Comments on: Rostam Comic Book - bringing the hero to this time

By: rhodora

rhodora — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:13:41 +0000

Thank you all for all the feedback. Reading all your comments made me see the whole point of Rostam Comic Book: that we should promote reading among youth today. Whatever form and style, so long as the materials impart valuable knowledge and develop love for cultural/historical heritage among readers - it’s worth a read.

CAMERON: My pleasure!

By: cameron

cameron — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:10:48 +0000

Thanks for the great review.
For you information the illustrations of the entire books can be viewed on the “characters” link on the website then just click on the links “book 1″ and “book 2″

By: cameron

cameron — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:06:33 +0000

Thanks for the great review.
For people who want to see the comic books you can see the illustrations of the entire books on the website. For book one:
http://www.theshahnameh.com/flash/Rostam_Book_1/index.html
For book two:
http://www.theshahnameh.com/flash/Rostam_Book_2/index.html

By: Ai

Ai — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:15:39 +0000

Ditto that! But with me, I still love to read classical books and stories…in fact, I have collections of some of our Filipino classical stories. It was funny, before I read this entry of yours I just narrate to my hubby about our old epic Bi-ag ni lam-ang and my hubby is quite interested to read it..since he too love classical stories. We both shared our countries classical stories & it was fun listening to it. Hope youths nowadays will like & see the values in reading such classic stories..so they will not also forget our heritage & traditions

By: houseband00

houseband00 — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:57:57 +0000

Hi Rhodora,

I remember the Illustrated Classics of my youth. These were comics versions of literary classics. I actually learned to appreciate a lot of literary works due in part to these comics. Though nothing beats the pleasure of reading the beautiful language of the originals.

By: Mica

Mica — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:30:55 +0000

Tita, hindi pa pala ako nakakapunta sa Dagupena na nasa Calasiao na ngayon

I used to read comic books when i was younger. Ngayon internet na lang at tv ang source ko for entertainment.

Tita may isusumbong ako.. may nakita ako kanina :p

By: eric aka senor enrique

eric aka senor enrique — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:30:42 +0000

I’d like to read this comic book myself. Thanks for sharing.

Most local youths I know are not much into reading; sad I thought.

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:53:35 +0000

Medyo na-iiba na nga ngayon ang approach sa pagtuturo. Kelangan na nga atang mag adapt sa new media. Comics are okay as well, medyo magandang production lang sana I think. Kasi I think there were some efforts before by a local comics group but the production wre not that successful

By: liz

liz — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:06:10 +0000

i suddenly feel as if i am a rare animal born of my generation.

i love reading books, especially the old ones, because they give me insights from the past which today missed. they have more appeal than mainstream books of today because i always thought of the past as a romantic age where values and emotions existed as absolutes, with no shades in between. unlike now, when things seem bland and ascetic.

also, I think Marco is a wide reader, beyond his Magic Cards.

By: LAR

LAR — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:37:58 +0000

It’s very true. Hindi na ako nakakakita ng kahit anong uri ng comics around markets and sidewalks. Unlike before, comics are everywhere. Hindi nila alam na mas naiintindihan at interesting sa mga bata ang drawings and texts at the same. Now, we only have that in big bookstores and they are very expensive. I am not a good comic artist but I am a member of a club called Komikero. Lahat ng magagaling na comic artists ay nandito. We aim to advertise and revive all kinds of comics and also the great Filipino comic artists. You can visit to those interested in Filipino comic arts and artists. I hope mapanumbalik ang hilig ng mga kabataan sa mga kahalagahan ng history, values at makathang pamamaraan sa pamamagitan ng komiks o ng kahit anong media na makakatulong at mas interesting sa mga kabataan.