CAST at Powerbooks Megamall
It was a simple thing, but it was enjoyable. Mr. Jamie Bautista, rather all by his lonesome because the artists had previous engagements, singlehandedly discussed Cast. Some highlights of his discussion:
- Cast is currently the longest running Filipino comic in the last 10 years, now at 12 issues in 4 years. In a komiks industry where the upstart anthologies release 1-5 issues then die, that's saying a lot.
- All the kids of Cast are roughly based on real-life people, who are thus credited in their names. For instance, Cecille Rhea Cheng is named so because her looks are derived from a high school friend named Ces, and her personality is taken from Jamie's wife Rhea.
- The writing process is longer that most people think.
- Even the scenes that eventually get cut out are important to the overall thinking process that makes the story great.
- Details and research count, more than you think. The several kissing scenes in the series have been researched for believability, really.
- Place clinchers (called buttons: catchy lines or art) at the end of each page as much as possible.
- Trusting your artists helps a lot!
He gave us a few pictures of the upcoming completed panels. Mons will get a LOT of airtime in the coming issue, that much is certain. Issue 12, as mentioned, will have 2 major stories. Arnold Arre is completing the story dealing with Will and Ces (that has a lot of Mons). Jhomar Soriano is responsible for the Joe/Lel/"Joy" story.
They also gave away a few HeroTV loot bags and several posters based on the Cast covers. I went home with a poster based on issue 07.
2 pictures under the cut:
This is a picture of all the existing Cast issues (sorry 04 was covered), and the raffle fishbowl. ^^
This is a (rather blurry) picture of Sir Jamie talking about Will and Lel.
I'll post my copy of the picture of Issue 12's cover (in a word: catfight!) in a few days.
EK 8 )
- Cast is currently the longest running Filipino comic in the last 10 years, now at 12 issues in 4 years. In a komiks industry where the upstart anthologies release 1-5 issues then die, that's saying a lot.
- All the kids of Cast are roughly based on real-life people, who are thus credited in their names. For instance, Cecille Rhea Cheng is named so because her looks are derived from a high school friend named Ces, and her personality is taken from Jamie's wife Rhea.
- The writing process is longer that most people think.
- Even the scenes that eventually get cut out are important to the overall thinking process that makes the story great.
- Details and research count, more than you think. The several kissing scenes in the series have been researched for believability, really.
- Place clinchers (called buttons: catchy lines or art) at the end of each page as much as possible.
- Trusting your artists helps a lot!
He gave us a few pictures of the upcoming completed panels. Mons will get a LOT of airtime in the coming issue, that much is certain. Issue 12, as mentioned, will have 2 major stories. Arnold Arre is completing the story dealing with Will and Ces (that has a lot of Mons). Jhomar Soriano is responsible for the Joe/Lel/"Joy" story.
They also gave away a few HeroTV loot bags and several posters based on the Cast covers. I went home with a poster based on issue 07.
2 pictures under the cut:
This is a picture of all the existing Cast issues (sorry 04 was covered), and the raffle fishbowl. ^^
This is a (rather blurry) picture of Sir Jamie talking about Will and Lel.
I'll post my copy of the picture of Issue 12's cover (in a word: catfight!) in a few days.
EK 8 )