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  2. Kenkoy - Wikipedia

    • Francisco "Kenkoy" Harabas is a Philippine comics character created by writer Romualdo Ramos and cartoonist and illustrator Tony Velasquez in 1929. Velazquez continued the strip for decades after Ramos' death in 1932. Kenkoy was seminal to Philippine comics and thus Velasquez is considered the founding father of the komiks industry. The term kenkoy h… See more

    Description

    Kenkoy was a comedic character who wore a baggy pair of pants, suspenders and charol shoes, and had slick, … See more

    History

    The name Kenkoy was derived from common nicknames for the Francisco, namely Kiko, Iko, Kikoy. Kenkoy first appeared on the pages of the Tagalog-language literary magazine Liwayway on 11 January 19… See more

    Created byTony Velasquez (illustrator) · Romualdo Ramos (writer)
    AliasFrancisco Harabas
    SpeciesHuman
    RelativesRosing (wife) · Children: · Dayunyor Dyulie · Tsing · Doy · Dalisyosa · Etot · Nene · Piching · Tsikiting Gubat
    Legacy

    Kenkoy, through his creators, was the origin of the “pidgin language” that was the mixture of grammatically-incorrect yet effectively comical “Tagalog, Spanish, and English languages” usage contemporarily known as "… See more

     
  1. The formal history of Philippine comics began on Jan. 11, 1929, when Antonio Velasquez and Romualdo Ramos came out with “Mga Kababalaghan ni Kenkoy,” the first Filipino comic series. It was also the first humorous comic strip using human caricatures in the country.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
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    The formal history of Philippine comics began on Jan. 11, 1929, when Antonio Velasquez and Romualdo Ramos came out with “Mga Kababalaghan ni Kenkoy,” the first Filipino comic series. It was also the first humorous comic strip using human caricatures in the country.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
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    Tony Velasquez' career as a comic artist spanned the birth, development, and triumph of the comic industry in the Philippines. Born in Paco, Manila, Tony Velasquez created the first serialized Filipino cartoon strip, 'Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy' ('Kenkoy's Antics') in 1928.
    www.lambiek.net/artists/v/velasquez_tony.htm
    Kenkoy is the most influential comic strip in the Philippines, and Tony Velasquez is known as the "Father of Philippine Comics." First published in 1929, this strip eventually gained more panels, pages, and demand from readers. By 1935, it had gone to 12 panels and published in full color.
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    Arguably the most influential comic strip in the history of Philippine Komiks, Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy was created in 1928 by eighteen-year old Tony Velasquez, in collaboration with Tagalog writer Romualdo Ramos.
    pilipinokomiks.blogspot.com/2005/10/world-of-kenk…
    Kenkoy was the first Filipino comic strip appearing in 1929. It featured four frame stories and was used as a filler in weekly magazines. In 1931, other recurring characters were introduced including Kulafu, Huapelo, Saryong Albularyo, Goyo and Kikay, Dyesebel, Darna, Valentina, Petra, and Karina.
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  2. PilipinoKomiks: The World of Kenkoy - Blogger

    Oct 9, 2005 · Arguably the most influential comic strip in the history of Philippine Komiks, Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy was created in 1928 by eighteen-year old …

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  3. ‘Kenkoy’ and proud of it: Feting the Father of Pinoy ‘Komiks’

  4. PilipinoKomiks: Kenkoy: The Beginnings

    Jul 10, 2006 · Kenkoy, the first Filipino cartoon character, with his creator Tony Velasquez (aged 19) in the background, the recognized Father of the Tagalog Comics. (This is actually an old Kenkoy figurine doll from the collection of …

  5. Kenkoy (Comic Strip) - TV Tropes

    Kenkoy was the first newspaper comic strip to achieve mass popularity in the Philippines. First conceived in December 1928 but debuting in January 1929 in the Tagalog-language Liwayway magazine, it shot its hardworking creator …

  6. Tony Velasquez - Lambiek Comiclopedia

    Born in Paco, Manila, Tony Velasquez created the first serialized Filipino cartoon strip, 'Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy' ('Kenkoy's Antics') in 1928. It first appeared on 11 January 1929.

  7. PilipinoKomiks: Kenkoy: Biography of a Pop Icon

    Nov 26, 2005 · “KENKOY is the Philippines’ first true pop icon. He is a ludicrous portrait of the Filipino…pathetically trying but barely succeeding in keeping up with his American mentors”—Nonoy Marcelo. KENKOY: 1. Isang …

  8. ‘Kenkoy’ and proud of it: Feting the Father of Pinoy …

    Oct 25, 2020 · Kenkoy, the character who would define Velasquez’s career, first appeared in Liwayway on Jan. 11, 1929—just a few months before the debut of global Disney icon Mickey Mouse—in a strip called “Mga Kabalbalan ni …

  9. Antonio Velasquez was born in Paco, Manila October …

    Oct 29, 2011 · Starting as a photoengraver at the age of 16 at the Banaag Press in Manila, Tony gave life to the first serialized cartoon strip entitled "Album ng mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy," with the first issue published on January 11, 1929 …

  10. ‘Kenkoy’ marks 90th year - Lifestyle.INQ

    Apr 8, 2019 · “Kenkoy” was created by cartoonist Tony Velasquez, touted to be the “Father of Philippine Comics,” and first appeared in Jan. 11, 1929, a year before Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse was launched and the same year as “The …

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