I just started reading the Eisner - nominated series Breakfast After Noon and am loving it so far! Wonderfully - illustrated by Andi Watson, BAN works like a romantic comedy - drama of sorts in graphic novel form.

The story is set in contemporary England and is about Rob and Louise, an engaged couple who unexpectedly find themselves unemployed and before they knew it, eating breakfast after noon.

"Breakfast After Noon has a universal appeal for anyone who has ever been in love or found themselves in a position where they no longer have any idea where they are headed."

Related links:
* Andi Watson
* Onipress
12:28 PM
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Yesterday was spent re-stocking Comic Quest with Trip to Tagaytay , watching A.I. (Arnold and I loved it), celebrating Ely's kid Eon's first birthday, catching a play called "Rated Ex" (in which one segment, "Aksidente", is directed by our babysis Marie Jamora and features members of these bands) at the Ateneo's Rizal Mini Theatre, and finally, finally treating ourselves to a late, much - needed dinner. Whew!
11:45 AM
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September 6, 2001

Crumbs and all its pop-up goodness just keeps getting better and better.
Obviously, Indi & Adam's "brush with capitalist dotCOM ventures left them rather unscathed. Whatever dreams they had were still packed inside cardboard boxes lined with bubblewrap and four-fold-sealed with masking tape. As freelancers, they eventually used their free time to fulfill their dreams of postcard prose with pop-artstravaganzic garments..."

11:00 AM
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My longtime galpal, fashion designer Tippi Ocampo along with Old Asia's Carmina del Rosario has come up with a really cool line of loungewear called Lounge Lizard. I wish I had funky photos to post...for now, picture ultra-chic drawstring pants and shorts peppered with non-conventional prints, e.g. Japanese characters.

Lounge Lizard is in the 'Third Floor' (that's the name of the store) at the old Steaktown building beside Seven Eight Orange, along Makati Avenue. It's open til around 8 pm on weekdays, and 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
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By the way, I'm also making Tippi a site to feature her unique style in designing clothing. She won at the Young Fashon Designers tilt held in Paris in '99 and is quickly making a name for herself in the fashion world because of her fun, quirky but very classy designs. She draws inspiration from the unexpected -- crumpled tissue, sako (straw bags used to package rice), pleated lamp shades -- you get the picture. Well what can you expect from someone who used to wear flouncy skirts, an assortment of hats and scarves, button - rosettes, and pink-dyed
chuck taylors back in school? (Haha, luv ya Tips!) Stay tuned (:
10:12 AM
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September 5, 2001

Been holding back from announcing this but yep, the word is out: my Arnold's graphic novel Trip to Tagaytay IS a finalist at the 2001 Manila Critics Circle National Book Awards! Good luck, baby!!!

The MCC is an organization of professional literary critics who recognize the country's best books yearly with the National Book Award. It is also one of the toughest competitions because a unanimous vote has to be cast in order for a piece to win, so you can imagine how Arnold felt when he won last year for his four-part opus The Mythology Class (:
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Oh, and here's something we've both been looking forward to -- Broadway musical
"Rent" will be restaged by Atlantis Productions starting Oct. 5 at the GSIS Theater. For tickets, call 892-7078. Viva la vie boheme!
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You may not be able to tell the difference but I just transferred all my weblog files to Blogger, since they were getting difficult to manage with Pitas.
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