Philippine Zines Collection

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[untitled] 2013

Creator: Busamante, Chubbs A.

Creator: Ligot, Kabel Mishka

Creator: Cadiz, Marianne

Scope and Contents

This untitled zine consists of collages of maps and pictures of the San Francisco Bay Area. It also includes a short poem and an extracted explanation about plate tectonics, which the author uses as a metaphor of the constantly changing relationships in our own lives. The zine concludes with a small text of retractions to form a new message of the inevitable uncertainty of coming and going.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Geography

Literature

Metaphor in literature

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Maps (documents).

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[untitled] 2012 December 14

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

The stories and poems in the zine feature literal wars people have to fight during the holiday, as well as the struggle of people to pay bills or provide for their families.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

economics

Literature

Christmas

Politics

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[untitled] 2015 January

Creator: Farjado, Maria Ana

Creator: The Cabinet

Scope and Contents

The zine, with photocollages, doodles, and poem, is centered around being remembered and longing, which are expressed through the concept of hands and holding on. Though some lines from the poems correlate with the images, some of them appear to not be related.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

Literature

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[untitled] undated

Creator: Chernila Comics

Scope and Contents

This is an artist dump of various sketches, doodles, poems, short stories, photographs, and collages. The short stories are written around the theme of abandoning nature, in the representation of a pet dog abandoned, the earth recovering from human greed, and an imagined world in the skies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Literature

Art

Nature

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[untitled] undated

Creator: Aguilar, Francis Miguel L.

Scope and Contents

An art zine by a musician who realizes that every craft will not be executed perfectly after the first try. He decides to paint, for fun, and ends up enjoying the process even if the results wasn't what he expected. The paintings in the zine are inspired by elements from the grunge and classical rock music scene, including long hair and guitars.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

Paintings (visual works).

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#PinkForever undated

Creator: Principe, Allie

Creator: The Four-Eyed Wonder

Scope and Contents

#PINKFOREVER is a photozine that connects various pantone pink colors with matching photos. Images in the photozine include bridges, buildings, vending machines, furniture and accessories in various shades of pink.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pink

Art

Architecture

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+/- 2017

Creator: Majora, Labyu

Creator: Ty

Scope and Contents

This is a collage styled zine printed in black ink on yellow paper. It is centered around the same situational themes with different points of view. The + collages in this zine were made by Ty, while the - collages were made by Acie.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

collage

Art

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1 2013

Creator: Cham, Rob

Scope and Contents

This is an auto-biographical comic about Rob Cham's journey to becoming a comic artist.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

comics

Autobiography

School Life

Art

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26% 2016 December

Creator: Delacruz, Vianca

Creator: Basilla, Saturnino

Scope and Contents

26% by Vianca Delacruz is a zine that was published by Saturnino Basilla in Manila, Philippines. This zine centers on drawings, collages and photographs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Traditional Art

Art

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40 Drawings With Words 2013

Creator: Maria, Apol Sta

Scope and Contents

This zine is covered in a textured orange cardstock with green pages inside. It is illustrated with accompanying text.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

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Aaaaaaaaah Trapik undated

Creator: Lutero, Jasmine

Creator: Wombatrai

Scope and Contents

A collage zine about traffic in Manila, Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Manila, Philippines)

Traffic

Transportation

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The Abandoned Stage undated

Creator: Dy Recidoro, Zeny May

Scope and Contents

The zine contains photos of trees, windows from the inside, plants, the sky, and more. Each photo takes up about a third of each page, execpt for the middle spread, which holds a photo of a tree from inside the house, and through the window. a window with big panes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Art

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Adelaine 2014

Creator: De Gala, Ched

Scope and Contents

Adelaine is a short graphic novel with text that tells of the narrator's complicated relationship with his daughter, Adelaine. The cover is yellow with an orang spine while the story is in black and white.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Family

Art

Literature

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Adobo Man undated

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Adolescent 2014

Creator: Cesario, Joanne

Creator: Bacabac, Michelle

Scope and Contents

A short zine with a comic about quitting cigaretes, remembering smells, forgetting details but remembering intimate ones over time.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Memories

Cigarettes

Art

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Adulting 2017

Creator: Sycip, Ynah

Creator: Chernila Comics

Scope and Contents

This zine is broken up into two sections: "Surreal" and "Some Final Notions on Adulthood." It is in black and white with the cover printed in color on laminated paper.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Art

economics

psychology

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The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens 2017

Creator: Roxas, Isabel

Creator: Little Big Time Press

Scope and Contents

This is a short comic, printed in two colors on risograph, is by a Brooklyn-based Filipina artist who employs a minimalist art style. It is about three, very different young girls brought together by their love of a show called Diving Divas, who make up a synchronized swimming team named Team Pom.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Synchronized swimming

Giant Squids

Art

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Again and Again undated

Creator: Gemora, Yanna

Scope and Contents

This short comic is about a young boy and girl who constantly clash with each other. After a fight, the boy gets a visit from his future self who advises him to talk to the girl. The boy is suspicious of the advise, but helps out the girl shortly after she is caught in a downpour with a broken umbrella.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Widow

Time Travel

Science

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Agency Hits Redux 2017

Creator: Bangalan, Glerren

Creator: Lahathala Micro Press

Scope and Contents

A script for a play that was written for the event Deus Sex Machina, a live comedy erotica live-reading show in Manila. In this script, four women in an agency are assigned to collect ingredients for a new product.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Chapbook

Erotica.

Literature

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Ah, OK 2016

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Alaala At Sampaguita 2013

Creator: Genson, Irene

Creator: Balita, Nino

Scope and Contents

A self-published graphic novel tells the story of Kokoy, an orphan who used his love for his friend, Clara to encourage himself to acheive his life goals in order to gain a relationship with her.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sampaguita

Poverty

Oprhans

Philosophy

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Alak: Extra Strong Feelings 2017

Creator: Tango, A.

Scope and Contents

A short folded zine about strong pangs of heartache and the attempt to dull it down with alcohol.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Alcohol Abuse

Breaking Up

psychology

Health

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Alternate Destinations 2017

Creator: De Gala, Ched

Scope and Contents

A zine bound together by a book ring, each page split for images and words. It is about the dynamic progression of a relationship of sharing comfort and doubt.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Romance

Geography

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Always Awake undated

Creator: Wombatrai

Scope and Contents

This zine is about complicated feelings of becoming an adult and the uncertainty that comes with decision making.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Anxiety

Insomnia

Health

psychology

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Anathema (On Notes On Things We Hate) 2016

Creator: Santos, Maria Criselda R.

Scope and Contents

This zine consists of poems based on different things the writer hates. Some of the notes are accompanied by simple, black, inky sketches. The cover is of a person sitting with a cup of coffee.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Literature

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Andrea And Other Paranoia 2017

Creator: Peroz, Merl

Scope and Contents

The cover is black with a purple portrait outline of a woman. This is a series of entries that tells the story of a woman's fears of being abandoned by her husband, the perspective of a young mistress, passage about the drug wars, and the feelings of love, loss and acceptance.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Paranoia

Adultery

Drug War

War on Drugs

psychology

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Ang Abakada Ng Tunay Na Pag-Ibig 2017

Creator: Vee, Brian

Scope and Contents

Abakada ng Tunay na Pagibig is a poem that goes through the Abakada alphabet, or the indigenized version of the Latin alphabet, to convey Brian Vee's love for his girlfriend. This poem was originally created for spoken word before becoming a zine. The zine has minimalist illustrations that compliment the story.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Spoken Word Poem

Literature

economics

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Ang Alamat Ng Chismis 2014

Creator: Nada, Marcushiro

Creator: National Gulaman Authority

Scope and Contents

A comedic take on how the word "Chismis" (or gossip) came to be.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gossip

Language

Folklore

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Ang Dambuhala at Ang Dinapurak 2016

Creator: Pilares, Christian Ray

Creator: Lira, Librong

Scope and Contents

This is a compilation of poems from the perspective of workers from factories and call centers. In these poems, the extent that workers have to go to in order to keep their jobs is reflected.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Union Organizing

Unions

Workers

Factory Workers

Call Centers

Literature

Politics

Business

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Ang Hardin Ni Neneng 2017

Creator: De Guzman, Denice

Creator: Deus Sex Machina

Scope and Contents

Ang Hardin Ni Nene was originally written for the very first Deus Sex Machina, Metro Manila's comedic erotica live reading show. This story about sex references the Filipino folklore song, "bahay kubo," and is paired with illustrations of the vegetables mentioned in that song to appear as an innocent zine for non-Filipino readers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Parody

Comedic Erotica

Sexuality

Sex Positivity

Language

Literature

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Ang Lakarang Baliw 2017

Creator: Fernandez, Ica

Scope and Contents

The drawings in this zine are inspired by the Major Arcana tarot deck and represent historic, cultural, or political icons from the Philippines. The images and words are translated into Filipino.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Major Arcana

Tarot

Art

Culture

Folklore

History

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Ang Roommate Kong Aswang undated

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Creator: Ardie Aquino Comics

Scope and Contents

A humorous short zine about a boy finding out that his roommate is an aswang (a shapeshifting monster).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aswang

Folklore

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Ang Una Kong Pag-gawa ng Komix undated

Creator: Fabo

Creator: No. 24

Scope and Contents

Fabo's story of how he approached and created his very first comic.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

comics

Art

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ang/gulo 2014

Creator: Malabad, Rizalino Noble

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

These zines by Rizalino Noble Malabad were published by Magpies Press in University of the Philippines Los Baños. In this collection are the zines ang/lou 1: politics and ang/lou: teorya. They are written in English and Filipino.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Immigration

Corruption

Politics

Revolution

Working Class

History

Culture

economics

Philosophy

Literature

Colonization

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1: politics: for we know and cannot unknow / 2: identity: not being at home

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3: teorya: usaping burgis

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The Astronaut 2017

Creator: Bisuña, Beatrice

Scope and Contents

The Astronaut is a worldless comic about a girl who wears an astronaut suit to leave her house.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Anxiety

Astronauts

Art

psychology

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Baby Love: Understanding Bestiality & Zoophilia 2014

Creator: Dimaranan, Janine

Creator: Acuña, Tilde

Scope and Contents

Baby Love is a zine that probes a conversation around bestiality and zoophilia. There are references to religious stories and mythology to provide context to the phenomena. This zine is written in English and features doodles over screencaps, pages with religious stories, and pages with definitions of human/animal figures and deities from different religions and cultures.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bestiality

Sexuality

Anthropology

psychology

Religion

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Baguio City undated

Creator: Emen

Creator: Batocabe, Abbey

Scope and Contents

Doodles on newspapers from Baguio City.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Baguio (Philippines)

Tourism

Art

Business

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Bagyo 2013 December

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

Bagyo is a compilation of poems and stories by students of the University of the Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Typhoons

Corruption

economics

Literature

Politics

Education

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Bakas undated

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Bakemono High 2013

Creator: Or, Elbert

Scope and Contents

"Bakemono" is the Japanese word for monster. The comic follows Max, a vampire and the son of the high school's principal, as he anxiously faces his first day at school, and makes new friends.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

High School Life

Monsters

Art

Education

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Bakit Nga Ba? undated

Creator: Midnight Collective

Scope and Contents

A compilation of responses from the prompt, "Bakit Nga Ba__?" This prompt, which translates to "Why is it that__," or simply, "Why __?" urged a general audience to submit prompts by filling in the blank. Various writers from the Midnight Collective answered the questions through short stories or poems. The cover is upside down.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Prompts

Literature

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A Balut Ate My Luois Vuitton 2013

Creator: Maria, Apol Sta

Scope and Contents

This is a short comic about a grandma telling her impatient grandson how a balut ate her Louis Vuitton bag when she came back to the Philippines from being an OFW (overseas Filipino worker).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Balut

Overseas Filipino Workers

Anthropology

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Bangon Luna undated

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Banyo Chronicles 2017

Creator: White Wall Poetry

Scope and Contents

A series of poems that discuss uncomfortable thoughts and feelings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Mental Health

Feminism

Abuse

Politics

psychology

Literature

Health

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1 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint undated

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2 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint undated

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3 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint undated

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Bert Certificate undated

Creator: Alvarez, Fran

Scope and Contents

A fold out zine that features a water color painting for each day of the week. Once the zine is folded out, the message "Buhay is Life," which is translates to "Life is Life" is shown.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Watercolors

Art

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Bigote at Balbos undated

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Bird Ritual 2017

Creator: Afable, Ramon

Scope and Contents

A zine that uses different characters and languages, including English, Arabic, and Cyrillic. It contains sketches of bird diagrams, photographs, recipes and more.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Birds

Obelisk

Art

Language

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Birth. Nature. Something 2017

