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                    [ArticleID] => 1537037
                    [Title] => 'Two Brothers' is a must-read graphic novel
                    [Summary] => 
As soon as I read Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon’s new graphic novel, "Two Brothers," an adaptation of their fellow Brazilian writer Milton Hatoum’s “The Brothers,” I put the book down and thought of S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders.”
 
[DatePublished] => 2015-12-27 23:58:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20151228/ps-two-brothers.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1435374 [Title] => Supergirl interrupted [Summary] =>

In which a self-confessed outsider finally finds representation in the medium she loves most.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1670957 [AuthorName] => Regina Belmonte [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1407928 [Title] => Hits, misses and breaks with Filipino comic book great Steve Gan [Summary] =>

As the credits rolled up following the screening of the feature film of Guardians of the Galaxy, Steve Gan’s sister-in-law gushed, “There’s your name!”

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-30 17:35:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1402931 [Title] => ‘Trese’ amps up the water and danger levels [Summary] =>

The official launch of Trese #6, “High Tide at Midnight,” at Comic Odyssey at Fullybooked, Bonifacio High Street, came at the height of the maddening holiday traffic last Saturday, December 13, that was worsened by the torrential downpour. If you believe that art imitates life then you’ll wonder if writer Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo are merely telling the stories with a third eye.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-15 11:46:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/Unblogged/20141215/Trese-6.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392775 [Title] => Post-Komikon thoughts, learnings from a newbie [Summary] =>

When you sit behind a table as an exhibitor during the Komikon, you adopt a different view say as opposed to the fan who comes in looking to satisfy his four-colored cravings and get a picture or an autograph to go with them. For the first time, I wasn’t one of them.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-17 11:46:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/Unblogged/20141117/rick-ang-ilog-dante.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387955 [Title] => Meka: Not your daddy’s Gundam story [Summary] =>

I first saw the graphic novel Meka, as printed by French publisher Delcourt, at Gosh Comics in London. I didn’t pick it up right away because I was perilously close to overloading my luggage.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-04 12:40:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/Unblogged/20141104/Meka-mockup-story.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1338511 [Title] => Filipino artist Fritz Casas on Dynamite Comics’ Blood Queen [Summary] =>

American comic book publisher Dynamite recently released Blood Queen #1 that features the artwork of Filipino Fritz Casas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-24 16:32:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/Unblogged/20140624/BloodQueen-01-Cov-Anacleto.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1323804 [Title] => This is Maktan [Summary] =>

There’s a moment when one of the local datus confronts Lapu-Lapu. The chieftain of Maktan is on a short leash.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-16 12:48:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309888 [Title] => Lan Medina’s having a ball drawing Aquaman and all these comics [Summary] =>

There was no rock star feel to the arrival of Rolando “Lan” Medina in the Comic Odyssey branch at Fullybooked, Promenade for the signing of the first issue of Aquaman and The Others. It wasn’t like the royalty feel of Leinil Yu or Stephen Segovia or the other Filipino artists currently taking the comic book industry by storm.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 11:35:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1691158 [AuthorName] => Rick Olivares [SectionName] => Lifestyle Features [SectionUrl] => lifestyle-features [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140407/rolando-medina.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 937498 [Title] => We want you to get free comics tomorrow [Summary] =>

While every yuppie, hipster and dude with six-pack abs is in Boracay this weekend, the geeks (by far our favorite demographic) will be celebrating this year’s Free Comic Book Day.

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