THE FOURTH ANNUAL PHILIPPINE KOMIKS CONVENTION with UP LUNAROCK and UP GRAIL brings you a week long KOMIKON 2008!!!

Besides the convention proper on November 22, 2008, there will be activities held from November 17 - 21 at the UP College of Arts and Letters and in the UP College of Fine Arts for KOMIKON. Our schedule is as follows:

November 17 (Mon) KOMIKS 101 Talk
venue: UPFA Auditorium

"KOMIKEROS FOR HIRE"
Filipino Comic Artists Working for Companies Abroad
Time: 10:00am - 12noon
Panelists:
Harvey Tolibao
Wilson Tortosa
Gilbert Monsanto
Melvin Calingo

"KOMIKS IN EDUCATION"
Including Comics into the Curriculum
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Panelists:
Gerry Alanguilan
Gilbert Monsanto
Elbert Or
Jose "Chong" Ardivilla
Emil Flores

November 18 (Tue) OPENING of EXHIBIT at UP Faculty Center Galleria 1
November 18 (Tue)
"Comic Making for Writers"
time: 2:30-4:30pm; venue: Room 506, UP College of Arts and Letters
Speaker: Jonas Diego

November 19 (Wed)
"Old Comics to Modern TV Adaptations"
time: 2:30-4:30pm; venue: Room 506, UP College of Arts and Letters
Speaker: Gilda Olvidado

November 20 (Thurs)
"Comic Writing for Artists"
time: 2:30-4:30pm; venue: Drawing Room, UP College of Fine Arts
Speaker: Gerry Alanguilan , Elbert Or and Jamie Bautista

November 21 (Fri)
"Publishing Comics: Mainstream and Independent"
time: 2:30-4:30pm; venue: Room B1, UP College of Fine Arts
Speaker: Boboy Yonzon, Ian Cang, Lyndon Gregorio, Michael David

IMPORTANT NOTE: Register 30 minutes before each lecture. Lecture starts promptly at 2:30pm
*for lectures, classrooms to be announced. Limited seats available. First come, first serve on-site registration.

For more information about the event please contact Rikki of LUNAROCK at 0915-4269190; Roja of UP GRAIL at 0907-7569425 or email us at komikon@gmail.com

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Character Creation Contest [link]
Deadline: October 31, 2008

Make the Page Contest [link]
Deadline: October 31, 2008

COMIC CREATION CONTEST [link]
Deadline: October 31, 2008

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