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I'm alive!

2008-11-12T13:47:00.002+08:00

No I'm not dead...

Work duties kept me from my sketchpad for weeks, and endless storyboards soured the prospect of drawing to the point that I didn't quite find anything funny anymore.

But I have since completed my 12-page entry to the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards at Fully Booked, so I am primed and ready for another slew of stilted cartoon humor for this blog.

I'll see if I can squeak a cartoon or two into the blog in the next coupla weeks.

Thanks for hanging around patiently till I came to my senses.

The Godfather of Comedy Passes On...

2008-06-23T14:01:00.002+08:00

Shocked to hear that George Carlin passed away today. He was the godfather of all standups, made like 20+ comedy albums of original material and did not abandon the stage till the very end. Many humorists and comics cite him as their inspiration and role-model. His fearless way of exposing the dirty underbelly of society with wordplay and wit will be a source of laughs for many decades to come.

If you haven't already heard his stand-up, it's definitely worth a look.

Updates...

2008-06-22T23:25:00.004+08:00

Been slow on the posts as of late, drawing so many storyboards at the office it's hard to get to the panels when I get home. And almost 50 strips in, it's getting more challenging to find good material, because most of the things that annoy me I've attacked already. Haha.

49 strips! I'm hitting the big 5-0 with the next one. Keep it steady, man.

Butil #49 - Wear and Tear

2008-06-22T23:21:00.003+08:00

Butil #48 - Q&A

2008-06-04T01:38:00.005+08:00

Butil #47 - The Name Game

2008-05-27T13:21:00.003+08:00

Colors to follow.

Butil #46 - That's Entertainment

2008-05-18T17:30:00.002+08:00

Published!

2008-05-11T23:45:00.003+08:00

Got a cartoon published in the hallowed pages of Rogue Magazine, MAY 2008. The Music Portfolio issue... can't think of a better place to get my debut. =) If you see a copy, do grab an issue and let me know what ya think! (Thanks Martin, Miguel, Jose Mari, and the other guys at Rogue magazine)

Sketch #11 - Canoy's Tagaytay Getaway

2008-05-06T03:31:00.004+08:00

Ikey invited us over to Tagaytay for the weekend to stay at his folks' house... It was a relaxing trip, and I was so inspired by Tita Desi's garden grown into the fiber of their home that I chose to draw part of their entrance for my practice with inking plants... It gave me a A LOT of practice on plants, as you can see.

Butil #45 - Ask and You Shall Receive

2008-05-06T03:18:00.002+08:00

Butil #44 - A Burning Desire...

2008-04-24T23:32:00.004+08:00

Sketch #10 - Nipa Hut

2008-04-23T00:15:00.005+08:00

Been admiring Lat's work---he's a famous Malaysian cartoonist, most know for making Kampung Boy, a semi-autobiographical cartoon-memoir. The way he uses ink is unbelievable... I love the way he chooses to use solid blacks as a focal points in his mostly black and white illustrations. This sketch is mostly a riff off his work, by imitating him I hope to learn a little about the way he uses inks so well.

Sketch #9 - Messenger

2008-04-23T00:05:00.004+08:00

It's been a long time since I've posted any of my sketches, so I thought I'd try and fix that with some excerpts from aimless doodles. I had some excess ink in a bottlecap and decided to try drawing straight from the brush and it turned out to be some kinda revolutionary from the turn of the century....

Butil #43 - Cool Customer

2008-04-17T02:08:00.004+08:00

Butil #42 - Water You Thinking?

2008-04-11T11:29:00.001+08:00

Butil #41 - Walk The Line

2008-04-02T22:01:00.002+08:00

Been experimenting with different styles, will try variations in the cartoons from time to time. It is an experimental blog, after all. Do chime in and let me know what you think.

Butil #40 - Feelings, nothing more than feelings...