Creator: Luistro, Mikki

Scope and Contents

This is a photozine with 28 black and white photos.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Photozine

Art

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The Black Book Trilogy 2017

Creator: Black, Marius

Creator: Kuro Saku

Scope and Contents

Three stories about relationships that are semi-autobiographical. Each zine tells the story of a teenage girl and her boyfriend. Themes include heartache, jealousy and depression.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Suicide

Self-mutilation

psychology

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The Scars on his Wrists

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The Black Rose

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Someone Else's Life

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Black Feathers Of An Adarna undated

Creator: Lapuz, Vincent

Creator: Ciriaco, Gian

Creator: Chemical Comics

Scope and Contents

A superhero comic.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Superheroes

Violence

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Bloom 2017

Creator: Chocnut-san

Scope and Contents

This zine uses flowers to illustrate different stages of love and life.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Flowers

Art

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BLUE 2013

Creator: Sim, Bru

Creator: Electrolychee

Scope and Contents

A colorful, mini-fold out zine about someone going into a woman's house who recently passed away and reflecting on everything she left behind.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

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Blue House undated

Creator: Dagal, Camz

Scope and Contents

A colorful, mini-fold out zine about someone going into a woman's house who recently passed away and reflecting on everything she left behind.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Art

psychology

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A book for suny days: Almond milk and sea salt scrub undated

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BOSO: A Peep in Pinoy Bomba Komiks 2017 December

Creator: Basilla, Saturnino

Scope and Contents

In the Philippines, Bomba Komiks is the general term applied to adult-oriented comics that contain graphic nudity and sexual themes. This zine was prefaced with the question, why read pornography? Saturnino Basilla aims to reclaim pornography, where people's most repressed feelings, experiences, feelings about those experiences, and experiences about those feelings can be reflected. These comics are not to be seen as pornographic content only, but as a means of resistance against censorship.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

comics

Sexuality

Censorship

Feminism

Sex Positivity

Anthropology

Art

Culture

History

psychology

Politics

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Break Up 2013

Creator: Cham, Rob

Scope and Contents

This comic documented Rob's emotional journey as he went through his first break up.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Romance

Breaking Up

Art

psychology

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Buhos 2017

Creator: Zapanta, Ruen

Creator: Khakiout

Scope and Contents

A wordless comic about an office girl who wants nothing more than to get a cup of hot chocolate milk.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Work Life

Rain

Art

psychology

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Bunshin 2017 June

Creator: Black, Marius

Scope and Contents

Marius Black's alter ego's poetry. The light blue book has Filipino poems about pining and sex, while the light pink ones features poems around the same themes, but are in English.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Sexuality

Literature

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Light Blue

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Light Pink

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Burn Baby Burn undated

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Scope and Contents

A short comic about a man who runs into repeated misfortune.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fire

Suicide

psychology

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Buti pa ang Cupcake ma fillings undated

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BUXXXOM GRIND 2014 July

Creator: Gadia, Dina

Creator: Basilla, Saturnino

Scope and Contents

BUXXXOM GRIND is a zine created by Dina Gadia, and published in Manila, Philippines. It contains collaged images of women that are printed on pink paper and in black ink.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

collage

Feminism

Sexuality

Art

Culture

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Byaheng Pinoy 2013

Creator: Casanova, Raphael Cezar

Creator: Dy, Freya

Creator: Neko, Yume

Creator: Dr. RaCe's Publishing House

Scope and Contents

Byaheng Pinoy (Pinoy Travels) is a Taglish oneshot comic that tells the everyday experiences of a commuter in Manila through slapstick humor.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manila (Philippines)

Humor

Social life and customs

Jeepney

Commute

Culture

Geography

Transportation

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Cact Luv undated

Creator: Felipe, Keeshia

Scope and Contents

Cact Luv is a zine by Keeshia Felipe or "Kita" filled with drawings that mix the elements of cute and tough. Most of the illustrations include doodles of young girls, cute skulls, fashion, and daily activities like thrift shopping and eating french fries.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ukay-Ukay

Fashion

Art

Culture

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Catnip (Ang Masusing Pagmamasid) 2016

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The Census of San Malo 2017

Creator: Aguinaldo, Dennis

Creator: Valentino, Kevin Ray

Creator: Drifting Vimana

Scope and Contents

The Census of San Malo is a comic inspired by a throwaway line about "certain tribes" in the Philippines from H.P. Lovecraft's "Call of the Cthulhu." It is about a Katipunero who investigates whether forced labor is happening in San Malo, which only has 28 families with no more than two children each.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Saint Malo (La.)

Supernatural

Katipunero

Cult

Geography

Race

Religion

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Cheesyfit 2014-2017

Creator: Casipit, Mel

Scope and Contents

Cheesyfit is an illustrated joke book containing funny pick-up lines in English and Tagalog.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Joke Book

Romance

Humor

Pickup Lines

Culture

Language

Technology

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Cheesyfit 2014

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Cheesyfit 2 2017

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Cheesyfit 3 2016

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Cheesyfit 4 2016

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Cheesyfit 5 2017

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Chernila 7 1/2: The Flavor Issue 2016

Creator: Sycip, Ynah

Creator: Chernila Comics

Scope and Contents

The Flavor Issue of Chernila is a compilation of short comics that are about relationships, friendships, and childhood imagination.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

psychology

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The Chibi Collection of 2 Sentence Horror Stories! undated

Creator: Llanto, Chuck

Creator: Eventual Empire

Scope and Contents

A zine with a compilation of 2-sentence horror stories, along with a matching chibi (Japanese slang for short or little) drawing for each one.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror

Chibi

Art

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The Chlorine Atom Girl 2013

Creator: Puangco, Wina

Creator: MoarBooks

Scope and Contents

A collection of three short stories of a girl recalling her past relationship through a series of questions, to a girl coined as chlorine atom girl because she dissolves from the lives of men quickly, and to a nonlinear story that shows how a man got to the point of jumping off a building.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Literature

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CHOPSUEY 2014 2014

Creator: Handick, Bernard

Creator: Sergio, Brian

Creator: Longboy, Fade

Creator: Mazinger Zine

Creator: Everywhere We Shoot

Scope and Contents

The zine contains a compilation of alternative photography by different artists that contains sensual, sexual, and mundane images.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manila (Philippines)

Photography

Sexuality

Art

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The Chronicles of Chin Chin and Timmy 2017

Creator: Sia, Jacqueline J.

Creator: 8Letters

Scope and Contents

A compilation of poems, short stories, and diary entrees that record the course and progression of an unrequited love from a mother to a jeepney driver she runs into, and befriends.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hugot

Jeepney

Unrequited Love

Literature

Transportation

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Chuck Lllanto #1 undated

Creator: Llanto, Chuck

Scope and Contents

Includes original art and fan art by Chuck Llanto. The illustrations and doodles are centered around single-person characters, who are portrayed in each page in full color.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

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Club. 2017 December

Creator: Swann, Hope

Scope and Contents

The suicide of Lee, or Julia Louise Buencamino, a 15-year old actor in the Philippines left a great period of grief for her loved ones. "Club." is a what Hope Swann dubs the group of people that were listed in Lee's suicide letter. This zine sorts out the feelings of guilt and grief about the suicide, and walks through the events that happened afterwards.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Suicide

Mental Health

Grief

Mourning

Health

psychology

Buencamino, Julia Louise

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Collector's Value 2017

Creator: Yu, Ev

Scope and Contents

A risograph printed zine that uses only primary colors.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Risograph

Art

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Color Me Bad 2017

Creator: Trinidad, Nick

Scope and Contents

An adult-themed coloring book by Nick Trinidad. The works in this comic book feature women in the nude, or in suggestive outfits and poses.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Coloring Book

Nudity

Art

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Coloring And Activity Zines 2015-2017

Creator: Skye, Lukinda

Scope and Contents

Coloring books by the same artist with different themes ranging from food and fashion, to crime scenes. Some of the coloring books are more interactive, prompting the user to also use their imagination and draw in some of the pages.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Coloring Book

Fashion

Food

S.O.C.O.: Scene of Crime Operatives

Art

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Favorite Exhibit Food 2015

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Color Your Rage 2015

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SOCOlorful Adventures 2015

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Art Scenery 2015

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Colorful Words 2016

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Dressing For The Vernisage 2017

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Fashionablee undated

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Congratulations, You're a Girl! 2016

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Copy Paste undated

Creator: Tiu, Pau

Creator: Bad Student

Scope and Contents

A 2-color risograph zine that contains a cut and paste collage in blue, black, and white.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Risograph

Art

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Corpus Delicti undated

Creator: Strongwill, Porcupine

Scope and Contents

A short story by a Messiahian artist from Manila about a super smart young girl, her aunt's failing marriage, and the chase to reveal her uncle's misdoings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Adultery

Relationship

Crime

Literature

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Cosmic Friends Osmosi 2013 December

Creator: QBCCC

Scope and Contents

This comic is collaborated by a group of friends and tells a story from the perspective of a cat.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barkada

Collaboration

Art

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Count The **** undated

Creator: Soriano, Gerome

Scope and Contents

A compilation of colorful photography from Pasig to Quiapo that captures sari sari stores, people, flyers, parol, jeepneys, and more.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Pasig City (Manila, Philippines)

Quiapo (Philippines)

Stars

Art

Geography

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Cupcake and Muffin undated

Creator: Aquino, Ardie M.

Creator: Abaya, Xana

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of four panel comic strips in Taglish that shows the playful banter between "Cupcake" and "Muffin" as they go on their real life adventures.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

comics

Art

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Daddy! Issue No. 1/Mommy! Issue No. 1 2014 July

Creator: Gonzales, Paulyne

Creator: Cledera, Shaunnah Ysabel

Creator: Mendoza, Pamela

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

This is a two-sided zine published by Magpies Press in 2014. The zine is focused on abusive and traumatic relationships between the creators and their mothers/fathers. It contains poems, comic strips, and illustrations in English and Tagalog to portray the negative impact that parent's actions, expectations, and words have taken on their children's mental and emotional health.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Intergenerational Trauma

Drug Abuse

Mental Illness

Sexual Abuse

Abuse

Death

Colonization

Culture

Health

Language

psychology

Religion

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Dayawen 2016

Creator: Gallego, Mikael Rabara

Creator: Librong LIRA

Scope and Contents

Ilokano poems based on the epic poem, "Biag ni Lam-ang."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ilocos (Philippines)

Folklore

Language

Literature

Lam-ang, Biag ni

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Dear Diary undated

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Dentista Ni Tomas 2014

Creator: Casanova, Raphael Cezar

Creator: Rodriguez, Ruth Hanzessa F.

Creator: Office of the Public Health Dentist of the Rural Health Unit (Rosales, Pangasinan)

Scope and Contents

Dentista Ni Tomas is a comic that was created in collaboration between the Office of the Public Health Dentist of the Rural Health Unit in Pangasinan and Ruth Hanzessa Rodriguez for the National Oral Health Month Celebration. The comic is aimed to teach children morals of good oral health, and was distributed to dental clinics and public schools in the Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Health Service

Oral Health

Education

Health

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Derail 2017

Creator: Batocabe, Emen

Scope and Contents

Derail is a collection of sketches in black ink that is thematically centered around the war on drugs that president Rodrigo Duterte waging on poor people of the Philippines. Some of the images depict the infamous duct-taped heads used to hide the faces of the victims.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

War on Drugs

Violence

Drug War

Corruption

Art

Politics

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A Desperate Tenderness 2016

Creator: Delgado, Dana Lee

Creator: Cubaohaus

Scope and Contents

A chapbook with an assortment of short letters dedicated to different things. The short fragments are split into four parts: A memory, a dream, I, and to Dearest.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Mental Health

Literature

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Destroyer 2016 December

Creator: Villanueva, Julius

Creator: Azhdarchid Komix

Scope and Contents

A comic about a rebellious young girl who gets scolded for acting "like a tomboy" because she wears her hair short and loves to skate.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barkada

LGBT

Skateboarding

Culture

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Devour undated

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Dill, volume 1 2016

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Dirty Laundry and Other Stories 2013

Creator: Rina, Danielle

Scope and Contents

In this mini comic, Danielle Rina introduces herself a socially avoidant person who likes to drown in music, eat fast food late at night, and overthink past interactions with friends.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Social Anxiety

Introvert

Art

psychology

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Displacement undated

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Disminoriya: Modernong Maria Clara undated

Creator: Kalye, Lapis Sa

Creator: 8Letters

Scope and Contents

A collection of poems and short stories that talk about the different experiences and struggles of modern Filipina women and girls. It is in Taglish and some shorties include photos.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

