April 7



April 7

Aliwan Blg. 85, Abril 7, 1947
Tampok sa harapang taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Alberto Segismundo Cruz
na "Malagas Man Ang Bulaklak"
at sa likuran naman ay ang "Mga Kamalian sa Loob ng Sine"
na iginuhit ni Liberato "Lib" Abrena.

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) in her first magazine cover (The Talk of Hollywood), Life (April 7, 1952).
After which the 25-year-old Monroe became the major star of Hollywood.





Events that happened on April 7

1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reached Cebu Island.

1970 – An Intensity 7 earthquake rocked Luzon for 45 seconds.

1976 – The National Art Center (NAC) was inaugurated as an institution for the artistic development of young Filipinos under the administration of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

1978 – Members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa were elected.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 7:

1871 – Epifanio Cristobal de los Santos, historan, archivist, literary and art critic, jurist, artist and journalist – in Malabon (then part of Rizal Province). (d. April 18, 1928)

1936 – Louie Beltran (full name Luis Diaz Beltran), journalist, columnist, editor, and television host – in Manila. (d. September 6, 1994)

1939 – Saturnino “Satur” Cunanan Ocampo, journalist, writer, political activist and partylist representative.

1967 – Stella Suarez Jr (real name Maria Cecilia Raquel Gomez), actress – in Manila.


Ang Nobelang Komiks na “Botong”



Ang nobelang-komiks na “Botong”
na isinulat ni Mars Ravelo
sa ilalim ng penname na Virgo Villa
at iginuhit ni Abe Ocampo,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Universal Komiks Blg. 80 ( Abril 7, 1967).

          Sa katanyagan ni Mars Ravelo (1916-1988), noong 1950-1970 kinakailangan niyang gumamit ng mga penname upang hindi naman masabi ng mga mambabasa na pulos na lang mga kuwentong-katha niya ang lumalabas sa mga komiks at magasin. Isa sa mga ginamit niya ay ang “Virgo Villa.” Sa penname na ito sinulat niya ang nobelang “Botong” para sa Universal Komiks, isa sa mga pangmasang babasahin na inilunsad ng P.S.G. Publication ni Pablo S. Gomez noong 1960s. Unang lumabas ang “Botong” noong Agosto 13, 1966, at ito ay iginuhit ni Abraham "Abe" Ocampo.

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Natasha Henstridge on the cover of
Stuff (April-May 2000).

Picture Trivia

          Canadian fashion model Natasha Henstridge became known as an actress in the film Species (1995), portraying the genetically engineered alien-human hybrid Sil and in its sequel Species II (1998) as the genetic duplicate of Sil named Eve. Henstridge’s portrayal as Cynthia Tudeski opposite Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry in The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards (2004) were also memorable.

          In 2000, aside from The Whole Nine Yards, Henstridge also appeared in a number of films: Bounce (as Mimi Prager), Second Skin (Crystal Ball), It Had to Be You (Anna Penn), and A Better Way Out (Kelly). In that same year, she also portrayed Hypsipyle, the Queen of Lemnos, in the television miniseries Jason and the Argonauts. 

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March 29

 

MARCH 29

Espesyal Komiks Blg. 283, Marso 29, 1965
Nasa taklob-pahina ang nobelang-komiks na “Ang Dambuhala ng Sariaya” ni Deo Villegas
na iginuhit ni Abe Ocampo.

 

Events that happened on March 29

1521 – Magellan and Datu Kolambu entered into a blood compact.

1887 – The Noli Me Tangere (Latin for “Touch Me Not”), Jose Rizal’s first novel came off the press.

1942 – The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (HUKBALAHAP) was established in Nueva Ecija with Luis Taruc as supremo.

1969 – The New People’s Army (NPA) was established in Tarlac by Jose Maria Sison and Bernabe Buscano. It was initially composed of former members of the Hukbong Magpapalaya ng Bayan (HMB) and recruited youth and student activist. It later became the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

1988 – High-ranking leaders of the NPA, Romulo Kintanar, Rafael Baylosis, Benjamin de Vera, Maria-Gloria Jopson Asuncion and Mario Asuncion were captured.

1994 – The Philippines’ first link to the Internet was opened at the first International E-mail Conference in Cebu City.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 29:

1911 – Tito Arevalo (real name Eustacio Ylagan), actor and musician - in Tondo, Manila (d, December 4, 2000).

1984 – Mark Callano Paragua, chess grandmaster (the first Fiiipino grandmaster to obtain a recorded ELO rating of over 2600 (January 2006) – in Marilao, Bulacan.



Stef Prescott on the cover
of Gadgets magazine April 2011 issue

1991 – Stef Prescott (full name Stefanie Marisa Quintos Prescott), actress and model – in Seattle, Washington.

Ang “Ukala” ni Alfredo Alcala

Ang “Ukala” ni Alfredo Alcala sa taklob-pahina
ng Pilipino Komiks Blg. 126, Marso 29, 1952.

          Ang “Ukala (Ang Walang Suko)” ay nobelang-komiks na isinulat at iginuhit ni Alfredo Alcala para sa Pilipino Komiks (1952-1953). Ukala ang pangalan ng pangunahing karakter ng nobela na isang katutubong American Indian noong panahon ng pananakop ng mga Europeans sa Central America. Si Ukala ay “walang suko” (Paunawa: ang pakahulugan ng salitang “suko” rito ay “katapat,” “tayog” o “sukdulan”) na nagpapahiwatig na ang kaniyang tapang at galing ay “walang katapat.”

          Isina-pelikula ito sa titulong Ukala (Ang Walang Takot) ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Artemio B. Tecson at itinanghal sa Center Theater noong Mayo 22-31, 1954. Itinampok si Cesar Ramirez bilang Ukala. Katambal niya si Alicia Vergel bilang ang kaniyang kapanalig at katipan.

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Jane Fonda as Barbarella
on the cover of Life (March 29, 1968).

Picture Trivia

          The French science-fiction comic book, Barbarella, was originally conceptualized by Jean-Claude Forest for V-Magazine in 1962. Later on, Barbarella was published into a comic book by Eric Losfeld.

          The character Barbarella is a woman who has many adventures, mostly sexual, in her travels in space. The story around Barbarella is a rare mixture of science fiction and erotica.

          Do you know that in 1968, it was made into a film starring Jane Fonda as Barbarella? The film had English and French versions. In the French version, it was Fonda herself who said her lines in French.

          In the said film, Barbarella made a striptease in zero gravity, whereupon viewers could almost see Fonda naked. Kylie Minogue also used the iconography of Barbarella, and the zero-gravity striptease scene was duplicated in her award-winning video for the song “Put Yourself in My Place” (1994).                              o     O     o