Before plunging into the last installment of Lyndon Gregorio's first graphic novel, Go-Beerkada: Revenge of the Jhologs, I had to reread the first part, Rise of the Jhologs, in order to refresh my memory of the plot. It was amazing flipping again through the pages of the first book and be faced with the idea of aliens coming out of the portals along the pacific rim. It reminded me of the Pacific Rim movie showed just this year; Rise of the Jhologs was released back in 2009. This just made me smile. Ooh. :)
Summer Komikon 2013. 13 April 2013. Unilab Bayanihan Center, Pasig.
I was not prepared for this year's Summer Komikon. I remember putting the event on my calendar around Jan/Feb and was excited for it, but came March and April, it was washed away from my mind, until one of my comics buddies reminded me about it a week before the event. Oh yeah, it was that time of the year again. I was not prepared. I had no idea which titles were coming out. Worse, I might not even be able to come to the event. I had an exam on that day and I did not know what other errands I could have for my mom.
I only got into comics when I went to college; therefore, I hadn't really been a follower of long-running comics, one of which was "Beerkada", created by Lyndon Gregorio. Though I was aware of its existence, I did not personally experience it. Sometimes, I could get a glimpse of a strip from the newspaper (that's how I knew about it), but no one really reads newspaper at home, so seeing the gang was an occasional thing, nothing to look forward to by a young girl like me.



