Humanis Rex #4

Dr. Edgar Romanes and a Crimean

After all the set-ups time jumps, backgrounds and introductions, the story now begins in earnest. Humanis Rex #4 will present the time and setting in which the rest of the story will be told.

Below is a list of characters/places that have been featured prominently so far....



General Elias Andres. The greatest Philippine hero of the Third World War. In Humanis Rex #1 and 2, General Andres in 2045 held the Cavite Coastal Pass, preventing the spread of the New Axis Empire in the Pacific, thus effectively beginning the end of the war, but at the cost of his own life.


Crimean Dominion. They are a race of extra-terrestials who visited the earth in 2168. The aliens first appeared to be benevolent, offering technological and medical advances that benefit the people of Earth. The aliens arrived and came to stay, establishing their own country in an island given to them by the grateful people of the planet that they had helped.

In the century that followed, The Crimean Dominion, empowered by their superior technology, because the number one superpower in the entire planet, enforcing their will upon the whole world.

Solum Novus. The place that used to be called Metro Manila. This is where our story will entirely take place.

Humanis Rex #4 introduces us to Dr. Edgar Romanes (not yet named in the issue), a scientist that will play a small but important part in the story.

Humanis Rex #3!

Humanis Rex #3 comes with the new issue of Fudge to be sold at the Toycon 2005 at Megatrade Hall, Megamall, on June 26.

From FUDGE ED-In Chief....

Hope you can check us out in mag stands and bookstores!

By the way, Fudge is one of the sponsors of the 4th PHILIPPINE TOYS, HOBBIES and COLLECTIBLES CONVENTION 2005 on June 26 at the SM Megamall MegaTrade Hall 3! Lots of toys, hard-to-find collectibles, people in costume and rabid buyers!!!

PLUS: Fudge has a selling booth there and for every purchase of a Batman issue of Fudge magazine (only P100!), you'll get a special limited edition Batmam Begins 25inx38in poster for free. Lilmited stocks and we assure you the posters rock! And they are numbered so they will soon be rare. So see you guys there!

Fudge on!
Annie

A Different Cover

It turns out the current issue of FUDGE, where Humanis Rex #2 comes out, has a 2nd cover, this time with Canadian singer-songwriter Emm Gryner in an attention-getting yellow cover.

Humanis Rex #2!

Humanis Rex #2 is out with the latest issue of Fudge!

Working on #3

I also just finished part 3 of the story, and having been pressed for time (due to Silent Dragon), I considered dusting off an old unpublished page which suited the story I wanted to tell in #3 perfectly.

For a long time I was kind of put off by the fact that some of my best stuff will remain unpublished and I'm glad I was able to reconfigure at least a page to fit what I'm doing today. This page would comprise much of page 2 of Humanis Rex #3, but page 1 is compeltely new.

For those who have been following the strip, #1 had a full page spread of an "overview" of the series, showing who the main characters were, who the bad guys were, where it's all happening, and a hint of some of events that are going to take place.


Humanis Rex #1 Page 1

This "overview" page is inspired by how komiks stories were told for many decades here in the Philippines. "Part 1" or "Unang Labas" as they were called, usually had a large panel, sometimes a whole page, and sometimes a 2-page spread (as in the case of Coching's latter work and Hal Santiago's 70's work) showing the "essentials" of the story without giving too much away.

#2 is a prologue establishing one of the major characters of the story.

#3 is a presentation of the status quo of the society in which I will be telling my story.

#4 is where the story can finally begin, now that I've established who, what, where and when.