I grew up reading tagalog comics. Every day I read the comic section of my dad’s newspaper. One comic strip is Kuyug. The name Kuyug is the town where Indo, Sebya, Nanay Betsy, Ato and Longino live. It’s a hilarious strip by Roni Santiago. It shows that real side of a typical Filipino rural neighborhood. The comic section also includes Maskarado by Rene Maniquis. It was a story of a police inspector who was a entrusted with a mask by an alien named Orimar. Wearing the mask he became adept to all forms of combat, limited invulnerability, above average strength and flight. He became known as the superhero Maskarado. When everybody was done reading the news, I cut out the comic strip and paste in on a bond paper then place it in a folder. Maskarado and Kuyug are now sold at bookstores.
