{"id":28095,"date":"2020-01-31T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=28095"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T08:44:52","slug":"the-first-philippine-international-comics-festival-happens-in-manila-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2020\/01\/31\/the-first-philippine-international-comics-festival-happens-in-manila-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Philippine International Comics Festival Happens in Manila This June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reading comics is a great hobby to pass time. Unlike watching movies, reading comics is a more interactive way of storytelling because readers can use their imaginations more to personify the illustrations and speech balloons in the pages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For comics enthusiasts, you&#8217;ll be glad to know that\u00a0the <strong>Philippine International Comics Festival<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(PICOF)<\/strong> will open its doors for the first time from<strong>\u00a0June 12 <\/strong>to<strong> 14, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>Green Sun- The Hotel, Makati<\/strong>. Witness 11 Filipino graphic novels contending for the Best Komiks Prize!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28096\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-31T113005.979.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-31T113005.979.png 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-31T113005.979-290x218.png 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-31T113005.979-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-31T113005.979-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The event features different sections namely\u00a0<strong>Independent Section<\/strong> and <strong>International Section<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Independent Section\u00a0will highlight innovative Filipino comics creators of this era. Indie creators, student organizations and publishers are invited to introduce and sell their work here. On the other hand, the\u00a0International Section will feature the works of international comics creators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To give\u00a0recognition to outstanding Filipino comic creators, the\u00a0<strong>2020 Komiket Awards <\/strong>will also be held at PICOF. Awardees will be given trophies and a komikstarter grant.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1033636923655437&#038;id=820590994960032<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Of course, the festival is not limited to only appreciating comics around the globe. People genuinely appreciate a certain topic once they have a deep understanding of it. In order to accomplish that, workshops and seminars will also take place in the said at PICOF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The workshop focuses on the creator&#8217;s rights, industry practices and storytelling from Senior Creators, Industry Professionals, and International Guests. Lastly, exhibitors can pitch their work to other publishers\u2014a great way to widen their network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">PICOF is a project of <strong>Komiket<\/strong>, which is a non-government organization established by comics creators in the Philippines. Komiket aims to be an instrument to grow the comic industry in the country by creating projects like PICOF with a goal to grow the readership of local comics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2020\/01\/12\/catch-komiket-2020-the-filipino-komiks-and-art-market-this-february\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catch Komiket 2020: The Filipino Komiks and Art Market This February<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Catch the Philippine International Comics Festival and immerse into the imaginative world of comics!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>For more information and inquiries, visit the PICOF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PICOF-394548981327460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Details<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Philippine International Comics Festival<br \/>\n<strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Green Sun- The Hotel, Chino Roces Avenue, Makati<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0June 12 to 14, 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Ticket Information:<\/strong>\u00a0Php 100 per day<br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PICOF-394548981327460\/\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/PICOF-394548981327460\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source:\u00a0Philippine International Comics Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PICOF-394548981327460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Images grabbed from\u00a0\u00a0Philippine International Comics Festival\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PICOF-394548981327460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine International Comics Festival will open its doors for the first time on June 12, 2020 at Green Sun- The Hotel, Makati. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6949,5764,22,10625,60],"tags":[10626,10629,10628,10627],"class_list":["post-28095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makati","category-art","category-chino-roces-avenue","category-festival","category-the-green-sun-hotel","category-workshops-classes-seminars","tag-philippine-international-comics-festival","tag-philippine-international-comics-festival-2020","tag-philippine-international-comics-festival-at-the-green-sun-makati","tag-philippine-international-comics-festival-on-june-2020"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28095"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28141,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28095\/revisions\/28141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}