LGBT

Feminism

Women

Menstruation

Maria Clara

Anthropology

Culture

Health

Religion

Literature

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Dok Malubha Unang Labas 2016

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Don't be a drag, just be a Queen undated

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Don't Think About It: A Growing List of Things To Not Think About 2013

Creator: Bacani, Mika

Scope and Contents

This zine presents a list of things thought about as the creator went through a period of depression from 2013-2014. The illustrations and comic strips touch on comfort food, nostalgia, random musings about ukay ukay, and difficulty with social interactions.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Ukay-Ukay

Mental Illness

Art

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Doom Mountain undated

Creator: Africa, Dean Zuberi

Scope and Contents

This item is the third installation to Dean Zuberi Africa's self published Doom Mountain comic series. The first few pages of the comic shows a chained up man being held captive on Doom Mountain before he was forced to take a concoction that gave him fearful visions and hallucinations. The panels of the comic are not accompanied with dialogue or words.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Visions

Hallucinations

Spells

Art

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Dreams 2017

Creator: Rival, Judy

Scope and Contents

A zine with photos and text that reveals Judy Rival's childhood dreams.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Childhood

Anime

Childhood Dreams

Culture

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Dulces Sueños 2015 March

Creator: Collado, Daniel

Creator: Gazmen, Laraine

Scope and Contents

Dulces Suenos was created in 2015 by Daniel Collado, a Spaniard artist in the Philippines. The comic follows Ana, a young woman who dreamt that her parents died, only for them to pass the following morning.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Therapy

Dreams

psychology

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Dust of Men 2014 May

Creator: Zicarelli, Costantino

Creator: Nine Iron

Scope and Contents

Dust of Men is a zine that contains grey graphite drawings of skulls, occult elements, and other distorted figures.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Graphite Drawings

Anthropology

Art

Culture

Philosophy

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Dwopke 2014, 2017

Creator: Meatfist

Creator: Villa, Noel

Scope and Contents

Dwopke is a collaborative zine between Meatfist and Noel Villa. The content of the zines are stream of thoughts jotted down and provided illustrations in hopes to unravel the secrets of the unconscious.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

psychology

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Dwopke 2014

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Dwopke 2017

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Eating Behavior 2017

Creator: Goy, Abi

Scope and Contents

This zine illustrates some of Abi Goy's random memories of food from her childhood.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

Nostalgia

Culture

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Eh Ano Ngayon 2013

Creator: Nada, Marcushiro

Creator: National Gulaman Authority

Scope and Contents

"Eh Ano Ngayon" translates to "So What Now." compilation of Marvel superheroes depicted in funny, compromising, or both situations.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Superheroes

Caricatures

Culture

Film

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EM Zine 2012, 2013 December

Creator: Ko, Trizha

Creator: Recto, Ronaldo

Creator: Puangco, Wina

Scope and Contents

EM zine is a collection of prose, poems, and panel-style illustrations of fictional works across various topics, but mostly, relationships.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Drag Queen

Art

Literature

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EM 1 2012

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EM 3 2013 December

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Empty Your Cages 2014

Creator: Ligot, Kabel Mishka

Creator: Or, Mary Elizabeth

Scope and Contents

Empty Your Cages is a zine that consists of five English poems by Kabel Mishka Ligot, and an illustration to match each one by Mary Elizabeth Or. The poems are about Jesus, swimming pools, and moaning. The subjects of these poems reflect the tensions that arise when queerness, sexuality, and religion are all put in the same arena.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Sexuality

Homosexuality.

Catholicism

Literature

Religion

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En Canto undated

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Engaging Rivers and Mountains 2013

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Separated Materials

This illustrated zine shows a storm over the Philipphines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Typhoons

Storms

Art

Culture

History

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Everyday Demons 2016

Scope and Contents

A compilation of comic strips, illustrations, and poetry by different artists that reflect their everyday demons, which can be self deprecating humor, or other people tormenting them. There is no uniformity to the art style or content of the different submissions in this zine.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

psychology

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Everyday I Wish I Were A Badass Superhero undated

Creator: Balita, Nino

Scope and Contents

A comic about an office worker who daydreams about being a superhero in his childhood.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Superheroes

Office Life

economics

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Examination 2017

Creator: Cabatit, Jamie

Scope and Contents

A zine that reflects an illicit relationship between a student and her teacher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Trauma

Sexuality

psychology

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Extra Rice With Extra Tries 2015 October

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Creator: Ardie Aquino Comics

Scope and Contents

A mini-comic in Filipino that illustrates how depression and mental health can eat up a person. It shows how mental health impacts the way time is spent, and how many opportunities are taken or missed because of it.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

Mental Health

psychology

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The Face of a Marcos Apologist 2016 September

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Famous 2013

Creator: Moss, Jason

Scope and Contents

'Famous' is comprised of art drawn in traditional mediums, including pencil, marker, but mostly pen ink. The images produced stray away and strain the idea of what is desirable in art, especially in the Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Capitalism

Desirability

Art

Culture

economics

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Famous Volume 1 2013

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Famous Volume 2 undated

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First Considerations, Huling Habilin 2014

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

First Considerations, Huling Habilin (Last Will), created by Rolf Campos in 2014, serves as a template for a person's last will and testament. The pages are filled with anatomy doodles, designated areas to paste photos, final wishes for loved ones, and questions that range from asking about basic information, to deeply personal sentiments about life, death, and regrets.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Anatomy

Last Will

Art

Culture

psychology

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Flower Child undated

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For undated

Creator: Cadiz, Marianne

Scope and Contents

This thin, xeroxed zine by Marianne Cadiz contains erasure poetry, which reveals a message about embracing pain as an act of sacrifice for love.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Erasure Poetry

Romance

Martyr

Literature

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Forgive them, Lewitt, For They Know Not What They're Saying 2012

Creator: Miranda, Donna

Creator: Suarez, Angelo V.

Scope and Contents

This is a transcript from a talk given at the Artists' Forum on Conceptual Art Practice, Held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on 22 March 2012.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Transcript

Forums

Art

History

Language

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Freehand undated

Creator: The Graphic Literature Guild

Creator: University of the Philippines at Los Baños

Scope and Contents

A compilation of comics created by students from a recognized socio-cultural organization in the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anthology

Art

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Freehand, volume 5, issue 1

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Freehand, volume 5, issue 2

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FUCKING ROCKSTAZZ 2014

Creator: Enrique, Patrick

Creator: Chain Mason

Scope and Contents

FUCKING ROCKSTAZZ is a zine by Patrick "Rawwrr" Enrique depicting popular icons such as Jesus Christ, Darth Vader, and the Philippine's national hero Jose Rizal as rockstars.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Parody

Pop Culture

Art

Film

History

Religion

Music

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Gatas ng Saging 2010

Creator: Estanislao, Rommel J.

Creator: Cordero, KC

Creator: Pocket-Size Indie Comics

Scope and Contents

Gatang ng Saging is a minicomic by Rommel "Omeng" Estanislao that was published in 2010. The zine gives a brief explanation of what an "anting-anting" is, gives an example of items considered to be an anting-anting in th Philippines. The comic shows a man who went to gain powers by swallowing a talisman-milk from a banana tree.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anting-anting

Puso ng saging

Culture

Folklore

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A Geek's Life undated

Creator: Collado, Daniel

Scope and Contents

This comic by Daniel Collado illustrates his take on what characteristics Geeks have. The zine is printed in black, white and grey.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Geek

Subculture

Culture

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Genesis 2016

Creator: Villanueva, Julius

Creator: Azhadar Comix

Scope and Contents

This is a comic of a fictional take on how society progressed from archeic humans, and how fire was first discovered.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Violence

Evolution

Homo Erectus

Anthropology

Folklore

Religion

Race

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Give Ipis A Chance 2017

Creator: Morealis, Aurora

Scope and Contents

A comic about an Ipis, or a cockroach, that is widely shunned by society.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cockroaches

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Grail Comics Anthology 2012

Creator: UP GRAIL

Scope and Contents

A compilation of different graphic novels and comics that each tell vastly different stories. They are on a wide range of art styles, genres, and story lines that will cater to various audiences. Only two pages are in Filipino, while the rest are in English.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anthology

Fiction

Mermen

Folklore

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Gravy undated

Creator: Meatfist

Scope and Contents

A short comic about animal sailors trying to deliver gravy, but were used as bait against a sea monster.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ships

Sailing

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Gravy 2016

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Gugma undated

Creator: Baconguis, Ives

Creator: Demanawa, Sophia

Scope and Contents

This comic is a modern take on the story between Sidapa, the deity of death, and Bulan, one of the seven moon deities, in Philippine mythology. Because these deities hail from the Bicol and Visaya region, the comic was named after the Cebuano word for "love."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mount Madjaas (Panay, Philippines)

Bicol Peninsula (Philippines)

LGBT

Sidapa

Bulan

Bakunawa

Folklore

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Guisadong Gulay 2016-2017

Creator: Poblete, Cathy

Scope and Contents

A zine with comics that go through the different phases after a break up. The first zine shows the liberating aspect of being single again, while the second zine reflects the regret of choosing to end the relationship in hindsight.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Breaking Up

Heartbreak

Art

psychology

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Masarap Magisa 2016

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Mahirap Palang Magisa 2017

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Guro Collection undated

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Hands And Fingers 2017

Creator: Tango, A.

Scope and Contents

A short folded zine that talks about the idea that there are more people who are more interested in sex, and noncommitted relationships, than there are that do.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

psychology

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Hardcore Amateur Asian Teen Angst 2016

Creator: Cabatit, Jamie

Scope and Contents

A short comic about a 23 year old woman who falls in love with a narcissist. She reflects on her dynamic with this man, and how they went from having something really good, to having nothing between them.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dating

Angst

Anthropology

psychology

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Heart on your Sleeve undated

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Help! 2017

Creator: Diakamo

Creator: Philippine High School for the Arts

Scope and Contents

A wordless comic about soldiers in a dug-out.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Violence

War

Soldiers

Politics

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High Fives and Neil Young For the Road 2013 October 09

Creator: Villacorta, Claire

Scope and Contents

High Fives and Neil Young for the Road is an "outtakes" zine for the comic of Claire's dog following his death, but it is more of an outtakes of the process to get creativity flowing to finish the comic. In this, Claire goes through 'Writing the Unthinkable' exercises, an activity from Lynda Barry's book as part of an intensive writing workshop to word flowing from both writers and non-writers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Outtakes

Art

Education

Literature

Barry, Lynda

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Hola Filipinas! 2014 May

Creator: Collado, Daniel

Scope and Contents

A Spaniard in Manila Hola Filipinas! is a minicomic by Daniel Collado that was published in May 2014. Each page details the adventures and misadventures of Felipe, a Spaniard expat, as he gets accustomed to everyday Filipino customs and traditions in Manila.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manila

Tourism

Spaniard

Culture

Geography

Transportation

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Home undated

Creator: Chernila Comics

Scope and Contents

This comic focuses on a twin sister and the grief experienced following the death of her sister. The narrator questions the meaning of home.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barkada

Family

Home

psychology

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The Home Owners 2013 November

Creator: Saturnino Basilla

Scope and Contents

This photozine is Saturnino Basilla's 6th item, which was printed in Manila, Philippines. This photozine contains screencaps from erotic/pornographic films: 'Barbara Broadcast', 'Behind the Green Door', 'Beyond Shame', 'Devil in Miss Jones', 'Erotic Night of the Livign Dead', 'Erotikill', 'Itallian Stallion', 'Space Thing', 'Story of O', and 'Talk Dirty to me'. Despite the mature source of the images, the photozine only includes a couple of explicit images, and primarily focuses on shots that showcase the characters in their homes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Screencaps

Art

Culture

Film

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Hourly Comic Day: Birthday Edition 2017

Creator: Custodio, Gioseppe

Scope and Contents

Gioseppe Custodio makes a comic for every hour on the day of his birthday.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hourly Comic Day

Art

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Humigit-Kumulang 2013

Creator: Liboon, Franz Joel

Creator: High Chair

Scope and Contents

A poetry book in Filipino that surrounds the idea of being too much and not enough. There are 18 poems that are written around this theme of worth.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Self-worth

Self-esteem

Poetry

Literature

psychology

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I am the Best undated

Creator: Esguerra, James

Scope and Contents

The pages in this zine are lined with caricaturized pop culture icons and characters who bear symbols like upside-down crosses, swastikas, and the KKK hood. Some drawings are offensive.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Caricatures

Heavy Metal

Pop Culture

Dark Humor

Culture

Religion

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I Draw What People I Don't Know Talk About In The Food Court undated

