Finding Aid for the Philippine Zines Collection LSC.2281
Finding aid prepared by Valerie Mae Vargas, Alex Adame, Rosemary Medina, and Jasmine Jones, 2018-2019.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2021 January 6.
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Philippine zines collection
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2281
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 2006-2017
Abstract: The Philippine zines reflects the feelings, aesthetics, and cultural and political ideologies of various individuals and artist
collectives from the Philippines. The zine's content mostly includes creative works, such as comics, illustrations, poetry,
and short stories to reflect topics, such as mental health, interpersonal relationships, culture, political climate, and more.
The Philippine zines spans the years of 2006-2017, with the bulk of the material from 2017.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: The zines are predominantly in Tagalog and English. Often times, Taglish, a code-switch between Tagalog and English, is used.
There are a few zines that are in Cebuano and Ilocano, languages that are native to the Philippines.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
Philippine zines collection (Collection 2281). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All zines have been purchased through zine fairs and a seller based in the Philippines by Jade Alburo, Librarian for Southeast
Asian Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, and Religion at UCLA Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Valerie Vargas in 2018, under the supervision of Jade Alburo and Jasmine Jones; and Alejandro Adame and Rosemary
Medina in 2019, under the supervision by Jasmine Jones.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biographical / Historical
In the 1980s, Philippine zine culture first emerged, as a result of music fan zines that were introduced at the same time
punk music was being introduced in the country. Contemporarily, the content of the zines Filpinos produce have expanded to
explore different themes such as personal, political, cultural, literary, art, feminism, and more. The zine culture flourished
in the 2000s due to the emergence of the digital age that allowed artists to post their zines on different platforms. Zine
culture, however, was catalyzed by the emergence of a small press conference called Better Living Through Xeroxography (BLTX).
This press conference was founded on empowering artists through the highlighting of problems in mainstream publishing and
introducing self-publication as a solution. BLTX was able take the discontent over mainstream publishing and push for a way
to educate and mobilize to address it through artistic means.
Scope and Contents
The Philippine zines reflects the feelings, aesthetics, and cultural and political ideologies of various individuals and artist
collectives from the Philippines. The zine's content mostly includes creative works, such as comics, illustrations, poetry,
and short stories to reflect topics, such as mental health, interpersonal relationships, culture, political climate, and more.
The Philippine zines spans the years of 2006-2017, with the bulk of the material from 2017.
The collection features zines from various individuals or collaborators who circulate their creations in small press expos,
like Better Living Through Xeroxography (BLTX), or through local collectives, like Magpies Press, Saturnino Basilla Studio,
and Soup Zine Library. Many of the zines from this collection are also a product from local universities' organizations or
clubs, where students have collaborated to publish and print their work together.
Arrangement
The collection has been intellectually arranged by title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zines
Politics and culture -- Philippines
box 1, folder 1
[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).
box 1, folder 2
[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
box 1, folder 3
[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
box 1, folder 4
[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
box 1, folder 5
[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).
box 1, folder 6
#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
box 1, folder 7
+/-
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
box 1, folder 8
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
box 1, folder 9
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
box 1, folder 10
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
box 1, folder 15
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
box 8, folder 4
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
box 1, folder 16
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
box 1, folder 17
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
box 1, folder 18
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
box 8, folder 5
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
box 1, folder 19
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
box 1, folder 20
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
box 1, folder 21
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
box 1, folder 22
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
box 1, folder 23
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
box 1, folder 24
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
box 1, folder 25
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
box 1, folder 26
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
box 1, folder 27
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
box 1, folder 28
Ang Alamat Ng Chismis
2014
Creator: Nada, Marcushiro
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
box 1, folder 29
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
box 1, folder 30
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
box 1, folder 31
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
box 1, folder 32
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
box 1, folder 33
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
box 1, folder 34
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
box 1, folder 34
1: politics: for we know and cannot unknow / 2: identity: not being at home
box 1, folder 34
3: teorya: usaping burgis
box 8, folder 6
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
box 2, folder 1
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
box 2, folder 2
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
box 2, folder 3
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
box 2, folder 4
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
box 2, folder 5
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
box 1, folder 11
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
box 2, folder 6
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
box 10, folder 31
1 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint
undated
box 10, folder 32
2 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint
undated
box 10, folder 33
3 Beg Komiks a Project Bayani Imprint
undated
box 2, folder 7
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
box 2, folder 8
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
box 2, folder 9
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
box 8, folder 7
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
box 2, folder 10
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
box 2, folder 11
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
box 2, folder 12
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
box 2, folder 13
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
box 10, folder 25
A book for suny days: Almond milk and sea salt scrub
undated
box 2, folder 14
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
box 2, folder 15
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
box 2, folder 16
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
box 2, folder 17
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
box 2, folder 18
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
box 10, folder 44
Buti pa ang Cupcake ma fillings
undated
box 2, folder 19
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
box 2, folder 20
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
box 2, folder 21
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
box 10, folder 37
Catnip (Ang Masusing Pagmamasid)
2016
box 8, folder 8
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
box 2, folder 22
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
box 2, folder 23
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
box 8, folder 9
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
box 8, folder 10
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
box 2, folder 24
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
box 8, folder 11
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
box 2, folder 25
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
box 2, folder 26
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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SOCOlorful Adventures
2015
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Dressing For The Vernisage
2017
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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 ****
