Carlo J Caparas on Philippine Daily Inquirer

lei · Teddy's Chompy

Carlo J Caparas on Philippine Daily Inquirer

syeri · Carpool Creator

I have lots to say...when i have more time, i'd say it.
right now I'll say CAPARAS SUCKS!!!!

Utterly Clueless · Beerkadet

what in the world is pdi thinking?!?! to think they fired seven in replace of one?!?

Kagepool · The Silent Musician

This is crazy. I think PDI just made a mistake. It's that or it's "OH MY GOD!! IT'S CRLO J. CAPARAS!! qUICK REMOVE THE STRIPS WE HAVE FOR HIM!!". Yeesh!

Lyndon · Beerkada Creator

If you want to voice your concern re: Caparas replacing the 6 strips to the editors, here is the link to PDI's contact form:

http://services.inquirer.net/contactus/contactus.php

if the comics-loving community would not stand up for jomike, steven, and the rest, who will?

kuya_jot · mr. guitaristic

Di ko talaga gusto si CJ Caparas, kaya sobrang nagtataka ako sa mga nangyayari..

Kung may mga non-member na nagbabasa nitong thread, nililinaw ko lang po, walang kinalaman si Mr Lyndon Gregorio sa mga sinasabi ng mga forumites dito..

bugoytheman · Pseudo Ponderer

very well said...purely PERSONAL opinion. By the way, i e-mailed PDI and said that personally, i don't like what they did. It's like kicking out tenured six employees in order to make way for a famous celebrity who wants to work. Haaaay naku, ang iba, naghihirap mag-apply sa PDI, sasabihin nila kesyo walang space. Tapos eto si Carlo J. Caparas? Hay naku, the beauty of being famous.

see my other opinions on http://bugoytheman.deviantart.com/

yani · BEERKADET

lei · Teddy's Chompy

Just want to post some more links relating to this issue:

Gerry Alanguilan's post - A Wild Idea

5 Php 10 comics of Caparas - Carlo J. Caparas and his Komiks Distribution Problem

Other posts/news relating to comics and the industry:

Inquirer Article - Rediscovering the komiks wellspring By Oliver Pulumbarit, June 25, 2007

Inquirer Article - 'Komiks' for soldiers in combat vs bandits By Jerry E. Esplanada, Sept 1, 2007

A Very long Blog Post but worth the read (I think) - Carlo J. Caparas and his Komiks Distribution Problem

Lyndon · Beerkada Creator

Here's Jomike Tejido's (the creator of ousted Mikrokosmos) own take on the Caparas Massacre, as posted in the Artists Den mailing list:

Re: [artistsden] Re: Carlo J. Caparas replaces 7 comic strips in PDI

Hello guys,

i was given a notice nung 15 days bago na terminate ang comics ko. yung in- house artist ang nag email saakin and i asked why lang sa 2nd email. so nalaman ko nga na marami kami natanggal to be replaced by one big comic.

well, my reactions were in this order - gulat, badtrip and then soothed to "ok na nga lang" ... in this stage, my mind was clear. and since i was advised na kulang pa naman ako ng last ten strips, i decided to make the ten most kadiri strips!-joke! i decided to make a rational move and themed them as:

"if it were your last ten day here on planet earth , what would you do?" (of course they
had to be related to my environmental theme).

so parang end of the world! last ten statements ko na rin to the country, with an all- barkada party at the end, where you spend your last day with the people you love!

o well i guess thats it for me and daily comics. I was able to compile one comicbook collection, so at least that's one lifetime-goal striked out! :)

Foldabots na lang sa k-zone!

Jomike Tejido

Architect/ Artist

Tejido Architecture & Art

here is jomike's website.

http://www.mikrokosmos.tk/

here is steven pabalinas's (the creator of divine comedy) website.

http://www.foreverfallen.com/

-- Edited by Lyndon at 21:17, 2007-09-06

kuya_jot · mr. guitaristic

nakakaiyak naman!!!! grrr.... this will surely be posted in my blog.. nakakabadtrip!!!!! Come to think of it, ang letter na yan

galing lang sa isa sa mga natanggalan ng trabaho, how about the others? what do they feel now?

-- Edited by kuya_jot at 22:16, 2007-09-06

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

wow. bilib ako sa reaction ni Mr. Tejido. very admirable.

i'm gonna echo what people have been asking: what the hell is pdi thinking? di ko talaga maarok.

tenkouken · Carpooler

Carlo J. Caparas will save the komiks industry by killing the smaller komiks artists.

lei · Teddy's Chompy

actually, it might be the same comics, but they are still different, in terms of target market and visual representation.. Also, Carlo Caparas is a comics writer, not the artist.

Anyway, as much as I'm miffed with the sacking of comic strip artists from PDI, i can 't help but be curious as to how the 5 new titles of comics by Caparas, that will be sold for 10 pesos, will be welcomed by the people. 10 pesos is indeed cheap, so I think I might buy, just for the heck of it, and see what it has to offer.