2008-03-27T09:14:00.004+08:00

Butil #39 - Leftovers

2008-03-12T05:09:00.002+08:00

Butil #38 - The Gifts of Sight

2008-03-02T10:19:00.002+08:00

I made a mistake posting the cartoon below, and as a result, you guys were stuck with an old James Bond caricature for a week. Apologies---here is the actual cartoon for Butil #38. Enjoy.

Butil #37 - Change for the Better

2008-02-24T07:50:00.003+08:00

Butil #36 - Quick Change

2008-02-17T08:29:00.002+08:00

My internet's been down so I've been unable to post since Friday... but here's a little post-Valentine's comic for you guys! =P

Butil #35 - Hold Me One More Time

2008-02-12T02:29:00.003+08:00

Revised this strip's copy from its original version.

Butil #34 - Perada

2008-02-06T12:33:00.000+08:00

Butil #33 - Great Expectation

2008-01-30T02:36:00.000+08:00

Butil #32 - Hard To Say I'm Sorry

2008-01-29T03:32:00.000+08:00

Butil #31 - Blindsided

2008-01-26T15:44:00.000+08:00

Butil #30 - Traffic Control

2008-01-25T01:46:00.000+08:00

Butil #29 - Missing In Action

2008-01-23T03:37:00.000+08:00

Sketch #9 - Travis Bickle

2008-01-19T15:00:00.000+08:00

Haven't uploaded a non-cartoon sketch in a while...sooo... Here's a sketch I made of De Niro's Travis Bickle based on a pic in Empire, the UK movie mag. (Thanks sis!)

Butil #28 - Emergency Run

2008-01-18T23:42:00.000+08:00

Butil #27 - Inconvenience Store

2008-01-16T04:28:00.000+08:00

Butil #26 - Counterfeat

2008-01-13T02:08:00.000+08:00

Butil #25 - On Account of Savings

2008-01-11T04:52:00.000+08:00

Butil #24 - The Great Crossing

2008-01-09T10:36:00.000+08:00

Colors on this one to follow. =)

Butil #23 - Going for a Stroll

2008-01-09T03:11:00.001+08:00

Sketch #8 - Homefront on the Street

2008-01-07T09:04:00.000+08:00

Here's something I toddled off while bored at a shoot. It's actually partially the exterior of my officemate's streetside neighbor, which i found particularly picturesque at 5am.

Sketch #7 - Jose Rizal

2008-01-06T12:08:00.000+08:00

Here's something i doodled off as my brushpen cartridge was low on ink... a little impression of our national hero. It'd be nice to do a little story project on 1896. Maybe I should think about that...

Butil #22 - Ply and Demand

2008-01-05T04:09:00.001+08:00

Butil #21 - De-Truth and De-lays

2008-01-04T02:03:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year!

2008-01-02T09:06:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year to everyone!

A new year, new set of resolutions to break... =P
Well, I'm back from the holidays and we're all set to have a whole week full of new strips for you guys to peruse... Keep checking back, and let me know what you think!

Butil #20 - Come Again?

2008-01-02T09:03:00.000+08:00

Butil #19 - 39 Winks

2007-12-28T03:39:00.000+08:00

Butil #18 - A Glass Act

2007-12-27T03:13:00.001+08:00

Butil #17 - Safety First

2007-12-27T02:17:00.000+08:00

Sketch #6 - My Little Katfish

2007-12-23T15:03:00.000+08:00

A little sketch i did on the fly for my Katfish...

Butil #16 - Elewaitor

2007-12-23T14:55:00.001+08:00

This completes the Butils for the week. Yay! I'll be out the house for thd 24th and 25th, so those butils will be uploaded on the 26th along with the one for the 26th.

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you have wonderfully full tummies and hearts this holiday season. Oh, and gifts... mountains and mountains of gifts... everything exactly what you want and have been fantasizing you waking moments about...

Not that Christmas is about material possessions... not at all...but they'd be nice. =P

Sketch #5 - Girl on The Rocks

2007-12-23T13:50:00.000+08:00

I made this sketch using an ad as a magazine for reference... except, in the transition from page to paper, she got a little (okay, a lot) more undressed.

