Replies from the Komix For Girls? Wha? questionnaire! #07
Posted 11:26 AM by AD in Labels: essay, girls, komix, questionnaire
The questionnaire can be found here. These answers are from Kristine!
1) Hindi ako masyadong nakakapagbasa ng comics eh. Sa local, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, Kikomachine, 12, Pugadbaboy, at Trese pa lang ata. Sa foreign, puro webcomics: A Softer World, C'est la Vie, Cyanide and Happiness, Hark! A Vagrant, Oatmeal, Perry Bible Fellowship, Pictures for Sad Children, xkcd, at ang paborito kong Piled Higher and Deeper. Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes din, pero sadly di ko sila masyadong nasubaybayan. Nung elementary at high school, W.I.T.C.H.
2) Yup! I like comics that combine humor and social commentary, humor and nerdiness, humor and morbidness.
3) Yung W.I.T.C.H. -- magic girls! school issues! friends issues! fluffy romance! Sobrang natuwa ako sa kanya nung elementary at high school. Matagal ko na siyang di nasubaybayan; hindi ko alam kung magugustuhan ko pa rin hanggang ngayon. Yung C'est la Vie din ni Jennifer Babcock, the protagonist is a woman, an existential beatnik who doesn't conform to the ideals of conventional femininity. It often talks about "women's issues" -- women's relationships, career, romance, motherhood (or repulsion to it) etc. Nakaka-relate ako sa views ng protagonist.
4) Sa local, favorite ko si Manix Abrera! Kikomachine lang ang kumpleto kong comic book series. Sobrang benta sakin ang humor niya, at ang social commentary na dala nito. Ang astig din niya mag-drawing, at ang galing ng characterization! Sa foreign naman, si Jorge Cham ng Piled Higher and Deeper na tungkol sa grad school. Aside from my interest in his observations and insights about grad school life, the webcomic is also very funny and well-drawn. C'est la Vie din, for the aforementioned reasons, at Hark! A Vagrant ni Kate Beaton. Sobrang panalo lang ni Beaton, I like how she plays with literary and historical characters!
5) I really don't know much about the local komix scene, so I can't substantially comment on this. Basta pansin ko lang, karamihan sa mga komiks fans ay mga lalaki, at karamihan sa nakikita kong komiks, parang geared sa mga lalaki. I want to reiterate that I have a very narrow experience of komiks.
6) If I had the skills, oo naman. I just want to create a good story in the medium, pero being a girl and a feminist, i think it would be inevitable that i'd create komiks from a particular perspective -- i'd probably tackle experiences i encounter and issues relevant to me as a woman.
7) I feel ambivalent about this, because it might further entrench gender stereotypes. A good story is a good story, but yeah, sana mas maraming komiks ang may mga babaeng bida, hindi yung madalas accessory lang sila sa male heroes.
re: the last three questions, i don't know much about local komiks (really, comics in general) in the first place, so i can't really comment on them. siguro sana mas mapalaganap pa ang komiks, as in i-promote sila sa mga bata kahit sa mga paaralan, dahil marami namang komiks na worthy of readership and study!
1) Hindi ako masyadong nakakapagbasa ng comics eh. Sa local, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, Kikomachine, 12, Pugadbaboy, at Trese pa lang ata. Sa foreign, puro webcomics: A Softer World, C'est la Vie, Cyanide and Happiness, Hark! A Vagrant, Oatmeal, Perry Bible Fellowship, Pictures for Sad Children, xkcd, at ang paborito kong Piled Higher and Deeper. Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes din, pero sadly di ko sila masyadong nasubaybayan. Nung elementary at high school, W.I.T.C.H.
2) Yup! I like comics that combine humor and social commentary, humor and nerdiness, humor and morbidness.
3) Yung W.I.T.C.H. -- magic girls! school issues! friends issues! fluffy romance! Sobrang natuwa ako sa kanya nung elementary at high school. Matagal ko na siyang di nasubaybayan; hindi ko alam kung magugustuhan ko pa rin hanggang ngayon. Yung C'est la Vie din ni Jennifer Babcock, the protagonist is a woman, an existential beatnik who doesn't conform to the ideals of conventional femininity. It often talks about "women's issues" -- women's relationships, career, romance, motherhood (or repulsion to it) etc. Nakaka-relate ako sa views ng protagonist.
4) Sa local, favorite ko si Manix Abrera! Kikomachine lang ang kumpleto kong comic book series. Sobrang benta sakin ang humor niya, at ang social commentary na dala nito. Ang astig din niya mag-drawing, at ang galing ng characterization! Sa foreign naman, si Jorge Cham ng Piled Higher and Deeper na tungkol sa grad school. Aside from my interest in his observations and insights about grad school life, the webcomic is also very funny and well-drawn. C'est la Vie din, for the aforementioned reasons, at Hark! A Vagrant ni Kate Beaton. Sobrang panalo lang ni Beaton, I like how she plays with literary and historical characters!
5) I really don't know much about the local komix scene, so I can't substantially comment on this. Basta pansin ko lang, karamihan sa mga komiks fans ay mga lalaki, at karamihan sa nakikita kong komiks, parang geared sa mga lalaki. I want to reiterate that I have a very narrow experience of komiks.
6) If I had the skills, oo naman. I just want to create a good story in the medium, pero being a girl and a feminist, i think it would be inevitable that i'd create komiks from a particular perspective -- i'd probably tackle experiences i encounter and issues relevant to me as a woman.
7) I feel ambivalent about this, because it might further entrench gender stereotypes. A good story is a good story, but yeah, sana mas maraming komiks ang may mga babaeng bida, hindi yung madalas accessory lang sila sa male heroes.
re: the last three questions, i don't know much about local komiks (really, comics in general) in the first place, so i can't really comment on them. siguro sana mas mapalaganap pa ang komiks, as in i-promote sila sa mga bata kahit sa mga paaralan, dahil marami namang komiks na worthy of readership and study!
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