Second comic for the org's Freshmen Survival Kit. Isko I was a rushed venture with no plot whatsoever, but still, rough as it was, it was a start.
I started this while I was minding my sister's bookstore in Cavite. The first draft was drawn at the back part of her transaction book. I don't think the plot makes sense but one thing I did learn is that making comics = hard work. The story has to be coherent and funny...the characters have to be consistent when drawn (something I fail at...just look at them!). And let's not talk about my drawing. I don't even know how to shade faces properly!
I started drawing (now that I think about it) somewhere around Grade 1. I also received my first comic book around that time (X-Men, Storm and the Shadow King. Anyone remember?) and I had my sister draw the cover in one notebook. It was my first doodling notebook, which by now should be in one drawer at home or burned in some pit somewhere else. In that notebook, I drew my first characters: tiny stick heroes that have elemental powers or something, fighting it out in a landscape I also created. I wish I could've saved that one. By my second grade, these sticks became people whose structures were heavily influenced by Combatron from Funny Komiks and the Robot Masters from Megaman games. I remember I had a clipboard full of pages where I put all these ideas for new enemies, new powers and histories. I wish I could've saved those too. I could've used a good laugh.
Through drawing, I think I learned those hidden rules you make up as you go along. How a face is long or round, how a stroke can make a picture smile or frown. And then I just look at those characters I made. You'd think after some years I would've improved or something. But one thing I know: like singing, I draw for fun.
