![]() Alcala who, apart from creating several comic strips in the Philippines, worked for American comic book firms, namely DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Marvel Comics. Other Filipino cartoonists Īnother known Filipino pioneer cartoonist was Larry Alcala, who was known for his cartoon series named Slice of Life. Garcia’s creation was later followed by the second Filipino full-length animated feature film, Urduja (2008), a Philippine animation product using a mixture of digital and traditional animation techniques. In 1998, it was also included in the Asian Collection of Japan’s 7th Hiroshima Animation Festival. Adarna received recognition from the Metro Manila Film Festival on December 27, 1997, as the first animated movie in Philippine cinema. Garcia wrote the story and directed Adarna under FLT Productions and Guiding Light Productions. From 1995 to 1997, Garcia also brought into life Adarna (1997), the first Filipino full-length animation movie, based on the story of the Adarna bird. ![]() Garcia is considered as the pioneer of Filipino animation industry. ![]() The first Filipino-made cartoon for television was Panday, created by Gerry Garcia in the 1980s based on the comic book character of the same name produced by Carlo J. Other Filipinos who excelled in the Philippine komiks and cartoon industry are Francisco Coching, and Alex Niño. Kenkoy became a tool of the Japanese occupiers for disseminating health programs. Kenkoy also survived the arrival of the Japanese during World War II. This influence of Kenkoy gave birth to original Filipino language vocabulary, such as Barok (also became a stand-alone cartoon character), Jeproks, and Pinoy, the colloquial form of the word Filipino. The creation of Kenkoy also influenced the works of Filipino musicians such as Nicanor Abelardo (the product was the libretto Hay Naku Kenkoy or "Oh, My Gosh, Kenkoy!"), and the emergence of atypical Kenkoy-like pronunciation of English words which came to be known as “Kenkoy’s English” and “ Carabao English”. Since then, other cartoon characters were created by other Filipino comic book artists. Because of its popularity it became a Filipino icon and was translated into other regional languages in the Philippines. It appeared in the pages of the Tagalog-language Liwayway magazine as a weekly comic strip entitled Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy or " Kenkoy's antics". ![]() During the late 1920s, Filipino writer Romualdo Ramos and Filipino visual artist Antonio “Tony” Velasquez created the cartoon character named Kenkoy. Original Filipino cartoons began with the publication of local comic books, known as komiks. Kenkoy, one of the earliest Filipino cartoon characters (image dated ). ![]()
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