The Philippines 40th National Book Awards ceremony happened final weekend, co-presented by the Philippines National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle. The Graphic Novel and Comics English and Filipino class winners had been Jay Ignacio and Alex Niño’s Alandal and RH Quilantang’s Ang Mga Alitaptap ng Pulang Buhangin [English edition entitled The Fireflies of Crimson Ashes] (each printed by Komiket, Inc.).
Award winners had been declared round May 1, with the formal award ceremony going down May 13 the place winners might settle for their awards and provides their speeches.
Writer Jay Ignacio accepted the award on his and veteran artist Alex Niño’s behalf for his or her e-book Alandal within the Graphic Novels and Comics (English) class [kindly translated from Filipino by Ignacio]:
“From each Alex Niño and myself, we provide our heartfelt due to NBDB and the Manila Critics Circle who organized the National Book Awards. Thanks to our writer Komiket, as nicely.
“Alex is in California, and subsequently can’t be right here, however he’s very, very glad to obtain this degree of recognition in Philippine komiks. In the ’70s he was a part of what grew to become often called the Philippine Invasion of American Comics, and it’s outdoors the Philippines the place he triumphed. Alandal marks Alex’s return to Philippine komiks, however he additionally declared that that is the final comedian e-book he’ll ever make. It’s an amazing honour for me, a first-time komiks author, {that a} famous person agreed to attract my tales.
“Another enormous inspiration for Alandal is Silat, the native martial artwork of the Bangsamoro People, together with the Tausugs. They are the heroes on this story. This could also be a piece of fiction, however I hope that in some small means I used to be in a position to honour our brothers and sisters in Mindanao. This is for you.
“Thank you very much. Long live the komiks culture of the Philippines.”
RH Quilantang, accepting the Graphic Novels and Comics (Filipino) award for his Philippine mythology-infused post-apocalyptic story Ang Mga Alitaptap ng Pulang Buhangin [The Fireflies of Crimson Ashes] mentioned [translated by Ignacio]:
“First of all, thank you to my wife, you are my firefly and my shadow. To my brothers and sisters in the arts of writing and sketching, I truly felt the challenge of creating my first book. I only have one message for you, I offer you the cry of The Undefeatable Hearts: Magpadayon! [tr: Carry on!]”
This yr noticed a renaming of the Philippines National Book Award’s comics class from “Graphic Literature” – which brought on some consternation among the many native komiks crowd – to the extra internationally acceptable “Graphic Novels and Comics”. In addition it expanded into two linguistic classes – Filipino and English – to match the conference for the National Book Award’s different classes (which incorporates poetry, novels, literary criticism, and extra). You can take a look at a full checklist of the finalists right here and books may be ordered direct from Komiket through this Google Form.
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