Days like these really make me believe in kismet.
My original plan was to attend my book club cafe meet, then head on over to Sticker Con and Komiket right after.
However, plans changed and the club meet was rescheduled and I left Sticker Con around 7-ish – time does fly when there are so many stories to listen to and artists to connect with.
So, Komiket got bumped the next day.
I planned to go early – right after a run but I woke up a little too late. As a recourse, I decided to chill at a cafe and do a little content planning with my Pixel Academy Journal. Mimi (my KOMIKET BGC buddy) and I touched down at Komiket around 5PM.
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| My Pixel Academy Journal ! |
Just when we were starting to browse (and right when we were next to the stage!), Sir Pol Medina Jr. , creator of Pugad Baboy shared about his work onstage.
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Sir Pol is my Nevaeh’s fave comic book artist – we have been looking for his books above and beyond, hitting every bookstore possible to check if they had any in stock, and just when we weren’t expecting it, we found ‘em. All the book series we were looking for were there too – the last of each copy for that day.
The creator was there too, and we even had the honor of sharing life anecdotes and how his work was part of our childhood.
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| w/ the amazing Sir Pol Medina Jr of Pugad Baboy Comics! |
Kismet. Fate. Being at the right place, at the right time.
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| Sir Pol Medina Jr signing our book copies! |
Moments like these answer questions i’ve had for a long time. they quiet the self-doubt, the worry of “am i supposed to be here?”, the sense of “is it too late for me?”.
One of the things Sir Pol mentioned during our quick chat was that (non-verbatim) “Gumawa ka para sa’yo, at dapat ikaw yung pinakamasaya sa mga gawa mo.”
And so i shall create.
For Nessa who started from creating her own scrapbooks, memoirs, novellas and storybooks, to discovering acrylic paint and canvas, then transitioning to makeup brushes and glam, subsequently enrolling in a liberal arts course, and now designing clothes via crochet.
I’m a creator. A creative. An artist.
Always have been. Always will be.
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P.S. As with my post about Sticker Con, I included the list (and links!) of artists who were there. Let’s support our local artists and creators, a like or a follow may not seem much, but it is golden to those who are bravely putting themselves out there.
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