On the other hand, I love reading romance novels.. But it doesn't mean that I go and buy our local romance novels (those thin ones that you see in National bookstore that i think is less than 50 pesos?). I much prefer the thick saga-ish romance novels.. Not because they are in English, but because I think the story is much more interesting.. I do read Filipino novels, like Maynila sa Kuko ng Liwanag, Luha ng Buhaya, Bata Bata.., but I still choose which ones to read.

bugoytheman · Pseudo Ponderer

I'll try to buy one of those CJC's PhP 10 comics

tinkahbelle · beerkada resident fairy

haaay.. the problem is, Caparas is the president's poster boy for the comics industry here.. i have nothing against how he writes and his material but if the concern here is to improve the comics industry by replacing the other works to make room for him,isn't that damage enough? the artists that he will be replacing represents the new breed of Philippine comics, thus supressing the comic industry further.. it doesn't help at all, i mean, how does THAT help! i guess the PDI is just sucking up to the current administration.. pfft..

syeri · Carpool Creator

whoever labled caparas as the "king of Komiks" is totally wrong.
whoever said that komiks was in a 3 year coma, it was caparas who was in a coma and NOT KOMIKS. Where was caparas all this time? why did he re-appear perfectly in time during the senatorial elections? he admitted he couldn't revive it and now he's taking every opportunity to make himself seen.

it's hard enough for a local artist to have his/her comic strips published in newspapers because they choose to get syndicated foreign strips. How many times have newpapers told off artists "sorry, we don't have space for your strips." and with the magic words "Carlo J. Caparas", they remove 6 strips so easily.

am still outraged. Caparas sucks.

tenkouken · Carpooler

Well be thankful he's no longer making massacre movies. Unless he makes a comic book anthology of them... We'd be praying the same way he prays in his movie subtitles.

..."Jesus pray for us?"

Lyndon · Beerkada Creator

crapass doesn't need to make massacre movies, as he massacres comic strips in real life.

bugoytheman · Pseudo Ponderer

maybe he doesn't have something to "massacre" these days, that's why he did that.

tenkouken · Carpooler

And he has the blessings of the president? Teka, is Caparas a friend of Erap or FPJ? He must be very lucky.

tinkahbelle · beerkada resident fairy

he's everybody friend.. God save him.. arrrgh..

kuya_jot · mr. guitaristic

hay, I just pity those replaced comic artists, sana hindi sila tumigil sa paggawa ng comics..

bugoytheman · Pseudo Ponderer

tenkouken wrote:

And he has the blessings of the president? Teka, is Caparas a friend of Erap or FPJ? He must be very lucky.

Most probably, because he's a director also...but i think it's the present administration who gave the blessing

kuya_jot · mr. guitaristic

if that is true, bakit siya lang ang may blessing from the admin?

Lyndon · Beerkada Creator

sold out daw ang komiks niya. lumilibot ako sa morayta, pero wala akong makita.

sa quiapo daw, meron.

tenkouken · Carpooler

His fans are among the masses. Tiyak sold out lagi ang komiks niya.

lei · Teddy's Chompy

I'm glad if it's sold out.. A bit sad I wasn't able to get any...

Found this post on the 5 titles: Ang Limang Titles

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

A lot of people are going to hate me for what I'm about to say, but I have to.

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I am saddened by the fact that CJC's comic took out a lot of the local comic strips. I remember the first time I saw the newly revamped comic page, I thought I turned to the wrong page. When I realized that this was the new comics page, the first thing I did was to see if Pugad Baboy and Kiko Machine were still there. When I found them, I was relieved, and I thought nothing more of the new look.

When I read through this thread, though, I suddenly remembered Love Knots and all the other local strips that used to be in the Inquirer comic section. My first reaction was to be indignant, just as all of you are (rightfully) in this thread. But then, I looked at the revamp from a business standpoint, and it makes sense.

Assume that I'm the editor of the comic section. Assume that I have no connections or friends among the local comic industry. As an editor, I'd be on the lookout for opportunities to contribute to the selling of my newspaper (because that's what I'm there for and this is what pays the bills). Suddenly, Carlo J Caparas comes in and wants to set up shop in my comic page. Taking all assumptions into consideration, will I then tell CJC "I'd love to, but I have all these artists depending on me, so sorry, I can't accomodate you"? Or will I make space for the Carlo J Caparas, the so-called savior of Pinoy Comics?

Well, we all know what happened. Can you fault the powers that in in the PDI for choosing the way they did? Well yes you could, but then you'd be missing the point. It's a business decision. CJC is a far safer bet than a handful of artists not quite on the radar. Did PDI make the right choice? Only time will tell.

What strikes me was my initial reaction to the whole thing. As long as Pugad Baboy and Kiko Machine were still on that page, I couldn't have cared less what happened to the other strips. I want to feel guilty and sorry about that, but I can't. Why? Because I never cared about the other strips in the first place.

For those of you who are subscribed to my Multiply account, I have a post there on misguided patriotism (http://psychocow.multiply.com/journal/item/51/On_misguided_patriotism). To make a long post short, I'm patriotic, but not to the point that I will support anything with a "Made in the Philippines" tag. I have the right to choose the products I want to support. This goes for comic strips as well. I love Beerkada (duh) because it's funny and well-written. Same with Pugad Baboy and Kiko Machine. The others? What others?

The fact is, those other strips were either past their prime (Love Knots), or were not really that funny or good in the first place. If they were, they would have not been pulled out in the first place. Although I feel for all those who gotten the axe, I would like to look at this as a challenge for them to improve their craft. Take note, the comics aren't the only field that people get their walking papers just like that. You want a list of all the shows I did that gotten axed or never took off in the first place? Marami yun. It happens.

My point? If I were one of these artists who lost their space to CJC, I'd take it uopn myself to better my craft the same way Pol Medina, Manix Abrera, and (hay) Lyndon do. If you are fans of these unfortunate artists, continue loving and supporting them. They need it now more than ever. But if you're a true fan, you will extort your heroes to perform better because it's one thing to get axed, it's another thing to get another spot.

-- Edited by psychoCOW at 02:52, 2007-09-20

yani · BEERKADET

Well said Mr. B.
And as you said only time will tell.