TPKP 177 Kawangis–Aria and Faye Chilabian | Making Kids Learn From Komiks Again

The following conversation is the next episode for our PICOF 2025 Pinoy Komiks Creators Podcast rSeries, featuring the husband and wife team, Aria and Faye Chelabian, heading one of the major players in the local comics industry, Kawangis. Visit their at the Philippine International Comics Festival 2025, happening in July 5 and 6 at SM Megatrade Hall 2. It will feature local and international comics creators and their latest releases so make sure to not miss out on it.In this episode Aria and Faye share their experiences as comics creators and comics publishers in the local scene. I am thrilled to learn about their strategy of working with the government to help distribute comics to school libraries all over the country, emphasizing comics’ roots as a learning material, reaching to the children, pre-teens market, and homeschoolers. We shared insights, observations, critiques, and aspirations to komiks and the Filipino creative industry as a whole.Check out their books, Maharlikan Chronicles, Ma-i, Incognito, Zona Cero, and others at PICOF 2025 and check out the link in the descriptions for their whole catalog.And of course, don’t forget to subscribe to this channel for more artist podcasts and conversations with other great guests. You can also join our membership to watch new episodes in advance. And now, here is TPKP 177: Kawangis—Aria and Faye Chelabian | Komiks in Every School Library.Subscribe to my music review channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamcastkomiksmanFollow Komiksman:https://www.instagram.com/komiksman/https://x.com/komiksmanhttps://www.twitch.tv/komiksmanriffshttps://www.facebook.com/komiksman#thekomiksmanmethod #komiksmanpodcast #komiksmanjamcast #jamcast #komiksmanriffs #komiksmandoomscrolling #doomscrolling #komiksman