Creator: Yu, Ev

Scope and Contents

A compilation of drawings of what Ev Yu overhears from other people in food courts. The panels contan minimal pieces of the conversations heard at food courts, but are interpreted in more abstract images instead.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food Court

Anthropology

Art

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If You Fall, You Fall Alone 2010

Creator: Balisi, Allan

Creator: Blanc Compound

Scope and Contents

This is a catalog of Allan Balisi's solo exhibition at Blanc Gallery. 'If You Fall, You Fall Alone' presents a series of monochromatic paintings with subtle hints of blue, green, brown, and other muted colors. The oil paintings mixed with graphite stand alone and are only given context by their cryptic titles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Graphite

Oil Painting

Exhibition Catalogs

Art

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ikaw undated

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Ikaw Ang Una Kong Sinabihan 2017

Creator: Mariposa XVI

Scope and Contents

A compliation of English and Filipino poems, short stories, and illustrations from different artists about secrets and the surprising ways they are found out.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Secrets

Poetry

Literature

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In Absentia undated

Creator: De Guzman, Elaine

Scope and Contents

A collection of ramblings, photos, illustrations, and poems on bipolar disorder. This zine serves as a reminder from the author to others who have bipolar disorder that they are not alone. The poems and ramblings that touch on depression and self harm are a cries for help and calls of solidarity at the same time.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Suicide

Bipolar Disorder

Literature

psychology

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In The Blanks 2013 September

Creator: Uy, Karize Michella

Scope and Contents

This is a coloring and drawing booklet by Karize Michella Uy, which was first printed in September 2013. The illustrations in the zine are printed in a light grey, and feature small everyday items to be colored in-ranging from video game controllers, to first aid kits, to tombstones.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Coloring Book

Art

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Increments 2014

Creator: Cesario, Joanne

Creator: Bacabac, Michelle

Creator: 502 Komiks

Scope and Contents

This zine contains different short comics about everyday life for its characters, including a trip to the hospital and a tour of someone's room.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Slice of Life

Art

Literature

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Inggit 2017 December

Creator: Mga Gago Sa Disyerto

Scope and Contents

A zine with poems and short stories that revolve around the central theme of envy. In these short stories and poems, it is shown what kind of actions envy-driven people do, and touch on the consequences of those actions too. This is the first part to a series called the "Seven Deadly Zines," based on the seven cadinal sins.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jealousy

Envy

Deadly Sins

Literature

psychology

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Instead Of 2012

Creator: Uy, Karize Michella

Creator: The Cabinet

Scope and Contents

This is an assemblage zine, or a zine with a compilation of unrelated texts, which were extracted from the author's undergraduate thesis "The Mythological Nature of Science Fiction in the Dune Series." Despite this, 'Instead Of' still spins a love story in a futuristic setting about a lover who thinks love is greater than the fact and fiction of death itself.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Science fiction

Literature

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intro 2017

Creator: Mendiola, Glenn

Scope and Contents

A photozine of black and white photography of things that are familiar in color. This zine features 20 images of things once familiar in color, but made refreshing in black and white. MONØmania, a black and white photofest in the Philippines prompted Glenn to self-publish 'intro.'

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Monochrome

Grayscale

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Iron Ladies 2013 December

Creator: Germar, Paola

Creator: Africa, Catalina

Creator: Zoleta, Jeona

Creator: Nine Iron

Scope and Contents

This contents of this zine, published by Saturnino Basilla in Manila, was collaborated on by nine different women. The zine Includes three trading cards that reference to different submissions inside the zine. The zine gives a bigger reference to the Thai comedy film Iron Ladies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Feminism

Iron Ladies

Film

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Is It Okay If I Just Look At You Lovingly For A While undated

Creator: Rex, Austere

Scope and Contents

This zine includes a series of single-page drawings of a gay man going on relationship ventures. He has to figure out whether to follow his brain, his heart, or his libido, as he tries to overcome his self-perceptions about his partner/s.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

LGBT

Gay Comics

Anthropology

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Isaw 2016

Scope and Contents

A multimedia zine that has collages, photos, and musings. Mostly, it's a zine about cheap food and being a broke college student.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

Isaw

Street Food

College Life

Culture

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Ito ang Pangalan Ng Aking Mga Dila 2017

Creator: Hacla, Marlon

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

The lines for this Filipino poem is written by Estela Vadal, an artificial intelligence created by Marlon Hacla. The poignant lines in this poem go in alphabetical order, and have been picked and edited by Maron Hacla for being his AI's best lines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Artificial Intelligence

Recurrent Neural Network

Literature

Technology

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The Jesus Rocket / I Think My Dog is Pro-Du30 / Danger Man 2016

Creator: de Leon, Marguerite Alcazaren

Scope and Contents

From a religious cult bearing 300 rockets to take them to a holier, place, to a shih tzu that seems to have a psychic connection to Rodrigo Duterte, to a romantic relationship tested by a cheap carnival attraction and poor handling of money, this zine-style mini-collection features Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon's latest stories, each with an illustration also by the author.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Churches

Christmas Fairs

Art

Literature

Religion

Politics

Duterte, Rodrigo

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Jose Rizal undated

Creator: Sta Maria, Apol

Scope and Contents

A zine with illustrations dedicated to depicting Jose Rizal, the Philippine's national hero, in different art styles and forms.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

Culture

History

Rizal, Jose

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Just a Bunch of Short Stories undated

Creator: Villa, Noel

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of 8 unrelated short stories printed and bound together by a paper fastener. The short stories are marked by the year they are written, ranging from 2009-2012, and follow no particular theme.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Short Stories

Literature

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Kapitan Bayaran 2013

Creator: Cesario, Joanne

Creator: Bacabac, Michelle

Creator: 502 Komiks

Scope and Contents

Kapitan Bayaran is a Tagalog comic by Joanne Cesario and Michelle Bacabac, and published by 502 Komiks in 2013. It is about a college student, Albert, who wakes up one day and discovers he can read minds and decides to make a business out of it. This comic talks about college students and their concerns with being far away from home, not being able to afford college, student politics, grades, and romantic affairs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

College Life

Telepathy

Art

Culture

Education

psychology

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Keith Busilak 2017

Creator: Villanueva, Julius

Scope and Contents

A one-shot comic about a taxi driver who is experiencing his occupation become obsolete because of Uber and Grab. Despite the hard times, he has faith that President Rodrigo Duterte will uplift the hardworking and the poor.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

War on Drugs

Taxi Driver

Taxi

Uber

economics

Transportation

Politics

Duterte, Rodrigo

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Kindness 2014

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

This item is a one-sided accordion zine (leporello) created by Rolf Campos and dedicated to Don M. Salubayba, a fellow visual artist, and mentor, who passed away. With Don's work characterized by its chaotic dreaminess, and a tendency to sprawl over the surface utilized, the homage becomes apparent through the small details of Rolf's doodles of their adventures together.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Folded Books

Doodles

Art

Culture

Geography

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The Kiss Of The Demoness 2016

Creator: Pascasio, Gillian

Scope and Contents

A comic about a lesbian engineer and demoness who share a contract. The demoness predicts the future for the engineer so she can gamble to earn money, and the engineer pays her back with a kiss.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

LGBT

Queer

Lesbian Fiction

Folklore

Technology

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Komiks Galing Sa Aking Kaluluwa 2016

Creator: Andoyman

Scope and Contents

A compilation of quirky, silly comic strips drawn by Andoyman from 2015-2016 that even draw on political commentary with humor. They are comics that are derived from the soul, making the content fairly personal, despite seriousness.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Body Horror

Politics

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Komikwento 2015

Creator: Dimalanta, Francesca

Creator: Serrano, Gabriela

Scope and Contents

The Komik About Komiks. This comic is the printed version of a web comic and informative website aimed to promote local, independent komik culture in the Philippines, which is resurfacing again after the initial decline due to censorship during Marcos' martial law. In this comic, two young adults are inspired through a meet-and-greet with a famous komik artist. The artist gives them step-by-step advise on how to start their own komik, and how to navigate the world of publishing.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Independent Comics

Art

Business

Culture

economics

Education

History

Komikon

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Krus Na Ligaw 2013

Creator: Villena, Ara

Creator: Iñigo, Elle

Creator: Espino, Giselle

Scope and Contents

Krus na Ligaw translates to 'Lost Cross' and is comprised of poems, prose, and visual art compiled by writers from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. With Tagalog poems about the sleep deprived, to stories about simbang gabi, to text art based on single word prompts, Krus na Ligaw provides a wide assortment of stories about journeys, personal or literally.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Simbang Gabi

Text Art

Art

Literature

Religion

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Kung Alam Ko Lang 2015

Creator: Vee, Brian

Scope and Contents

Kung Alam Ko Lang translates to "If Only I Knew." Originally a spoken word poem, Brian Vee wrote this poem for his mother to express his love, gratefulness, and longing for her after she died. Aside from the spoken word poem, a bonus comic, screenshots, and more stories that share his relationship with his mother are included.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Family

Mourning

Mother

Grief

Literature

Religion

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Kung Pwede Lang Sanang Kainin Ang Zine Na Ito 2008

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

"If Only This Zine Could Be Eaten" is the English translation of this zine's title, hinting at what the content of the poems and stories inside are going to be about. In the Philippines, most people are no stranger to poverty and the painful hunger it brings upon communities. The stories and poems in this zine show a sliver of some of the devastating economic conditions that pushes people to go as far as beg on the streets and develop addictions to inhaling fumes of an adhesive just to curb their hunger.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poverty

Addiction

Hunger

economics

Language

Politics

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Ladies in Teepneys, volume 1 2016

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Lamon 2015 August

Creator: Cosico, Mark Vincent P.

Scope and Contents

This printed tour of an exhibition by Mark Vincent in the Sining Makiling Gallery at UP Los Banos is a critique on the culture of consumption in the Philippines. The pieces in Lamon reproduces eating traditions and paints them in a way that reflects the power struggle between consumers and capitalists. The popular figures and icons that are recreated in this exhibit serve to remind viewers the history and politics of the media they usually consume and are currently consuming.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Capitalism

Food

Pop Culture

Globalization

Resistence

Art

Colonization

Culture

economics

Education

History

Religion

Politics

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Last Animatic Readable Adventures 2013

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

This zine has an assortment of content ranging from photography of supermarkets and graffiti filled walls, collages, and a song lyrics with chords. The most common reccuring image throughout the zine is a small, black, paper fastener puppet.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Graffiti

Art

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Last Minute 2017

Creator: Bangalan, Glerren

Creator: Lahathala Micro Press

Scope and Contents

This is a screenplay about two girls who accidentally meet on a rooftop in Metro Manila with the intention of jumping from it.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Suicide

Mental Health

Chapbook

Soulmates

Screenplay

Film

Literature

psychology

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Lazy Sunday 2016

Creator: R., Daniel

Creator: B., Kimmy

Creator: The National Embarrassment

Scope and Contents

A zine with illustrations inspired by lyrics to the song "Lazy Sunday," a song that is also by the National Embarrassment. The lyrics are visually incorporated with the collage that is influenced by a surrealist art style.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

collage

Lyrics

Surrealism

Art

Music

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Leave It Blank undated

Creator: Tiu, Pau

Creator: Bad Student

Scope and Contents

A 2-color risograph zine printed by Bad Student in Manila, Philippines. The pink and blue zine utilizes the white, or empty space for the images.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Risograph

Art

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Liboter 2017

Creator: Alfasin, Genory Vanz

Scope and Contents

Essays, stories, and photostills that were inspired by the experiences and musings that are born after one wanders around. The stories and the poems in this zine are in Cebuano, a Visayan language.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Travel

Geography

Language

Literature

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License to Quest undated

Creator: Jocson, Luigi

Scope and Contents

License to Quest is a one-shot comic by Luigi Jocson or "Lui421." In this world, heroes and adventurers make a living from quests that allow them to embark on adventures outside of the city.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Parody

Quest

Adventure

Folklore

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Life Is Short Art Is Long undated

Creator: Wombatrai

Scope and Contents

A zine with collages and musings the lifespan and immortality of an artist and their art.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Legacy

Art

Philosophy

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Little Red Book 3 undated

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

A small zine about love published by UP UGAT. In this zine, 17 students contributed their own short stories love as they interpret it.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Abuse

Romance

Love

Literature

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The Long Weekend 2011

Creator: David, Adam

Creator: The Youth and Beauty Brigade

Scope and Contents

A story about a strained couple on a long weekend to salvage their declining relationship.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Travel

Vacation

Comics Novella

Art

Literature

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Lóngos 2017

Creator: Cavite Young Writers Association

Scope and Contents

Short Filipino stories and poems that compares the journey of writing to the journey of coming home to Lóngos, a bottleneck area in Cavite. Different pieces in this zine was written by people from the Cavite Young Writers Association (CYWA). These Caviteños often make references to their hometowns, even with the diverse topics of the short stories and poems.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cavite (Cavite Province, Philippines)

Lóngos (Laguna, Philippines)

Literature

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Lore undated

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Love Bag undated

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Maggot Brains Underground Comics 2013 December

Creator: Yummy

Creator: Bomba! Press

Scope and Contents

This is a compilation of comics that consists of subsersive images and messages. The panels feature lots of recreational drug use and graphic content of distorted bodies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Drugs

Culture

psychology

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Mahal Kong Maynila 2017

Creator: Estrada, Roma

Scope and Contents

A collection of poems and photography that presents Manila as a colorful, bustling city-especially at night.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Manila (Philippines)

City Life

Geography

Literature

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Malaya 2017

Creator: Lauw, Boon

Scope and Contents

This is the first few chapters to Boon Lauw's novel that is a work in progress. The story is set during the martial law, and characters who embarked the mountains to be part of the war to end it.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Makabagong Katipunan ng Pilipinas

War

Martial Law

Guerrilla Warfare

Colonization

Culture

Geography

History

Politics

Literature

Music

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Maliit lang 'yung sa 'yo, itabi mo, magpadaan ka: Adventures in Parataxis undated

Creator: Suarez, Angelo V.

