TOYCON PH: The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention

Dropped by Day 1 of the 10th Toycon at SM Megamall this weekend.
The place was packed tight and I had a hard time going around. Didn't stay long though because I was feeling a bit under the weather with a typhoon building up outside.

Here are some pix of the booths, the merchandise and the people.

I was especially happy to see a display of Alfredo Alcala's work. I discovered his work in the old Conan comicbooks as well as in Arak, Son of Thunder. He was one of the influential illustrators I looked up to with his impressive attention to detail as well as lavishly rich linework. He's one of the illustrators whose black and white art inspired and influenced me a lot. Someone should really publish a folio of his impressive body of work.

More to come!

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