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The Philippines Uses Comics to Lure Voters

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cap_voteThe Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and the Communication Foundation for Asia are teaming up to produce a comic book, C.H.A.M.P.S. The comic features superheroes whose mission is to encourage voting in the youth in the Philippines. The project was inspired by The Avengers according to the PPCRV chair Henrietta de Villa.

C.H.A.M.P.S. stands for clean, honest, accurate, and peaceful. That’s the election slogan for the PPCRV. One of the characters will “destroy election anomalies.”

The team will not only take on election issues but will also encourage  beating corrupt officials at the ballot box.

The PPCRV will also be creating a board game called “Voters Tsunami.”

Comic books have been found to be great materials to teach the young about voter education which is an ongoing process in the country. The focus is on provinces where efforsts are going on now.

The comic will be released at the end of February or early March.

The project is set for official launch in the last week of February or first week of March.

(via PhilStar)

Philippine Comic Books Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women

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In the Philippines the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched comic books to raise awareness about violence towards women.  The comics point out not all violence is physical, but can include psychological and economic abuse.  The comics or in coordination and compliment programs by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Department of Health (DoH), and the Philippine Commission on Women in hopes to decrease discrimination and violence towards women.

DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said comic books are a great tool to disseminate information to people from all classes and level of education.  The hopes is to educate about violence against women and battered woman syndrome.  Violence against women programs are also launching in regions going so far as to help bring about charges or restraining orders if needed.

AFP Reports on Struggling Philippine Comic Industry

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The AFP news service is reporting that the Philippine comic book industry is struggling.  They once dominated the publishing industry but now are relegated to specialty shops with cheap photo copies.  The outlets are drying up.

Dozens of titles hit the newstands every day and popular comics (called komiks there) easily sold 400,000 copies a week with total komiks circulation in the millions.  The comics sold for pennies and were much cheaper than movies as a form on entertainment.

But as modern entertainment moved in, the popularity of this form of media waned.  Movies, television and video games took over.

What once was a thriving industry is now a struggling labor of love.

Sex Ed Comic Controversy

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The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) claims that comic books are being used to teach sex education in the Philippines.  The DepEd clarified that it is not distributing illustrated comics on sex education in public high schools contrary to the claims.

Education Secretary Mona Valisno said the comic books shown on television by members of the CBCP was never a part of their education modules saying they may have been obtained through other sources.

This controversy among others is forcing the DepEd to be transparent and upload the education modules online allowing the public to judge.

Who Is the Philippine Comic Book King?

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It’s the time of year for “best of” lists.  During my morning reading I was presented with a “best of” list I know nothing of, not even knowing possible candidates.  Over at the website Pinoy there’s a post discussing as to who deserves the title “King” of Philippine comic books.

The candidates listed are:

1. Mars Ravelo
2. Francisco Coching
3. Clodulaldo Del Mundo
4. Pablo Gomez
5. Carlo Caparas

The site gives a good breakdown of each candidate and their strengths and weaknesses.  So, if you’re interested in international comic books (or even if you’re not), here’s an opportunity to expand your worldly knowledge.