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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
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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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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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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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Disminoriya: Modernong Maria Clara
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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
box 10, folder 4
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mahirap Palang Magisa
2017
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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 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
box 4, folder 24
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
box 4, folder 25
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
box 4, folder 26
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
box 4, folder 27
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
box 8, folder 14
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
box 4, folder 28
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
box 4, folder 29
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
box 4, folder 30
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
box 4, folder 31
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
box 4, folder 32
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
box 10, folder 18
Ladies in Teepneys, volume 1
2016
box 4, folder 33
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
box 4, folder 34
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
box 4, folder 35
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
box 4, folder 36
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
box 4, folder 37
Leave It Blank
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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
box 4, folder 38
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
box 4, folder 39
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
box 4, folder 40
Life Is Short Art Is Long
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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
box 4, folder 41
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
box 8, folder 15
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
box 4, folder 42
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
box 5, folder 1
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
box 5, folder 2
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
box 5, folder 3
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
box 5, folder 4
Maliit lang 'yung sa 'yo, itabi mo, magpadaan ka: Adventures in Parataxis
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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
box 5, folder 5
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
box 5, folder 6
Manila Automat Primer
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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
box 5, folder 7
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
box 10, folder 46
Marcela Chapter 1
undated
box 5, folder 8
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
box 5, folder 9
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
box 5, folder 10
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
box 5, folder 11
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
box 5, folder 12
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
box 5, folder 13
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
box 5, folder 14
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
box 5, folder 16
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
box 5, folder 17
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
box 5, folder 18
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
box 5, folder 19
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
box 5, folder 20
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
box 5, folder 21
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
box 5, folder 22
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
box 5, folder 23
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
box 5, folder 24
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
box 8, folder 16
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
box 8, folder 16
The Monthly Soup Issue #1
Creator: Trinidad, Rasel
Creator: Bernabe, Bjan
Creator: Nacionales, Francesca
box 8, folder 16
The Monthly Soup Issue #2
Creator: Mr. Yeti
Creator: Clemente, Calorozy
Creator: Santos, Dana
box 5, folder 25
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
box 5, folder 26
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
box 5, folder 27
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
box 5, folder 28
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
box 5, folder 29
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
box 5, folder 30
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
box 5, folder 31
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
box 5, folder 32
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
box 5, folder 33
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
box 8, folder 17
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
box 6, folder 1
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
box 6, folder 2
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
box 6, folder 3
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
box 6, folder 4
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
box 6, folder 5
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
box 8, folder 18
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
box 6, folder 6
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
box 6, folder 7
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
box 6, folder 8
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
box 6, folder 9
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
box 6, folder 10
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
box 8, folder 19
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
box 6, folder 11
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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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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Sandigmaan Issue
2012 March 2
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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
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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 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
box 8, folder 24
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
box 7, folder 38
Substitute Substitution
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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
box 7, folder 39
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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Swill!
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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
box 8, folder 1
Talinhaga: A Journey Through Words
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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
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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
box 8, folder 31
Thunder
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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
box 8, folder 32
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
box 8, folder 33
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
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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
box 9, folder 1
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
box 9, folder 3
UP WRITERS CLUB
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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
box 9, folder 4
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
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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
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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
box 10, folder 23
What good is good?
undated
box 9, folder 8
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
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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
box 9, folder 10
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
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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
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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
box 9, folder 12
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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Zine by Motzie Dapul
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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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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