Hello, guys! In case any of you cares, me and the Filipino Mafia have this comic book project going on right now. I got this freelance gig and I am really grateful to Sir Erez Y Balen and Tom Foster for choosing me to be the comic book illustrator for their novel and also to The Filipino Mafia–Luis, Liz, Carlo & Mike as they’ve been guiding me to accomplish this since day one. This is a group project by Sir Erez Y Balen, Tom Foster and The Filipino Mafia–Luis, Liz, Vin, Mike & Carlo.
Sir Tom Foster and Erez Y Balen sent me their novel and they gave me the artistic license and right to turn their novel into a comic book. Luis, Liz, Mike & Carlo have been helping me, writing and illustration wise on converting the said novel to comic book form. The digital painting on the left side is a collaboration between Luis, me & Liz. The text on the word balloons on the interior pages are ideas and are also written by Carlo, me & Mike. As of this writing, I am currently done with the first part and I am currently taking a rest for a day or two.
The image on the right side is the back cover of the graphic novel. I hope you guys will support us once this is all done. You can grab a copy once it is published and finally converted into printed comic book form. I will update this blog post and put the link where you can buy the comic book once everything is all set and ready for you guys to consume this comic book.
This is also my second “international” comic book work that I have done. The very first one is with Swampcone Magazine–an indie comic book magazine in Vancouver, Canada. Although, they now have stopped producing new issues of the magazine.
The other members of the Filipino Mafia–Luis, Liz, Carlo & Mike also made a blog post promoting our work on our website, GNES. This is not only “my illustration or writing” work but instead a “group work” together with The Filipino Mafia. Of course, Sir Erez Y Balen and Sir Tom Foster are the overall writers of the novel we’re converting into a graphic novel.
Cheers, Vin