What if Rizal didn’t die in 1896, because he drank Christ’s Blood from the San Greal. And what if Rizal was then able to manipulate Philippine History into what we read in the books. What if he became immortal. Fiction. Sure! But that’s the premise of a still to be released book from the talented Filipino comic book artist Gerry Alanguilan. The book hopes to reveal the different facets of Jose Rizal. As he was a genius, an inventor, an adventurer, surgeon, teacher, chef, scientist, time-traveler, astronomer, astronaut, pilot, sub-mariner, playboy, 100% Filipino and most important of all, HERO.
Gerry hopes to celebrate Jose Rizal as a true Filipino hero, in ‘ways we’ve never imagined, but perfectly consistent with who he was a real person and human being’. To be faithful to who the real Jose Rizal was, characteristics that he was known to have, good or bad.
We can only pray that Gerry releases this soon to be epic for all of us to enjoy and celebrate our beloved National Hero.
Doroteo Gerardo N. Alanguilan, Jr. or better known as Gerry Alanguilan (born January 20, 1968) is a Filipino comic book artist and writer from San Pablo City, Laguna. Alanguilan created comics such as as Wasted, Johnny Balbona, Humanis Rex! and ELMER. He also contributed to anthologies like Siglo: Freedom, Siglo: Passion and Filipino Komiks, all published in the Philippines. In the United States, he is known as inker for such titles like Wetworks, X-Men, Superman: Birthright, Wolverine, High Roads, Fantastic Four, and Silent Dragon. He has also worked alongside with Leinil Francis Yu and Whilce Portacio.
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