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The Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) will finally hold its first festival in person. Here’s everything you need to know about the event
Artists and comic book lovers will have a field day this weekend at the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF), which will celebrate its first in person festival. After four successful online festivals, the event will highlight the official selection of 10 graphic novel pitches developed in a Creator’s Lab.
“It took us four years to get here, and some of our books won awards, represented the Philippines in international book fairs and comics festivals, and even got translated into other languages,” says Paolo Herras, the festival director of the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF), and co-founder of non-profit organisation Komiket.
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Artists and comic fans can expect to see Comics Market, which features over 100 comic creators from the Philippines and Southeast Asia. They can also attend the Alamat Comics Exhibit, Curated by Ilyn Florese Alanguilan of the Komikero Museum in San Pablo Laguna.
Attendees can also have an experience from the comics masterclass. “We are having 12 comics masterclasss from comics professionals from the Philippines and worldwide,” Herras adds.
Filipino comic publishers will also be trained in rights selling and have business matching meetings with eight international publishers. “This is an effort that will hopefully bring Filipino comics to the rest of the world,” he says.
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Come early on Saturday and Sunday and get a chance to receive a free comics anthology from Kometcerse, which features 95 comics creators from the Philippines.
PICOF will happen on July 15 to 19, from 10a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Podium Hall, 6/F Podium Mall.
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