The Comics' Rockstar

You might have heard the name Manix Abrera before, and why not? His works are almost everywhere. Manuel Luis Lorenzo Abrera also known as Manix Abrera is best known as the author of the daily comic strip entitled “Kikomachine” that runs in the Inquirer’s comic page. He has introduced some of the iconic characters in the local comics’ industry today such as the grumpy Bertong Badtrip, the philosophical Alpha Omega, and the terror professor you wouldn’t want to meet.

No one else does what Manix Abrera is doing- figuratively and literally. He has attracted many fanatical readers because of his quirky and yet accessible observational humor.  He started drawing the “Kikomachine” comic strip in 2000. But the purest expression of Abrera’s artworks is his wordless comics. He released “12” in 2009 which is a silent graphic novel featuring twelve connected stories. The story is funny, sad, really weird and utterly unique.

Manix Abrera is not just an ordinary guy. For one thing, he creates comic strips for a living but he isn’t also your stereotypical artist either. Manix is also athletic. In fact, the closest thing he has to a routine is rowing with the UP Dragonboat Team thrice a week. Apart from that and his deadlines, everything is up in the air for the 28-year-old rock star of the comics’ world.

Manix comics is such a hit not just because it makes people laugh. The thing about his comics is it has a lot of heart, and so too the artist who will encourage others by telling them it isn't about skill or talent, but desire.

Manix have observe a lot of things and uses these observations to make funny and witty stories. He is a genius and he would surely keep us laughing and smiling as we see ourselves in the stories he has created for a decade.