Scope and Contents

In this zine, 9 conversations between the author and the taxi driver are transcribed in paratactic form. By putting the exchanges next to each other without indicating who said what, the significance of who is speaking is diminished. This way, the emphasis leans towards what is said in the conversation rather than who said it. These conversations reflect the street smarts of the taxi drivers, as it becomes evident that they hold more information about the cities and streets than the passenger.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Taxi Driver

Taxi

Travel

Conversation

Parataxis

Anthropology

Language

Culture

Transportation

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Manila Automat Annual Comics Round Up undated

Creator: Agregado, Mica

Scope and Contents

This is a compilation of comics by Mica Agregado. The comic panels touch on different subjects-the artist's frustration and self doubt about drawing, a quiet take on the Rapture, a story about mourning, and a panel about a dream.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mourning

Semi-autobiographical

Rapture

Art

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Manila Automat Primer undated

Creator: Agregado, Mica

Scope and Contents

This introduces us to Mica Agregado as an artist struggling out internal and external hardships when it comes to making comics. Each page shows a different hurdle to overcome as an artist, but the insecurity and peer pressure to conform to other artists is especially highlighted within the pages.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Semi-autobiographical

Art

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Manimalaman undated

Creator: Ang INK

Scope and Contents

Manimalaman is a collaboration zine published by Ang INK (Ilustrador ng Kabataan). The title is derived from the combination of the words man + animal + halaman (plant). Each submission is an artist's original character with the combined traits of a man, animal, and halaman. The submissions also come with a short back story or description of the diverse hybrid creatures.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Collaboration

Plants

Animals

Art

Culture

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Marcela Chapter 1 undated

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Market Day 2017

Creator: Sinkiangbin

Scope and Contents

Printed in color, this zine illustrates a walk through what a common wet market or palengke in the Philippines would look like. Shown are stands for fruit, vegetables, fish, poultry, Filipino desserts like kakanin and an area for miscellaneous items like pots, pans, and baskets.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Palengke

Markets

Wet Market

Art

Culture

economics

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Marriage undated

Creator: Dela Cruz, Cindy

Scope and Contents

A zine filled with poems, flash fiction, and a short story that provides a glimpse into a marriage.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Marriage

Literature

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Mata undated

Creator: Blue Indie Komiks

Scope and Contents

This anthology by artists from BLINK (Blue Indie Komiks) features work with the central theme of the eye, with the genre of the contents ranging from horror to suspense.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror

Eye

Art

Folklore

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Matagal-tagal na rin… undated

Creator: UE Drama Company

Scope and Contents

A collection of poems from members of University of the East's Drama Company. The mix of Filipino and English poems in this zine reminisce about the lingering pain of heart break from being left behind by a past lover, or a family member.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Breaking Up

Death

Literature

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May Pursa Basura undated

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MCHANZO ZINE undated

Creator: Groven

Scope and Contents

A fanzine of two Overwatch characters speculated to have a relationship by fans. The zine portrays the two characters outside of their traditional setting and context of the video game.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video Games

Overwatch

Technology

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Me | You | Us undated

Creator: Africa, Alyssa

Scope and Contents

A photozine with black and white photography of people waiting for their food at restaurants, food, and the people food is shared with. The photos, along with the few words that accompany them, aim to express that that the food we eat, and the people we eat it with, are the experiences that we keep.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Food

Art

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Medium 2016 December

Creator: Bascon, Zeus

Creator: Basilla, Saturnino

Scope and Contents

A selection of drawings, events, musings, observations of the odd and otherworldly. This zine filled with Zeus Bacon 's eerie, and sometimes vulgar, depictions of the otherworldly was printed in Manila, Philippines in 2016.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Supernatural

Art

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HOW MANY ITEMS? Medyo Gabi And Yet undated

Creator: Busamante, Chubbs A.

Scope and Contents

The Taglish poems in this zine depict a drunken walk home between the narrator and the subject of their romantic interest. Drunken ideas of how to salvage the people of the Philippines from poverty are suggested by the poet, all of which the other person denies doing because he believes the revolution is not going to be catalyzed by one person, but rather, the Masa or the People. The poems go on to describe the fray that is Manila, and wonder, how can they still feel love for this person despite being in the midst of collective despair?

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Corruption

Intoxication

Social Justice

Culture

Literature

Politics

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Metallic Carcass 2017

Creator: Padiernos, Alperr

Scope and Contents

This photozine contains a series of monochromatic photos of Alperr's daily traverse that highlights the beauty, despite the stress and hardship, of riding the public transit.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Monochrome

Light rail transit

Art

Transportation

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Mga Huling Habilin Ni Nikolas undated

Creator: Flores, Catherine A.

Scope and Contents

These poems and flash stories are Nikolas' last will and testament. The first part is dedicated to people in his life-father, mother, sister, best friend, and ex-lover. The second part is dedicated to the places that have left a mark on him, and the last part is to his ex-lover.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Last Will

Literature

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Mga Kwento Sa Loob At Labas Ng Pila 2017

Creator: De Guzman, Dado

Scope and Contents

Comic strips to tell stories of people waiting in long, inconvenient lines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lines

Queue

Anthropology

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Midnight - Atmospheric Mindfulness undated

Creator: Garza, Denver

Scope and Contents

Original, purple watercolor paintings and designs on watercolor paper. The paintings often obscure the face of the painting's subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Watercolors

Art

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MIKI LTD. 2016

Creator: Garcellano, Lyra

Creator: Flores, W. Don

Scope and Contents

Real conversations between Lyra and Don about art and the art scene in the Philippines. Cartoon strips also serve as a commentary on how capitalistic or pretentious said scene can get.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art Scene

Art

Business

Culture

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Minsan Gusto Ko Magwala 2015 April

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Scope and Contents

A mini-comic in Filipino about a boy learning to stand up to his bullies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bullying

psychology

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Miss Ria undated

Creator: De Guia, Rayji

Scope and Contents

This zine is about a witch doctor, Ria, who made a baby with magic while her husband was away gathering magical herbs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Kulam

Family

Witch Doctor

Culture

Folklore

Literature

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Mitolohiya 2015

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

A multimedia zine with poems, art, and comics in both English and Filipino to debunk the idea that mental health struggles are just myths. Each piece shows vulnerability and perspectives from different people who are going through mental health struggle.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Erasure Poetry

Mental Health

Depression

Art

Literature

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Mom, Dad, I'm Trash undated

Creator: Asshulz + Friends

Scope and Contents

A zine in Taglish explaining what being "trash" means through an introduction, and showing examples of it in illustrations and comic panels. Being "trash" is self-described by Asshulz as the act of making bad decisions, acknowledging it, and then making some more.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Slang

Anthropology

Language

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The Monthly Soup Zine 2014

Creator: Felipe, Keeshia

Creator: Bularan, Paul

Creator: Soupzine

Scope and Contents

This artzine is a compilation of different local artist's works to showcase the diverse and unique styles of their craft.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art

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The Monthly Soup Issue #1

Creator: Trinidad, Rasel

Creator: Bernabe, Bjan

Creator: Nacionales, Francesca

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The Monthly Soup Issue #2

Creator: Mr. Yeti

Creator: Clemente, Calorozy

Creator: Santos, Dana

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Motivation 2017

Creator: CreativeK

Scope and Contents

A comic on how to stay motivated while creating comics. The advise spans from how to handle time management, to how to digest harsh, constructive criticism.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

comics

Constructive Criticism

Education

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Mound of Glutton 2017

Creator: Fabonan, Miles

Creator: Studio Soup Zine

Scope and Contents

A compilation of acrylic paintings that mostly depicts excessively greedy eaters through paintings that emphasize the mouth, teeth, and monsters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Traditional Art

Gluttony

Art

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Moxie undated

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Mula Sa Mualan 2013 December

Creator: Mendoza, Pamela

Creator: Gonzales, Paulyne

Creator: Cledera, Shaunnah Ysabel

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

This zine is a compilation of poems by students at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños. The title of the poem is an indicator of the content's focus on eating disorders. 'Mula Sa Mualan' translates to "From a Full Mouth" and dig deep into the feelings of those recovering or still struggling with eating disorders.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Eating Disorders

Recovery

Health

Literature

psychology

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Mula sa Silong 2016

Creator: De La Cruz, Christa I.

Creator: Librong LIRA

Scope and Contents

A collection of Filipino poems that do not share an overarching theme, but are part of her broader poetry project. The poems have won the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in the past.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Literature

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Multiplex-Paranoia[s]; Depressive Glomera undated

Creator: Shonenbat Collective

Scope and Contents

Through code poetry, this zine provides a criticism on the high demands of academics that has contributed to the development of paranoia and depression amongst students. Several lesson plans are laid out ironically, and made to seem absurd from the work load and complication of combining literature and coding.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Mental Health

Paranoia

Code Poetry

Education

Literature

Technology

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multivitamin zine undated

Scope and Contents

A colorful zine about food. It includes illustrations and photographs of food, as well as a few words on mannerisms around food.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

Food Pyramid

Health

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Munting Alagads 2017

Creator: Batocabe, Abbey

Scope and Contents

A zine about "small slaves" who wonder about their existence and purpose. The munting alagad are all identical, and are all drawn in the same sketchy art style. The munting alagad all speak in Taglish

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Taglish

Anthropology

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My Biggest Fear undated

Creator: Chuatico, Danielle

Scope and Contents

A one-shot comic dedicated to the creator's anniversary with her boyfriend.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Relationship

College Life

Anniversary

Anthropology

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My Biggest Fear undated

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My Children 2017

Creator: Patenio, Abelink

Creator: SPIT Zines

Scope and Contents

A collection of short stories that have gore, paranormal, and psychological elements for a horror-themed zine. Aside from the stories, this zine has bizarre and dream-like illustrations for each story.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror

Gore

Literature

psychology

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The Mybuhigh Daze 2013

Creator: Balita, Nino

Scope and Contents

This zine is a photo diary of the artist from the past few years, years which were mostly devoted to graffiti art. The photos feature portraits of people, nature and skylines, artists making graffiti, but mostly graffiti covered anything-from walls, to small boats, and vans.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Graffiti

Art

Culture

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Nagkomiks, Nagkokomiks, Magkokomiks 2016

Creator: Andoyman

Scope and Contents

Comic panels about the common trials and tribulations of aspiring comic artists.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Comic Conventions

Art

Business

Komikon

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nihil vers: ode to deCo - art - app 2014 July 15

Creator: Acuña, Tilde

Scope and Contents

This zine is a combination of text and illustrations. The text expresses the discontentment and dissent against the repression and violation of human rights.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Censorship

Politics

Repression

Culture

Education

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No Labels undated

Creator: Gomez, Jasper

Scope and Contents

This zine is about defying stereotypes and has illustrations and quotes made by various artists, writers and figures to supplement the message.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Stereotypes

Anthropology

Art

Race

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No Shut-Eye 2017 February

Creator: Uy, Kim

Creator: Pelikomiks Studios

Scope and Contents

This is an anthology of true horror stories based on interviews over beer and coffee with a policeman, a doctor, and an old, retired doctor. This anthology of Filipino horror stories was published in Manila, Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror Stories

Interview

Literature

psychology

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No. 24 2017

Creator: Ayi, Fabo

Creator: Gerrie, Mama

Scope and Contents

This family zine matches the topic of food and meals with colorful and vibrant Illustrations. It plays with the idea of things that are hard to swallow, provides recipes for tofu sandwiches and chickenpeas curry, includes a short story about the 2017 avian flu breakout in Central Luzon.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Family

