Summer Komikon 2013 came and I had no idea which titles/issues were out. I waltzed through the entrance of the hall and swiped through my phone to call my buddies. As I held my phone pressed to my ear and tiptoed hoping I would see the heads of the people I was looking for, I glanced at something on my left that I was not prepared to see. Ooh, the second issue of Hipon Gamay is out! For real? How clueless had I been for the past few months. Gaaah! I needed to grab a copy of this.

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.

We are faced with cliche conclusions everywhere but what allows these cliche plots to tickle a vein in our fragile, little heart is how they are delivered. This is what made me smile as I finished reading the first issue of Hipon Gamay: Ilusyunado, story by RH Quilantang and art by Odree.