Renaissance Launch Recap

Okay, I should’ve probably written this a week ago, but as you well know, I’m lazy as all fuck. That said, I would like you to know that the delay with which this was posted is no indication of the success of the launch nor my opinion on the actual book itself.

So, what is Renaissance? If you’ve never been here before, seen it on  Facebook or you just not into the local comic book scene, I’d be happy to fill you in since you obviously don’t have many friends. Aaanyway, Renaissance is the brainchild of Ernest Hernandez, his events company, Hobbylink Productions, Philip Tan and other great people whose names escape me at the moment. It was born out of the passion to help out victims of the Ondoy typhoon that hit the country a few months ago. Philip and Ernest wanted to pitch, so they decided to do something together with the comic book artists of the Philippines. It grew from there.

It snowballed into something bigger than just an event. They put together an art book depicting different scenarios with the theme of helping the Filipinos during the storm - most of the art, at least. The book of Filipino art is what is formally known as Renaissance.
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