Recipes

Avian Flu

Art

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The Nomads Quarterly 2013 March

Creator: Bomba! Press

Scope and Contents

The Nomads Quarterly is a literary and arts magazine that includes fictions, essays/reviews, poetry, art pieces, and interviews. The submissions in the first issue included submissions in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano, including an interview with Butch Bandillo, who is considered to be the "father of modern Cebuano poetry." The magazine welcomes submissions, as well as financial contributions to sustain the publication.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Siargao (Philippines)

Bisayan

Cebuano

Art

Language

Literature

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Obosen 2017

Creator: Pineda, Acie

Scope and Contents

A short zine with illustrations of various types of paper, from newspaper, advertisements, sticky notes, mail, and others. It also includes news and ideas about the Duterte administration.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

War on Drugs

Feminism

Tokhang

History

psychology

Politics

Duterte, Rodrigo

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Odds And Ends 2017

Creator: Pinpin, Vaughn

Scope and Contents

A short collection of comics and drawings by Vaughn Pinpin that follow the vanities and misfortunes of his life.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Freelance

Culture

Art

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Of Fake Monuments 2013 December 12

Creator: Villacorta, Claire

Scope and Contents

A zine of poems written over the course of many years. The poems reference everyday life, music, food and drive through the city.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Relationship

Art

Literature

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One Night, I Dreamt Of White Moths. 2017

Creator: Sanijon, Trisha

Creator: Cubaohaus

Scope and Contents

A black and white comic about a dream the narrator has about white moths. The narrator focuses on terminal illness, death and stories of mourning she's experienced.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dreams

Mourning

Funerals

Superstition

Culture

Folklore

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Oo Nga Naman 2012

Creator: Nada, Marcushiro

Creator: National Gulaman Authority

Scope and Contents

This zine is packed with various black and white cartoons, illustrations, and doodles. It includes a short comic on how Pinocchio's little brother came to be, illustrations of bike-riding monsters, and deathly pop-locking.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Puns

Art

Culture

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Our Lover's Prayer 2015

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The Outer Garden: A Few More Blossoms undated

Creator: Villa, Noel

Creator: Sangalang, Liana Maris

Scope and Contents

Stories and poems that provide a different perspective to Genesis, or how the world as we know it came to be.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Genesis

Literature

Religion

Science

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Over and Under 2013

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

This zine is a compilation of "bugto" or Tagalog riddles. Each riddle is written in various calligraphy styles and accompanied by doodles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Riddles

Bugto

Calligraphy

Art

Culture

Language

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Pagsaulo Ng Mga Panghalip 2017

Creator: Cledera, Shaunnah Ysabel

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

"Memorizing Pronouns," has monochromatic photos paired with the notes from a dream, and are printed on tracing paper that has been handstitched together, then published in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines in 2017.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Photo Poetry Zine

Art

Language

Literature

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Palaging Mayroong Dito Nagsisimula 2016

Creator: Samson, Romel

Creator: Librong LIRA

Scope and Contents

Filipino poems that heavily reference European art and artists in its title. The poems allude to the struggles a person has with dealing with the heavy, restrictive church.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Vienna Secession

European Art

Art

Literature

Religion

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Palaso 2017 October

Creator: Hukom, Marian

Scope and Contents

This is a comic about Dark Cupid, who follows Cupid around and pulls their arrow out, causing the loss of love and heartbreak.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Romance

Hugot

Cupid

Folklore

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Pannacotta undated

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Paper Monster Press 2010-2013

Creator: Paper Monster Press

Scope and Contents

Paper Monster Press is transgenre zine that started in Cavite, Philippines in 2010. There are both Tagalog and English works in this zine, which are separated in the page of contents. Each issue revolves around a different theme and includes illustrations, literature, and music playlists from different authors and artists around the world.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror

Art

Folklore

Literature

Music

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Asuang Issue 2010

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I, Icarus 2013

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Sandigmaan Issue 2012 March 2

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S/TRIP 2011

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Issue 2 2010

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Para 'To Sayo undated

Creator: Alfonso, April

Creator: Collantes, Ela

Scope and Contents

An anthology of different one-shot comics about unrequited love, pining, and heartbreak. These were inspired by Session Road's song, "Gusto Lang Kita Makita."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anthology

Hugot

Unrequited Love

Anthropology

Culture

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Paradise is Very Nice 2017

Creator: Electrolychee

Scope and Contents

This zine contains 47 worn and simple jeepney vinyl decal art as a tribute to Philippine's 7,107 islands. These vignettes portray scenes and themes from Filipino reality, often using images of mountains, palm trees, beaches, boats, and citylines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mabini (Batangas, Philippines)

Folk Art

Realism

Art

Business

Geography

History

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Penzette - ang dyornal ng mga Lagalag 2009-2011

Scope and Contents

Penzette, based on the dish Pancit, is a journal of and by nomadic writers who tell stories of hardship and poverty.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hunger

Call to Action

Pancit Canton

Poverty

Colonization

Culture

Education

Literature

Politics

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Penzette - ang dyornal ng mga Laglag 2009

Creator: TINTA Writer's Guild

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Instant Penzette Canto* 2011

Creator: Sulat Kamay Writers Guild

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Periphery 2015 December

Creator: Uy, Karize Michella

Scope and Contents

A small, 10 page, accordion zine with black and white photos with the subject of the photo lingering at the corners or edges of the frame.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Folded Books

Photography

Art

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Pia The Teenage Albularyo undated

Creator: Marcelo, Anna

Scope and Contents

This zine is about Pia, a young albularyo or witch doctor, who is awakened by a spirit that the agimat necklace around her neck follows.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aswang

Anting-anting

Albularyo

Agimat

Culture

Folklore

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Pigs and Beavers Oneshot undated

Creator: Giodesk

Creator: Reynaldo, Angelo L.

Creator: Garcia, Bugsy

Creator: Chain Mason

Scope and Contents

This features two one-shot comics. The first is in Isang Tagalog and is about Angelito, a poor boy trying to rise up to the world to write a letter for a chance to meet the girl of his dreams. The second comic is in English, and is about a pig that is oblivious to its situation of getting fattened to be butchered.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poverty

Pigs

Culture

Bieber, Justin

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Pinay Feminist Playbook: Notes on Presidential Chauvinism 2017 May

Creator: Santiago, Katrina Stuart

Scope and Contents

There notes on presidential chauvinism call out the way President Rodrigo Duterte has perpetuated the culture of machismo and chauvinism in the Philippines. In this zine, Duterte has been quoted, and proven to be a promoter of adultery and disregard to women's dignity. The essays in this zine emphasize the need for women to be treated with respect, and how the current administration disregards laws and common human decency that ensures that.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Feminism

Machismo

Chauvinism

Culture

Literature

Politics

Duterte, Rodrigo

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The Pinoy Monster Boyfriend Anthology 2017

Scope and Contents

A Filipino-made collection of stories and art surrounding LGBTQ+ characters and their monster boyfriends from Philippine mythology.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

LGBT

Relationship

Folklore

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Pista ng San Kubler 2014

Creator: Raza, Love Joy L.

Creator: The Cabinet

Scope and Contents

This zine contains a short story that references Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' 5 stages of grief and loss. The story takes place in a dentist's office, where the main character inches towards the dawn and acceptance of their own death.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Grief

Stages of Grief

Culture

Literature

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PLZ. 2017

Creator: Gatusby

Scope and Contents

A compilation of doodles with words and scribbles that have been piling up in Gatusby's office drawer. Most of them contain puns and references to pop culture.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Doodles

Pop Culture

Art

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Poblacion 2017

Creator: Dela Rosa, A.

Creator: Mari, Reya

Scope and Contents

A poblacion is considered the commercial and industrial center in a municipality. This zine contains photographs, prose, and poems about different stories of people leaving and being left behind in these old towns for the city.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

City Life

Culture

Geography

Literature

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Prefixes 2017

Creator: Peroz, Merl

Creator: De Los Trinos, Reyzeljan

Creator: Arts Diocese of Manila

Scope and Contents

A series of short stories that range from a retired activist standing by the lines of louder, younger ones, a first date gone right, a small glimpse of corruption in an Immigration Bureau office, and more.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Corruption

Rallies

Anthropology

economics

Literature

Politics

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Prescription Pad 2017 December

Creator: Que, Patricia Camille

Creator: Espino, Kael

Creator: Atienza, Jmar

Creator: Kalapati Retrograde

Scope and Contents

A chapbook of poetry and fiction published by Kalapati Retrograde in Manila, Philippines. The poems and fictional stories in the chapbook are on pages that are formatted to mimic a prescription pad. Many of the poems and stories allude to Biblical references and death.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Chapbook

Health

Literature

psychology

Religion

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Probinsyana Problems 2016

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Procrastination 2017

Creator: Rosales, Ranzell

Scope and Contents

A comic about a boy who procrastinates doing his homework so much that they start to haunt his dreams.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

High School Life

Procrastination

Education

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A Promise is a Promise 2013

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

This zine contains collaged images of Western and Eastern artworks, blueprints, product labels, and various snippets of writing. Under the title, it says "sa hirap at sa ginhawa," which is a Filipino wedding vow translating to "through hardship and through ease."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Wedding Vows

Art

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Promising Actress undated

Creator: Aguilar, Francis Miguel L.

Scope and Contents

A zine that contains a short, 5-chapter story about two office workers, one a promising upcoming actress, and the other the man who has taken a liking to her.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Office Life

Acting

Film

Literature

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Pseudocuments 2013

Creator: Acuña, Tilde

Scope and Contents

Pseudocuments: Volume Two was printed in Diliman, Quezon City. The zine contains both published, but mostly unpublished collection of files, facts, figures, photopgrahs, and images.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Science fiction

Religion

Literature

Science

Technology

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PSST! YEAH, YOU. undated

Creator: Parallon, Archilles

Scope and Contents

This zine contains vibrant illustrations by Archilles Parallon. The illustrations have little context, but the red, yellow, and blue color scheme used on the cover implies that the title's classic greeting and call is directed at Filipinos. A few of the illustrations take on themes of Filipino culture and resistance.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Illustrations

Art

Culture

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The Purest and Saddest Form of Seduction undated

Creator: San Buenaventura, Ma. Rosette Bumanglag

Scope and Contents

This zine contains poems and geometric art. It describes art itself as the purest and saddest form of seduction, talks about the allure of having the ability to put color onto a white canvas, of having an artists' touch bring something into life.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art Block

Geometric Art

Art

Literature

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Puso'y Dos 2013 December

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

Puso'y Dos is a title that entails the heart being broken in two. From romantic pining, betrayal, break-ups, loss of a parent, and more-different forms of heartbreak are expressed through the poems and short stories in the zine.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Heartbreak

Pusoy dos

Literature

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Qu'est-ce Qui Avee Dirty Sanchez? A Serious Guide to Erotic Poetry 2017 December

Creator: Sichauco, Hjorleif

Scope and Contents

This zine is a guide by Hjorleif Sichauco, a Norwegian-Filipino writer, on how to write erotic poetry. Hjorleif encourages to find the Sex in other aspects of life outside of the act itself. The zine breaks down how to express certain sentiments or lines so that they are more sensual and convincing. This zine introduces a process for writing about sex conducted that falls under the guidelines of statistical methods in medical mesearch.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Erotic Poetry

Research

Education

Language

Literature

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Rated XYZ 2017 August-September

Creator: Daga, Dudong

Creator: Panelo, Conrad

Creator: Sa Kalye, Lapis

Scope and Contents

Rated XYZ is a zine that includes poems and short stories that revolve around the theme of oppression, resistance, and corruption in the Philippines. The second issue is a single piece: a long letter, along with song lyrics, for a friend who has passed away. The second issue is a letter written before committing suicide. The zines were published and distrubuted in Cavite, Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Davao City (Philippines)

Davao City Bombing

War on Drugs

Drugs

Violence

Suicide

Business

Culture

economics

Education

Literature

Music

psychology

Politics

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Rated XYZ Volume 1 Issue 1 2017 August

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Rated XYZ Volume 1 Issue 2 2017 September

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Regla Pregnant with Potential 2012

Creator: Campos, Rolf

Scope and Contents

Regla is the slang term for menstruation periods in the Philippines. Some of the depictions include a cartoon depiction of period-havers as a restless wrestler and wolfman in a fight, literally melting into a monster, and having daggers for eyes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Menstruation

