Comments on: What We’re Feeding to Our Children

By: addi

addi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:54:44 +0000

wondering whats original here in the ph…

By: Jethro

Jethro — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:38:00 +0000

Mars Ravelo ? Bill Finger.
End of discussion.

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:33:39 +0000

Hm.. I remember making a reflection paper about this. XD
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Gagamboy = …too obvious
Ang teacher kong pogi = Kindergarten Cop
Kampanerang Kuba = Female Quasimodo?
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All I can think of for now. :P

By: Wil

Wil — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:24:55 +0000

Localized fanfiction much?

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:57:44 +0000

Full agreement, here. Like I said, Ravelo probably just knew what he liked, and wrote his own version. It’s all fair enough, until some other asshole tries to turn your for-fun characters into some nationalistic textbook propaganda for poor, stupid little kids.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:52:04 +0000

I’m doubtful as to whether or not Mars Ravelo had a nationalistic agenda. I tend to think his objective was to corner the “Masa” Market for comic books by Tagalizing American comics. So why copy instead of create? Well, obviously he lacked either patience, talent or both. Either way, I think he’s a bad comic book writer, not a propagandist.