Showing posts with label combatron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label combatron. Show all posts

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Iconic




Art Farm an animation company in the country is doing something better. They doin an animated feature of Combatron which will air on channel 7. hopefully will finish in 8 months!Thanks for your support. Im starting my comics na but at my own pace.


- Berlin Manalaysay, Reply to Dear Combatron


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And I thought I am one of the few ones left who still keep Combatron's memory in their hearts. Everyday, the referrer tracker would show that many internet users who stumble upon my blog actually looks for information about Berlin Manalaysay and his graphic artwork. It seems like an entire generation actually followed the comic strip during its time.

A collegue told me sometime ago that he still keeps his entire collection of Funny Komiks with him. He said he have stacks and stacks of it organized in a big carton box. I would like to believe his story, if I could see a single issue with my own eyes. Nevertheless I really doubt how many people have actually collected the strip after all this time.

In utmost recognition and heartfelt appreciation for Manalaysay's public appearance on my blog, which I honestly suspect to be purely accidental, I would like to dedicate this entry and the issue included on top to the long enduring memory of Combatron in my psyche. There are others like me who still remembers. I hope that with Combatron's revival in the local anime age, new generation of kids would once again be entertained and inspired by Manalaysay's iconic work.

Indeed, traditions are really hard to break.

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Dear Combatron

Tanda ko pa noong ako'y Grade Six. Bago ako pumasok sa eskwela ay bababa kami ng Banawe Street ng naghahatid sa akin sa school para bumili ng Funny Komiks upang mabasa ang iyong pakikipagsapalaran para sa linggong iyon.

Yun lang solb na solb na ako. Minsan pinagtatawanan pa nga ako ng mga kaklase ko kasi bakit Funny Komiks daw ang pinagkakaabalahan ko samantalang noong mga panahong iyon eh usong uso yung mga Sweet Valley High na mga pocketbooks. Masyado daw akong baduy para sa kanila.

Mula noong sinundan kita, tuwing Biyernes nagbubukod na ako ng pera galing sa aking baon para pambili sa iyo. Maliit lang ang baon ko noon, pero pinagkakasya ko para lang masundan kita. Binasa kita ng ilang taon; mula kay Alchitran hanggang kay Death Metal. Namatay na si Axel at Metallica na pinalitan ni Mecha-babe pero hindi pa rin natatapos ang laban mo. Maari pa sana kita sundan noon, yun nga lang, hindi pa natatapos ang kwento mo, tumanda na ako.
Nakatandaan na kita.

Ang weird, tumanda na ako pero tinago ko pa rin ang koleksyon ko ng Funny Komiks dahil sa iyo. Hindi man lang kita nasimulan, at hindi rin kita natapos, pero iningatan kong huwag mabura ang ala-ala mo sakin. Pero tumanda na rin ako eh, nakalimutan na siguro kita kung hindi ko nakikita yung isang malaking kahong puno ng Funny Komiks kung saan nandoon ang istorya mo.

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Noong mga nakaraang linggo naisipan kong hanapin sa Google ang author mo sa pag-asang baka makahanap ako ng balita tungkol sa nangyari sa iyo. Sa paghahanap ko sa Google, may isang naiiba dun sa mga resulta; isang taong kapangalan ng gumawa sayo na nagtratrabaho sa isang Advertising Agency.

Sa aking curiousity at lakas ng loob, dali-dali akong nag-compose ng e-mail para ipagtanong kung yung creative artist ba nila eh ang taong sumulat sa iyo. Buong araw ako nag-intay ng response mula sa Ad Agency na iyon... pero umuwi akong walang sagot.

Lumipas ang mga araw, umaasa pa rin akong magrerespond sila sa akin. Dumating na ang panahong nabuburat na ako dito sa trabaho, pero umaasa pa rin akong magrerespond sila.

Umaasa ako, kahit alam kong malabo na akong makatanggap ng sagot.

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This afternoon, I opened my Yahoo Mail to check if there's a new e-mail from the ODDERs yahoo group. On my bulk mail folder, a new message came in. At first I thought it was from Papu, since he sent his last message through that folder. To my surprise, it came from none other than Berlin Manalaysay himself, the author of the legendary Combatron comic strip in Funny Komiks during the mid 90s.

He is with the Advertising Agency I have inquired several weeks ago, and as a reward for my curiousity, and perhaps my desire to seek the person who he was, he sent me this image.



He said that he plans to revive him. Perhaps in another reincarnation, or with the same plot but with the new techonology for the younger generations to enjoy. Whatever his plans are, He has my full support - to the extent of providing my collection, if ever he decides to start from the beginning of the story again.

For the first time, I have realized the fruits of my research capabilities. Indeed, despite the love-hate relationship I have with this company, I still reap a lot of rewards and possibilities here.

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Nakita ko na ang gumawa sayo Combatron. Maari ko nang malaman kung ano ang simula at naging katapusan mo.