top 3 images that have the most number of ‘shares’ will get a complimentary pass to Summer Komikon 2012.

8) The Komikon Committee may choose to award special awards to the most creative image.

Guidelines:

-Anyone can join!

-Images can be added starting March 1 to April 30, 2012.

-Only like and shares from March 1 to April 30, 2012 will be counted.

-The image should be visible on your wall to the public.

-A person can only win up to a maximum of two times.

-Winners will be notified via their Facebook account and tickets must be claimed  no later than 12 noon of May 12, 2012 at the Bayanihan Center, Pasig City, or it will be forfeited.

-By posting your images, you are allowing Komikon and it’s organizers to use your image and name for any promotional means.

-Unauthorized use of other people’s image/photos will be subject to disqualification.

-Komikon Committee’s decisions in all matters are final.

Summer Komikon 2012 Contests

April 30 is the deadline! Make sure you have already joined the following Summer Komikon 2012 contests and congratulate the winners on May 26!

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COVER RECREATION CONTEST SUMMER 2012

  • Recreate an existing local comic cover.
  • Contest is open to all comic book artists except for professionals with published works sold in bookstores.
  • Submit a soft copy of the original cover along with your recreated version.
  • Entries can be digitally of traditionally rendered.
  • Entries are to be submitted online having the resolution of 150 – 300dpi. E-mail entries to contests@komikon.org with the subject: SUMMER KOMIKON 2012: Cover Recreation Contest. Only e-mail entries are accepted.
  • One entry per person only.
  • Deadline of submission of entries is on April 30, 2012
  • E-mail should include the following information:

a. Name of Artist:

b. Age:

c. School/occupation:

d. Contact information (mobile no./e-mail)

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COMIC CREATION CONTEST SUMMER 2012

This year’s theme is: WAKAS NG PINAS

We’ve seen movies like Armageddon, Independence Day,Deep Impact, The Day after Tomorrow and 2012. It all happened in the United States. What happens to the Philippines if a meteor hits, or the world freezes over, or all hell breaks loose?

Rules:

  • Contest is open to all comic book artists except for professionals with published works sold in bookstores.
  • Contestants / groups are limited to only one entry.
  • Entries submitted by groups are required to submit the names of the individuals involved in creating the indie. Group entries with professionals on board are automatically disqualified.
  • Entries should adhere to the given theme. Entries deviating from the theme shall be automatically disqualified.
  • Submit 3 copies of your entry via air mail to:

COMIC CREATION CONTEST SUMMER 2012
KOMIKON, INC c/o Lyndon Gregorio
18 Esteban Street, Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City 1550

*send us an email at contests[@]komikon.org to confirm if we have received it

or to drop-off points at:
Comic Odyssey
Robinson’s Place, Level 3 Ermita,Manila
Robinson’s Galleria, Edsa cor. Ortigas

  • Deadline of submissions will be on April 30, 2012. Entries submitted beyond April 30 shall not be accepted.
  • Winners shall be announced on the event itself on May 26 and shall be notified via e-mail or phone.
  • The judge’s decision is final.

Entries should be in the form of a comic book with the following specifications:

  • Create a comic depicting what would happen to the Philippines when the world ends.
  • 8.5″ X 6.5″ (long bond paper, folded, and stapled twice in the middle)
  • Entries should be placed in a short brown envelope with their name, address, phone number, and e-mail written legibly at the upper left hand corner.
  • Stories must be 4 to 12 pages long (excluding cover)
  • Please note that entries are non-returnable. Entries should be reproductions only. (originals will not be returned)
  • Colored and/or black and white entries are accepted.
  • There are no restrictions as to the art style that can be used as long as the comic book follows the given theme.
  • The story should be in the form of a one-shot title. It should be whole in itself, with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Multiple comic stories in a single entry (anthology) will not be allowed.
  • The comic can be written in Tagalog or English

For any clarifications or questions, send us an email at contests[@]komikon.org with the subject: CCC SUMMER 2012 Inquiry.
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World Book and Copyright Day Celebration 2012

Join us this Sunday, April 22, 2012 from 9am to 5pm at the Planas Garden in the Quezon Memorial Circle for Summer Slam! Don’t know how to get to Planas Garden? Enter via the underpass located in Philcoa then head towards the Quezon Memorial; the garden is to the left. Those with vehicles may also enter through the Philcoa entrance.

Summer Slam! is in celebration of World Book and Copyright Day, organized by the National Book Development Board and Intellectual Property Offices of the Philippines. Join us for free and be educated and entertained with poetry and musical performances, storytelling and more!

NBDB Summer Slam 2012 Poster

Komikon together with creators from our Sulyap Komiks Anthology and Summer Komikon 2012 guest, Freely Abrigo will be there to give you an advance taste of Summer Komikon 2012 on May 26, 2012.

Other participants include Anvil Publishing, Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society (FILCOLS), Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP), Metroserye, Quezon City Public Library, Vibal Foundation Inc., and Visprint.

Program of activities is as follows (subject to change):

9:00am
Welcome Remarks by Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz Chair, National Book Development Board
Message by Ricardo Blancaflor, Director General, Intellectual Property Office, Philippines
Awarding of the National Book Development Trust Fund winners
Balagtasan by The Batutes

10:00am – 12:00am
IPO Program (Rap Contest)

12:00pm – 2:00pm
Performance: Sundown Caffeine (IPO band)

2:00pm – 2:30pm
Vibal Program
Performance: Hinlalato (IPO band)

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Quezon City Public Library Puppet Show
Performance: Qung (IPO band)

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Miko Pepito (Spoken word)
Performance: Speakeasy (IPO band)

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Wanlu Ventriloquist (FILCOLS)
Performance: Black Summer (IPO band)

4:00pm – 5:00pm
FILSCAP performers
(Dee Jay Alvaro, Toto Sorioso, Art Galero, Mom’s Cake, Kaligta)

Volunteer for Komikon 2011

Calling for Komikon Volunteers!

The Komikon Committee is looking for volunteers who will help facilitate Komikon 2011. If you are 18-35 years old, and can volunteer at least seven hours of work on November 19, then we want you!

Fill out this Komikon 2011 Volunteer Sign Up Sheet.

By submitting your information, you acknowledge that this does not guarantee that you will become a volunteer, and that if accepted to become volunteer, that you will agree and follow all the instructions and requirements of the Komikon Committee.

Deadline for filling out the form is at  11 PM, November 9, 2011. All accepted volunteers will be required to attend the General Meeting on November 12, 2011 from 9am – 12 nn at Bayanihan Center, where a valid ID must be presented and a 1×1 ID picture submitted. Komikon volunteers will receive a Komikon Volunteer ID, Komikon Volunteer Shirt, Komikon Bag, lunch/dinner (depending on your shift) other merch freebies and free entrance to the event (before or after your shift).

Let’s all work together to make another successful Komikon!