Periods

Art

Health

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Remainder undated

Creator: Tiu, Pau

Creator: Miru

Scope and Contents

A zine about the journey of two people learning how to navigate a long-distance relationship. The things mentioned in this zine reflect what must be let go, and what must be kept, in order for the long-distance relationship to survive. This zine is a 2-color risograph zine printed by Bad Student in Manila, Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Long-Distance Relationships

Art

Literature

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Ren & Namjoon's Great Aloladventure undated

Creator: Poblete, Cathy

Scope and Contents

A Pokemon zine about a heartbroken trainer and their level 5 Rowlet. An underachieving pokemon trainer who decides to go back home with their Pokemon after a few adventures.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pokemon

Rowlet

Culture

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Resuscitation undated

Creator: Agustin, Lex

Creator: Gonzales, Paulyne

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

Rescusitation is a zine with different watercolor illustrations of lungs, accompanied by poetry. The lungs become central to these poems, as they become the site for metaphors about grief, mental illness, and heartbreak.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Watercolors

Mental Illness

Lungs

Art

Literature

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Roadtrip para po! undated

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Rue 2012

Creator: Agregado, Mica

Scope and Contents

Rue is a zine about a relationship that is slowly falling apart. The title takes on two meanings: Rue as in the evergreen plant, and rue as in regret. The story of the digressing relationship was punctuated with how the different plants in the garden bookmarked their relationship. One saw this garden as the only source of comfort and happiness, and the other was never as mindful or understanding of that fact.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Plants

Gardening

Art

Literature

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The Rules of Love 2012 January

Creator: Ang, Grace Kelly

Creator: Basilio, Patricia

Creator: Ligot, Kabel Mishka

Scope and Contents

Each poem, created by blacking out the lines around certain words or phrases, is a reference to the rules of love created based on De Amore of Andreas Capellanus. The poems are collaborated by different poets to show a more cynical take on love by writing about how these rules are broken, and how love causes suffering. Printed on the back page is a short definition of love, surrounded with photos of birds and their names to show how fleeting love is.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Erasure Poetry

Sexuality

Family

Literature

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Sa Kasuluk-Sulukan Ng Kalye Padrelima 2017

Creator: Lasar, Charmaine

Creator: Balangay Books

Scope and Contents

A story about a man who runs into two childhood friends after returning to his hometown to find himself.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barkada

Homecoming

Midlife Crisis

Culture

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Sa Wakas, 2016

Creator: Tena, James Luigi T.

Creator: Librong LIRA

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of Filipino poems about separation, distance, and heartbreak.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Literature

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sad diary #1 undated

Creator: Marcelo, Anna

Scope and Contents

This is a visual diary about a girl who is negatively impacted by polycystic ovary syndrone, physically, emotionally and mentally.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mental Health

Eating Disorders

Body image in women

Infertility

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Health

psychology

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SADGIRL undated

Creator: Marcelo, Anna

Scope and Contents

A visual autobiographical zine about being a sexual assault survivor and the emotional vulnerabilities that impact her body image, sexual experiences, coping mechanisms and mental health.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Eating Disorders

Sexuality

Rape

Self-injurious behavior

Health

psychology

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Salad Days 2012 October

Creator: Sy, Albert

Creator: Nine Iron

Scope and Contents

This is an autobiographical zine published by Manila, Philippine's Albert Sy in October 2012. The zine featuers childhood photos and drawings from his "salad days," 1986-2006, when he was still young and inexperienced with life. The photos start with him as a baby, to being a young schoolboy, and to being a young man who skates and goes to punk shows.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Childhood

Doodles

Punk

Anthropology

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Salamin Ni Ma-Las 2014

Creator: Malonzo, Mervin

Creator: Haliya Publishing

Scope and Contents

After Ma-las the sorcerer died, many attempted to rob the temple where he used to live. This is a story the curse of the sorcerer's mirror, and how it traps anyone who dares to come and take its power in an infinite loop.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fantasy

Mirror

Curses

Folklore

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Samplr 2013

Creator: Yumul, Nelz

Scope and Contents

These zines provide samples of illustrations, doodles, and graphic designs by Nelz Yumul. Everything in this zine are done digitally and serve to showcase Yumul's different illustration techniques. The samples in these zines includes original ideas, but also borrows some characters such as ones from Star Wars and the Marvel Universe.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Digital Art

Art

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Samplr 2

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Samplr 3: We Will Doodle Edition

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Samut Sari 4: House Arrest Edition 2017

Creator: Batocabe, Abbey

Scope and Contents

A compilation of sketches of a wide assortment of things that can be found at home.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sari-sari

Culture

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Say Your Peace Now: A Hang 'Em High Supplement 2014 March

Creator: Bandoy, Argie

Creator: Ching, Mariano

Creator: Oliveria, Jayson

Creator: Saturnino Basilla

Scope and Contents

This serves as an accompanying catalog for Hang 'Em High exhibition that occurred from March 8-29 in 2014.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Exhibit

Western

Art

Culture

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Seeing Double 2016 September

Creator: Patch, Polly

Creator: Monday Minored

Scope and Contents

Seeing Double is a zine printed by Polly Patch, an up and coming clothing brand based in Quezon City. Encased in a matching envelope, this pink and purple pastel zine showcases different illustrations of girls-always double in numbers-in fashionable attires and artsy poses.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Feminism

Friends

Art

Business

Culture

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Seventh Sense 2017 May

Creator: Macalino, Andrea

Creator: Mendoza, Aziel

Creator: This Is It Pancit Productions

Scope and Contents

Three chapters to a coming-of-age story that centers around the idea of the "seventh sense." The seventh sense is emotions, and these chapters shows how complex and sensitive these things are.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Markets

Debut

Literature

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Sex Offenders undated

Creator: Celestino, Dustin

Scope and Contents

Dustin Celestino's selected works of politically incorrect sexual comedy. Designed as a script, these works are meant to be performed out loud in order to convey the comedy, and create a culture that accepts sex as part of people's lives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Performance

Sex Positivity

Comedic Erotica

Anthropology

Literature

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Shiver 2017

Creator: Bernardo, James

Creator: Yleana, Geonard

Creator: Torres, Vince

Creator: Pelikomiks Studios

Scope and Contents

A horror anthology ranging from a virus zombie outbreak, to a possessed little girl, and finally, to a mishap in a broken elevator. Each story is accompanied by illustrations that give visuals to horror stories that entail.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horror

Religion

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The shortest 12 hours of my life 2016

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Show Your Solution undated

Creator: Diklap

Scope and Contents

Show Your Solution is comic about a student who has a nightmare about an apple monster attacking him after failing to show their solution for a word problem that involved apples. The "Ibang Kalokohan," which translates to "the other follies" features more illustrations of different monsters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

School Life

Monsters

Illustrations.

Math

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The Side Effects of Radiation 2013

Creator: UP Writers Club

Scope and Contents

This zine utilizes the disjointed feeling of collages and black out poetry in order to show the distress and turmoil caused by radiation. It alludes to the trauma experienced by those whose families and homes were ravaged by nuclear war.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

collage

War

Nuclear War

Literature

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Sigue Sigue Philippine Criminal and Gang Tattoo Sampler 2013 March

Creator: Saturnino Basilla

Scope and Contents

This zine is a tattoo sampler with illustrations based on the tattoos of criminals and gang members in the Philippines photographed by Sidney Snoeck, a Manila based photographer. The foreword written by Manuel Alvero, talks about the implication of these tattoos, and the difference between its meaning and its significance. The zine includes a free sample of a silkscreened postcard, and was printed in Manila, Philippines.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Criminals

Tattoos

Gangs

Art

Culture

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Sikami 2013 November

Creator: Pangalatoons

Scope and Contents

A comic book anthology that has 10 different stories and illustrations within it. The stories range from very domestic topics like a couple going through pregnancy, to superheroes, to a spy couple.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anthology

Superheroes

Relationship

Anthropology

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Silang Napagbilinan undated

Scope and Contents

A small zine that calls to action to wage a revolution. The title translates to "Those who are charged to." This zine describes different reasons why the people must wage a revolution, which is the solution for the poverty that causes people to die.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Revolution

Prayer

Health

Literature

Religion

Politics

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Sinigang: Kwento Ng Lumbay 2015 August

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Creator: Ardie Aquino Comics

Scope and Contents

A mini-cookbook on how to make sinigang. It includes the necessary ingredients, the instructions, and the memories attached to making food alone, or with a loved one.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Food

Sinigang

Culture

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Sinkian Bin, volume 2.5 undated

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Sisters 2017 February

Creator: Chuatico, Danielle

Scope and Contents

A comic about two girls who find sisterhood in the most unexpected situations. They help one another from the moment they met as one was crying in the bathroom because of her biological sister, the other was trying to get out of a bad date.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barkada

Family

Feminism

Sisterhood

Culture

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Small City Lovers 2013

Creator: Recidoro, Zeny May Dy

Creator: Mantaring, Jero

Scope and Contents

A collection of short stories about lovers, and deeper descriptions and stories about Small City, a dream city. Each page also has a minimalistic illustration that pertains to the words on the page.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Romance

Literature

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So Far 2017

Creator: Lim, Andrea D.

Scope and Contents

A poetry zine that has both English and Filipino poems that carry religious themes to tell stories about absence, displacement, hardship, and love.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Homesickness

Displacement

Literature

Religion

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Something Happened Today undated

Creator: Cledera, Shaunnah Ysabel

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

This is a zine with poems written in English and Tagalog that brings the idea that every moment that passes by is a moment that brings everyone closer to the inevitable end. It does so in a matter-of-fact way that doesn't paint death in fear, but rather, in a subtle sadness. Each poem is printed on a page that uses a different photo as the background, making some pages vibrant and others dull.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Death

Mortality

Existentialism

Language

Literature

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Somewhere in the Middle 2014

Creator: De Gala, Ched

Scope and Contents

This series has two versions: the kid's version and the adult's version. The covers of the zines show an identical drawing of a pinned location that says "You are there," but as you flip through the pages of each zine, you will immediately notice the difference of the content inside. These two versions have plenty of illustration that match, but it aims to show that there are phrases that will mean something different because it is in a different context of time, while there are some that will remain the same.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aging

Growing Up

Art

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Somewhere in the Middle (Kids Version)

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Somewhere in the Middle (Adult Version)

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Spare Change Paradise Bank undated

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Spectrum a Stucky Zine undated

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Spilled Milk 2013 July

Creator: Vallejo, Patti

Creator: Magpies Press

Scope and Contents

Spilled Milk is a zine by Patti Vallejo that that was published in July 2013. It is a zine focused on the objectification of women.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Feminism

Gender

Misogyny

Womanhood

Anthropology

Culture

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Split 2014

Creator: Lozendo, Lyra Camille

Creator: Refareal, Gerldine

Creator: dela Cruz, Tracey

Scope and Contents

Split is a zine published in Quezon City, Philippines in 2014. The zine contains three short stories and one poem that deal with topics surrounding complicated relationships that involve adultery, murder, and obsession.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Adultery

Death

Mental Health

Murder

Literature

psychology

Religion

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Squiggly Lines 2017

Creator: Balita, Nino

Scope and Contents

Niño Balita's artbook, in which he used squiggly lines to portray images from pop culture. Balita claims that this artbook is full of imperfections, but embraces it as a reflection of who he is as an artist.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art Book

Artists

Art

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State Of The Art 2017

Creator: de Leon, Marguerite Alcazaren

Scope and Contents

A mini-collection of standalone stories and illustrations. The first story is about an artist who makes and burns effigies of the Philippine president as an act of protest, but finds himself questioning the passion behind his work while attending a high-art gala. The second is about a Filipino backpacker in Thailand who realized they didn't have to travel that distance to see what was in front of them. And the last is about a lovelorn kindergarten teacher who takes extra meaures to secure a good love life, which backfires on her.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Travel

Stalking

Effigy

Art

Colonization

Literature

Philosophy

Politics

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Stories 2012

Creator: Cham, Rob

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of short comic strips that are mostly auto-biographical, highlighting some dilemmas that Rob's been going through, but partly things he's never done or experienced. It's a mish-mash of humorous comic strips on how to navigate life, freelancing, and drawing for drawing's sake.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Autobiography

Comic strips.

