ANG BOKSINGER by CEV RUIZ
The art feels too sketchy as if the whole thing was a hodge podge of impromptu sketches or story boards cut and pasted together to make a comic. It's in Filipino so it doesn't really cater to a large enough audience. Some bits are hard to understand and it feels like some captions were left out like in page 5 and page 7. Sometimes it feels like there are missing pages like after the boxing match you're suddenly in page 23 and the main character's holding a cross. Where did that come from? Story wise it juxtaposes the contest's theme of "Bakit Astig Ang Pinoy?" in the life of a boxer and the twist in the end is that the protagonist doesn't win which I guess was foreshadowed when he did the deed with his wife(?) prior to the boxing match. It continues with the theme that even if the boxer loses he still continues training which is a cheat page since it was basically page 1 again.
Rating: 2.5 / 5
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