- Cal Sobrepeña
Infobox Comics creator
name = Felipe Sobrepeña Calusa
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birthdate =May 1 ,1940
location =Pangasinan ,Philippines
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awards =Felipe Sobrepeña Calusa (born on
May 1 ,1940 inPangasinan ,Philippines ) is the only child of Rufino Calusa and Teofila Sobrepeña. Orphaned from a mother early in life, his mother died inWorld War II when he was just a year old and his father was always in the woods because of the war. He was left in the care of aunties and relatives.When the war was over, his father was able to land a job as a messenger at a post office in
Manila , and his father took him to live there. Sobrepeña spent most of his teenage life at the Quezon City High School in Kamuning, Quezon City. After high school, he took upFine Arts at theUniversity of the Philippines inDiliman . While in college, he was moonlighting as anillustrator at a local bookstore, providing the drawings for textbooks used in elementary and high schools.Then after earning his degree in college, he got a small job at a local publishing company, where he would draw all the characters of
Francisco Balagtas ' novel "Florante at Laura ". Then he applied as an illustrator at several comics publication including Graphic Arts Services, Inc. (GASI), Atlas Publication, Islas Filipinas Publishing Company and ACE Publication. He worked there for years, comics like "Silangan, Aliwan, Wakasan, Lovelife, Funny Komiks" and the likes were very popular during those times. He had worked in comics for so many years and that was where he made a name for himself. Eventually, his talent and hard work paid off. He was given an award for "Best Komiks Illustrator" for his illustrations on the cover of "Lovelife Komiks".Among his works were "Karpov, Darmo Kandado, Vertud" and "Children's Bible sa Wikang Filipino".
External links
* [http://calusa.atspace.com Cal Sobrepeña -Life and Works]
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