Business

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S-Town undated

Creator: Nisperos, Mayelle

Scope and Contents

A series of poems about a girl who shuns the expectations of the Catholic church and practice for her to be demure and chaste. The poems indicate that her behavior is rooted in her mother's, because her mother's implied promiscuity

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Catholicism

Sexuality

Literature

Religion

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Street Dogs of Manila 2017

Creator: Paredes, Alexandra

Creator: Cubaohaus

Scope and Contents

A photozine in black and white featuring the many street dogs, or "askal," that roam the streets of Manila.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photography

Manila (Philippines)

Street dogs

Askal

Art

Geography

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the stories they tell. 2017

Creator: Kasarianlan

Scope and Contents

Stories shared between members of Kasarianlan, an LGBT group that promotes gender equality and offers a safe space in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. The stories are told through some photographs and sparse sentences that revolve around insecurity and intimacy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

LGBT

Intimacy

Culture

Literature

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

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subset 2013

Creator: De Gala, Ched

Scope and Contents

This zine shows 7 different perspectives of a person. The perspectives are disorienting, but all allude to the main chracter having multile personality disorder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Multiple Personality

Art

psychology

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Substitute Substitution undated

Creator: Esguerra, James

Creator: Neil DC

Scope and Contents

The pages in this item include doodles, screenshots, and photos of various elements from the death/doom metal subculture scene. Some pages entail mature, raw, and gritty imagery that include swatsikas, body gore, and antichrist imagery.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Punk

Hardcore (Music)

Anarchism

Nazism

Death Metal (Music)

Culture

Music

Religion

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SUKSOK SUPSOP 2014

Creator: Mendoza, Pamela A.

Scope and Contents

The title of this zine translates to "to stick in between, to suck." The zine contains five Tagalog poems, and two English ones.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Sexuality

Literature

psychology

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Summer cum Landi 2016

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Super Soft undated

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Swill! undated

Creator: Dela Cruz, Tish

Scope and Contents

From spring chickens, to grandparents, to womanhood, Swill is a collection of short poems. As the title implies, it is a poem dump of sorts.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Womanhood

Literature

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Talinhaga: A Journey Through Words undated

Scope and Contents

This is a zine by an anonymous creator. It delves into the topics of expecations, worth, and depression leading into suicidal ideation. Taking a dictionary-like format, each page has a word in Baybayin and Filipino, followed by an English translation and definition.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Suicide

Baybayin

Colonization

Health

Language

psychology

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Talulikas 2013

Creator: Aquino, Ardie

Creator: Bacani, Jose

Scope and Contents

This contains the creation story of supernatural beings in the Philippines. It begins by explaining why these creatures ceased to walk among humans, and goes into introducing and describing the powers, appearance, and temperament of the many, different supernatural creatures in the Philippines. The creatures featured and illustrated are: tikbalang, kapre, duwende, mambabarang, babaeng nakaputi, sarangay, siyokoy, nuno sa punso, tiyanak, manananggal, tiyanak, santelmo, ang pugot, aswang, sirena, bakunawa, mangkukulam, bungisngis, batibat, and diwata.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Supernatural

Horror

Social life and customs

Art

Culture

Folklore

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Teaching Exhibitions vol.3 2017

Creator: Acuin, Lara

Creator: De Ocampo, Iris

Creator: Estrada, Rica

Scope and Contents

Attitude of the Mind, the third volume to Teaching Exhibitions, inspires the way art is taught and consumed to include "listening to" and not just "looking at" the art. This zine introduces the student to the life, work, and music of the Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist José Maceda.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ethnomusicology

Avant-garde

Musicology

Art

Colonization

Culture

Education

History

Music

Maceda, José

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The Terms of Coexistence 2013 December

Creator: Ligot, Kabel Mishka

Scope and Contents

This zine mimics the form of a letter. By breaking down language, it mimics an English language lesson, and exposes that, collaged words photocopied together. Exposes the pain of war through language. The terms of coexistence between a native language and a colonized one.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

War

Colonization

History

Language

Literature

psychology

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Theo undated

Creator: Villacorta, Claire

Scope and Contents

'Theo' is a four-part play about a graduate student faced with a writing block for his thesis.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Graduate School Life

Thesis

Literature

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This Won't Sell Well 2017

Creator: Custodio, Gioseppe

Scope and Contents

This is a compilation of daily drawings for the month of February.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Autobiography

Freelance

Art

Business

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Threat Of Joy 2017

Creator: Destajo, Jan Dennis

Scope and Contents

A collection of poems in English about joy, and the reluctance to pursue it because of the fear of the unknown.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Literature

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Thunder undated

Creator: Maris, Liana

Scope and Contents

Stories, illustrations, and photos. A zine packed with a story, illustrations, and photos addressed as a long letter from L to E. The story is about a young woman finally letting herself grieve and let go of a past lover, who was also her bestfriend.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Suicide

Mental Health

Art

Literature

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Tip the Waiter 2014

Creator: Or, Elbert

Scope and Contents

Tip the Waiter is a collection of the "tips" that Elbert Or leaves for the staff of restaurants and cafes he's visited in 2010-2014. In the Philippines, where tipping the service is not a normalized practice, Elbert leaves doodles and quotes on napkins and receipts for their waiter on top of their actual monetary tips.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tips

Tyography

Service Industry

Art

Business

Culture

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Tira Tira 2016

Creator: Cesario, Joanne

Creator: Bacabac, Michelle

Scope and Contents

Tira Tira, or "leftovers" is a zine that illustrates the different things and sentiments left behind as someone moves out of their home. The illustrations include different spots in a house, as well as a blueprint of the small, memory-filled home.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Blueprint

Moving Out

Art

psychology

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Tish Dela Cruz undated

Creator: Dela Cruz, Tish

Scope and Contents

This zine introduces Tish Dela Cruz's writing style, and show multiple short stories and dialogues about relationships, smoking, and more internal musings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Womanhood

Drugs

Literature

psychology

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tula[K] 2013 December

Creator: Rafols, Kiko

Creator: Obejera, Michael

Creator: Mondragon

Scope and Contents

Tula[K] is a play on the words "tula" which means poem, and "tulak" which means push. This zine contains poems about drug pushers and users in the Philippines. The stories and poems are about "tambays" or loiterers who are jobless and/or uneducated, and push or use drugs due to the lack of activity to do.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Drugs

Drug Dealers

Tambay

Literature

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Tulala 2013 December

Creator: UP UGAT

Scope and Contents

In a fast-paced, non-stop world, there is rarely any chance to stop and stare. This zine provides short poems that provides the chance to pay attention to our surroundings, and the chance to observe what we are going through.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Stress, Psychological

Literature

Politics

University of the Philippines

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Tumbleweed 2012

Creator: dela Cruz, Ainne Frances

Scope and Contents

This tiny zine contains a short, lyrical story about a woman who longs for her lover.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Romance

Literature

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Ubo 2017

Creator: Gablin, Cat

Scope and Contents

Four silent comics about different ailments of the body. The physical distress felt with a cough, a wound, a fever, and flaking skin are visually and conceptually exaggerated.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Body Horror

Illness

Health

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Under Her Coat 2014

Creator: Deguia, Rayji

Scope and Contents

This is a self-publsihed zine created in 2014 that brings a modern take on local Filipino folklore monsters. The mini-comic shows the story of Orya, a manananggal who tries to hide her secret under a coat but with no avail, and the story of her budding relationship with a female aswang, which is another monster in local Filipino folklore.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aswang

Sexuality

LGBT

Lesbianism.

Manananggal

Culture

Folklore

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UP WRITERS CLUB undated

Creator: UP Writers Club

Scope and Contents

A compilation of short stories and poems about a childhood rewritten in a non-fantastical style. Rather, the poems and short stories take on an eerie tone, even if the stories are about and of childhood.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poetry

Short Stories

Horror

Childhood

Literature

psychology

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Vandalisms with Citation 2014

Creator: Pedantic Pedestrians

Scope and Contents

Vandalisms with Citations is a zine that reveals the tension between the private and the public, the accepted and the criminalized. Citing quotes that have been tagged onto a public space (walls, doors, etc.) is symbolic and a literal crime.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vandalism

Academia

Colonization

Education

Literature

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Vanilla Manila undated

Creator: Celestino, Dustin

Creator: De Vera, Karen Mae

Scope and Contents

A poem creatd for the purpose of being performed at Deus Sex Machina. This playful script is about sex positivity, and spreading awareness and openness about kinks, particularly BDSM.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sex Positivity

BDSM

Deus Sex Machina

Literature

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vitaphobic 2006

Creator: Cruz, Paolo Jose O.

Creator: Dumpling Press

Scope and Contents

This picture-zine has portrait drawings of people accompanied by short quotes that reflect small, irrational fears in life.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vitaphobia

Anxiety

Mental Health

Art

Health

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Vivisect undated

Creator: Siquijor, Sachi

Creator: Demanawa, Sophia

Scope and Contents

This zine contains personal poems written by Sachi Siqiojor during her 10-day stay in a psychiatry ward. After trying to commit suicide three times, Sachi had confronted some of the problems that have been plaguing and intensifying her mental illnesses. The poems are accompanied by illustrations that give a glimpse of what it looks like to live with the symptoms of her anxiety and depression.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Depression

Anxiety

Family

Substance Abuse

Psychiatric Ward

Health

Literature

psychology

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Voice + Tree 2016

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What good is good? undated

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We Need No Fire To Warm Us 2009

Creator: Balisi, Allan

Creator: Blanc Compound

Scope and Contents

This is a catalog of Allan Balisi's solo exhibition at Blanc Gallery. The title of the exhibit implies the artist's desire to stop being dependent on things we used to rely on. The oil paintings symbolize the bare of human connection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Exhibition Catalogs

Oil Painting

Art

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We, Filipinos, Need Sex Scandals undated

Creator: Celestino, Dustin

Creator: Filipino Freethinkers

Scope and Contents

This is a compilation of satirical essays that critiques the backwards thinking, opinions, and laws prevalent in the Philippines. The first thing criticized is the opposition of the reproductive health act that gives universal access to contraceptions, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. The essays also delve into criticizing the influence of religion and the church over the Philippine government, as well as the way Filipinos rely on sex scandals to reprimand sexual deviance and further promote the feudal relationship of women having to be economically dependent to men.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Corruption

Feminism

Fake News

Reproductive Health

Commentary

Satire

Literature

psychology

Race

Religion

Politics

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Weather-Weather Lang 2011 April

Creator: Ela, Norby

Creator: Estanislao, Rommel Omeng

Creator: NMN Creative

Scope and Contents

Weather-Weather Lang is a comic by Norby Ela that was published in April 2014 and printed in the Philippines. The story follows a young Korean boy living in the Philippines, who had to endure the floods caused by a typhoon with his Filipino English teacher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tropical Storm Ondoy

Typhoons

Korean

Culture

Education

History

Literature

Race

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Wooty Baby undated

Creator: Nicolas, Josel

Scope and Contents

Wooty Baby is a zine that features chats with chatbots. It contains a transcribed conversation between lonely T-Bag and the sexbots who are trying to lure him into adult websites.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Chatboxes

Chatbots

Technology

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the X files in more than 50 shades of grey undated

Creator: Lonzano, MC

Scope and Contents

The x files in more than 50 shades of grey is a zine by MC Lonzano, who strives break the boundaries that create a narrow view on the understandng of women, their sexuality, and erotic art.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Erotic Art

Culture

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Yes? undated

Creator: Your Everyday Sabaw

Scope and Contents

One page, four panel comics based on Taglish puns and jokes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Language

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You'll Only Read This Once 2017

Creator: Swann, Hope

Scope and Contents

This is the reading data of Hope Swann from the years 2013-2017. The type of data collected ranges from ranking of books read, genre of books read, and comparison of the data over the years.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Reading Logs

Data

Statistics

Literature

Math

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Ze Final Book 2017

Creator: Uy, Marigold

Scope and Contents

This features 20 writing prompts with small doodles or illustrations to go with each one. These writing prompts range from giving lines to start and end with, to asking to personify inanimate objects and give them characters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Writing Prompt

Literature

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The ZigZag Animals 2012

Creator: The Zigzag Animals

Scope and Contents

A multimedia zine series that go by "seasons" or themes. In the Orchid season the theme is to bloom; in the Moth Season , it is about rebirth; in the Spider Season is about building; and the Lightning Season is for illumination. The central theme for each zine is reflected through poetry, collages, and ramblings not only by the original creators of the zine, but also by their "adopted animals" or new members who've submitted pieces for the zine.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sexuality

Art

Literature

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Orchid Season

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Moth Season

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Lightning Season

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Spider Season

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Zine by Motzie Dapul undated

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Zing Boom! 2016

Creator: Morealis, Aurora

Scope and Contents

This comic, which was inspired by the song "Labor of Love" by Bjork, is a true story from Aurora's own journey through pregnancy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Family

Pregnancy

Gentle Birth

Parenthood

Art

Health

Music

Bjork

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Zing Boom 2016

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Zyterical Sea 2017

Creator: Isip, Albert

Scope and Contents

A visual account of dreams and thoughts by the author. The illustrations in each page are ambigious, but paired with words on each page. It is about an existence gaining consciousness, experiencing life, and seeing the end of it.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dreams

Philosophy

psychology