Butil #15 - You Only Hurt The Ones You Love

2007-12-22T04:01:00.001+08:00

Butil #14 - Please Recycle

2007-12-20T02:54:00.000+08:00

Recovering from the flu that hit me yesterday... here's one full cartoon and one more coming to cover my deficit. =)

Butil #13 - Red Light Marketing

2007-12-18T14:42:00.000+08:00

Butil #12 - Fat Chance

2007-12-17T00:12:00.001+08:00

Sketch #4 - Mayor Lim

2007-12-16T01:39:00.000+08:00

Not that I'm a big fan of his or anything, but I thought that Alfredo Lim's photo on a back issue of the very excellent Rogue magazine was interesting enough to practice on. Though the sketch isn't a facsimile of the picture it's based on, I think it kinda captured the spirit of the original.

Sketch #3 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

2007-12-15T21:08:00.001+08:00

Here's a sketch I did about a month or so ago. I absolutely love Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's books, and can't wait to get my hands on The Black Dossier.

If you haven't read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol.1 & 2 yet, and you love turn of the century London fiction... you owe it to yourself to pick this up. Forget the crappy movie, these books are the real deal.

Butil #11 - Separental Perks

2007-12-14T08:37:00.000+08:00

Butil #10 - D' Lamp

2007-12-13T20:02:00.000+08:00

Butil #9 - Forking Good

2007-12-12T10:53:00.000+08:00

For non-Filipino speakers, English translation in the comments link below.

Butil #8 - All Broken Up

2007-12-11T09:11:00.000+08:00

Butil #7 - Christmas Spirit

2007-12-10T08:46:00.000+08:00

For non-Filipino speakers, English translation in the comments link below.

Sketch #2 - Chewbacca

2007-12-09T23:36:00.000+08:00

Here's a quick sketch I stroked straight off with the brushpen while waiting for something to save. I liked it so much I decided to give it a quick color. Chewbacca the wookiee, copilot of the Millenium Falcon, furball sidekick of Han Solo.

Sketch #1 - Bond. James Bond

2007-12-08T18:18:00.000+08:00

So here's a sketchbook entry for the weekend...regular scheduled cartoon programming to resume monday.

Who better to post for the 7th overall post than 007 himself? (for you kiddies, while Brosnan, Craig and Moore had their moments, Sean Connery IS James Bond.)

Butil #6 - With All the Trimmings

2007-12-07T07:41:00.001+08:00

Butil #5 - Checkout

2007-12-06T04:14:00.000+08:00

Butil #4 - False Advertising

2007-12-05T01:09:00.000+08:00

Butil #3 - Deliver Us

2007-12-04T01:45:00.000+08:00

Butil #2 - Student Driver

2007-12-03T05:15:00.001+08:00

Butil #1 - What a Drag

2007-12-02T14:13:00.000+08:00

Begin at the Beginning...

2007-12-02T11:00:00.000+08:00

Well, the journey of a thousand hops begins with one foot cocked oddly in the air, and the other teeter-tottering with all one's weight. And so too, does this webcartoon have its own beginning.

I've been kicking around the idea of doing a little comic of my own for some time, and even did some strips some months ago but never got around to posting them. And then I saw the Gaiman speak last week at the Ad Congress. (Read that here.) I decided it was time I get off my ass and start.

So I hurriedly made short comic for Neil (too familiar? Let's call him the Sandman, then) and gave it to him in thanks at the book signing the following Saturday. When I handed it to him---I expected him to thank me put it aside, and resume signing.
But he took it---and stopped.

And read it.

And said, "That is actually very funny."

I burbled something unintelligible and probably embarrassing, he smiled and signed my Absolute Sandman Vol.1, drawing Dream on it. Then he looked at me and said, "Good luck!"

That's when I knew there wasn't any chance I couldn't try this out.

So here's the comic I handed him that day. I thought it was as good a strip to start with as any.