‘MATANGLAWIN’ on TV recently featured Harvey Tolibao, Pinoy international comic artist. He is known as a penciller, illustrator, and one of the artists of HMT Studios based in Quezon City.
Harvey has drawn for DC’s Green Arrow and Green Lantern. His first DC projects were “Star Wars,” “Iron Man,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” and “Psylocke.”
“Psylocke” was the book that placed his name in the comic book industry. His latest project is the cover for Marvel’s “Uncanny Inhumans” that came out in August.
Harvey’s advice: “Show, share what you can do. Dun mo makikita ang capability mo.”
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APCC is the Asia Pop Comic Con, the largest annual comic book convention in the Philippines for those who really love comics and toys.
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Another Filipino great in the comics world is Whilce Portacio, who has taken part in the drawings of “Iron Man,” “The Hulk,” “The Punisher,” “Uncanny X-Men,” and “The Spawn.”
He helped create one of the first characters in “Uncanny X-Men,” Bishop. Bishop, he said, was based on Filipino characteristics.
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TRIVIA PA MORE (Various Sources): If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
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In 1900, the average age at death in the US was 47.
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It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
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On average, women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
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On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
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On average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament.
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On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female.
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On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
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On average, right-handed people live nine years longer than their left-handed counterparts.
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Pregnancy in humans lasts on average about 270 days (from conception to birth).
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Smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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