I just heard news that Mr. Punch is coming back this November, undoubtedly to drink more of his favorite calamansi juice. How has this managed to stay under my radar, anyway?

A quick Google search yielded this confirmation from the Fully Booked website:

COMING SOON!

The long-awaited book compilation of the winning entries from the 1st Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards will be launched by end-November at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street, together with the awarding ceremony of the 2nd Philippine Graphic Fiction competition with Neil Gaiman as co-presentor!

Entitled, “EXPEDITIONS” the book will compose two parts: Prose Fiction and Comics.

EXPEDITIONS Fiction features the winning stories, “The God Equation,” “A Strange Map of Time,” “The Great Philippine Space Mission,” “The Omega Project,” and “Atha” as well as selected short listed works. EXPEDITIONS Comics will showcase the winning “Hika Girl,” ” SPLAT!,” “Defiant: The Battle of Mactan,” and “Dusk” along with selected short-listed entries.

As promised, the Foreword is written by Neil Gaiman, with the cover art by Leinil Francis Yu.

Details on the book launch will be announced soon.

For those who don’t know where Bonifacio High Street is, it’s inside Fort Bonifacio (aka The Fort), near the Market! Market! shopping mall. Prepare to camp out at the venue, because if it’s anything like the last time, the line is gonna be 4 stories long.

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