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Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.
Comics have been popular reading fare among Filipinos since the 1940s, when the first mainstream comic series, Halakhak (Laughter) Komiks was published in 1946. Other titles published during this time were Pilipino Komiks (1947), Tagalog Klasiks (1949), and Silangan (Eastern) Komiks (1950). (Image courtesy of www.comicvine.com)
