Gadgets of the Future

MOD Vol. 42 No. 1879, January-February 2011

On the cover: Stephanie Sol

What the future holds is now within reach.

“Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:34, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

August 29



AUGUST 29

Modern Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 31, Agosto 29, 1967
Tampok sa taklob-pahina si “Captain Modern” na kathang-isip ni Jul Calixto at iginuhit ni Al Sanchez.

Agosto 29 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 29, 1898, Hinalinhan ni Heneral Elwell Otis si Heneral Wesley Merritt bilang American military governor ng Pilipinas. Si Otis ay nakilala sa kasaysayan sa paggawa ng mga kalupitan at kabuktutan laban sa mga mamamayang Filipino nang panahon ng Philippine-American War.

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          Ika-29 ng Agosto, 1981, nang maging World Junior Lightweight boxing champion si Rolando Navarrete matapos niyang mapatulog ang Ugandan-born na si Coenelius Boza-Edwards.

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          Napasama si Eugene Torre sa grandmaster candidate match sa Mexico noong Agosto 29, 1982. Si Torre ang kauna-unahang Filipino at Asyano na naging grandmaster sa chess.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 29:

1862 – Candido Tirona, revolutionary general, Secretary of War of the Magdalo Council and hero of the Battle of Binakayan – in Kawit, Cavite (d. November 10, 1896).

1930 – Caloy Loyzaga (full name Carlos Matute Loyzaga), basketball player known as the “Big Difference” – in Manila (d. January 27, 2016).

1935 – Luis Robredo Villafuerte Sr, politician – in Camarines Sur.

1954 – Neptali Medina Gonzales II, politician – in Mandaluyong City.

1958 – Chito Loyzaga (full name Joaquin Cuerva Loyzaga), basketball player – in Manila.

1988 – Iwa Moto (real name Aileen Quinodo Iwamoto), actress and model –  in Tagum City Davao del Norte.

Iwa Moto
on the covers of MOD (July 24, 2006), UNO (January 2008),
FHM Philippines (September 2008) and Playboy Philippines (August 2012).



Ang “Bondying”

Ang katha ni Mars Ravelo na “Bondying”
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Pilipino Komiks Blg. 163 (Agosto 29, 1953)

          Kakaiba sa lahat ng mga karakter sa komiks ang “Bondying” na likhang-isip ni Mars Ravelo. Ito ay kuwento tungkol sa isang taong lumaki na ang pag-iisip at pananalita ay nanatiling sa isang batang paslit, na bagama’t inosente ang pagkukuro ay may natatanging talino at katusuan. Ito ay dahil sa pagpapalaki ng kaniyang lola. Karaniwang tampulan ng katatawanan ang mga pangyayaring pumapalibot sa kapaligiran niya, lalo na ang hawak niyang napakalaking mamador. Datapuwa’t may drama ring aantig sa puso ng mga mambabasa.

          Ayon mismo kay Ginoong Ravelo, isa ang Bondying sa limang pinaka-paborito niyang obra. Maganda ang pagkakasulat ng kuwento na may naiibang kiliti na sinubaybayan ng mga mambabasa. Una itong lumabas sa mga pahina ng Pilipino Komiks Blg. 161 noong Agosto 1, 1954. Ito ay iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres.

          Mula sa panulat ni Ravelo, ilang pelikula rin ang ginawa na kinatampukan ng karakter na si Bondying. Ang una ay ang Bondying (1954) na tinaguriang “Ang Batang Laki sa Nuno.” Ito ay isinapelikula ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Armando Garces at pinagbidahan ni Fred Montilla. Nasundan ito ng Tatay na si Bondying (1955) na si Fred Montilla pa rin ang gumanap sa pangunahing papel. Taong 1973 nang lumabas ang Ato Ti Bondying na pinatnugutan ni Celso Ad. Castillo, kung saan si Jay Ilagan naman ang gumanap na Bondying. Ang huli ay pinagbidahan ni Jimmy Santos – ang Bondying: The Little Boy (1989) – kung saan ang screenplay ay isinulat ni Jose Javier Reyes at ginawa sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Mike Relon Makiling.

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“Rogel Maglaya”


Ang nobelang-komiks na “Rogel Maglaya”
na kathang-isip ni Damy Velasquez
at iginuhit ni Celso Trinidad, tampok sa
Pinoy Komiks Blg. 8 (Agosto 29, 1963).

          Isang masalimuot na kuwento ng iba’t-ibang pakikibaka ang kathang-isip ni Damy Velasquez sa katauhan ng karakter na si “Rogel Maglaya”. Ito ay iginuhit ni Celso Trinidad at unang lumabas kasabay ng unang isyu ng Pinoy Komiks noong Mayo 23, 1963.

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Si Anne Curtis, tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Gadgets 10th Anniversary issue (August 2010).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Anne Curtis ay 12-anyos lamang nang siya ay madiskubre na maging artista. Ito ay habang nagbabakasyon siya sa Pilipinas galing ng Australia kung saan sila naninirahan ng kaniyang mga magulang. Si Anne Curtis ay anak ng isang abogadong Australian na nagngangalang James Curtis-Smith at ni Carmen Ojales, isang Filipinang may dugong Kastila.

          Noong 2010, dalawang pelikula ang nilabasan ni Anne Curtis kung saan mga ex-boyfriends niya ang naging katambal niya, si Sam Milby sa pelikulang Babe, I Love You at si Richard Gutierrez sa pelikulang In Your Eyes, kung saan napili siyang Best Supporting Actress sa 29th Luna Awards.

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May 3



MAY 3

Life May 3, 1963

On the Cover: The bust of Alexander the Great

Events that happened on May 3

1882 – Jose Rizal left Manila on board the Spanish steamer Salvadora for Singapore. From Singapore, Rizal boarded the French steamer Djemnah, which was sailing to Europe. He was going to Spain to complete his university studies.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 3:

1859 – Enrique Mendiola, educator, editor, textbook author and founder of La Alborada, a weekly school publication (d. March 30, 1914).

1963 – Jesus Yagin Salud, champion professional boxer and promoter, in Sinait, Ilocos Sur.

1991 – Bela Padilla (real name Krista Valle Sullivan), model and actress.

Bela Padilla
on the cover of Gadgets Philippines (October 2011).




Joe DiMaggio on the cover of Sports World

(America’s Fun Magazine, May 1949)

Picture Trivia

           American major league center fielder Joe DiMaggio (full name Giuseppe Paulo DiMaggio, 1914-1999) was an extraordinary athlete of his time. DiMaggio was a three-time Most valuable Player and 13-time All-Star player, the only baseball player to be included in the All-Stars in his 13 years with the New York Yankees, including nine World Series championships. He holds the record of “56-game hitting streak” (from May 15 to July 16, 1941), a record that still stands today.           In 1949, DiMaggio was the first baseball player to earn more 100,000 dollars per year. He was included in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.        

 

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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