Early Doodles

These are some of my early sketches for Messiah 666. Rest assured, the "beast" is yet to come.

Pacquiao for President

The fake president, GMA, had set the bar at an all-time low. Ordinary Filipino's looking out for the common good could now be considered superheroes.

It's dire straits in the Philippines.

And like what most of the opponents of the mega famous Gensan pugilist the Pacmonster shout to deaf heaven, the Filipinos echo the same sentiment: "When will the hurting stop?"

But when "Garci" is god, that might be asking for too much.

"Ang Batangueno"

Mga kapatid sa pananampalataya, heto ang isang handog ng inyong lingkod sa katutubong dila!

Sundan ang pakikipagsapalaran ng ating bida sa "Ang Batangueno".

Ang Batangueno (Part 1)

“Don’t talk to me. Talk to my Lawyer”, paangas na sabi ni Abheng kay Berto.

“Kayabang ga nire. Tagalugin mo nga at nakakabanas ka! Pagbilhan mo na nga ng suka at toyo yan Ate Elsa at mukhang nalipasan na ng gutom. Kita mo’t pa-english english pa!”

“Mahiya ka sa balat mo!”, ganti ni Abheng sabay tingin sa tabihan. “Pagsabihan mo nga ang unggoy na kasama mo Khaled. Bakit kasi pinakawalan mo sa zoo”.

Matipid na ngiti ang tugon ng binatilyo sabay puna sa kasamahan, “Tama na yan Pre. Kunin mo na yung bola at naghihintay na sila sa plaza”

“Shampoo nga po Aling Elsa, Ayyyy……”

Tumigil naman si Berto na ngayon ay parang estatwa sa pagkakatayo nya. Alam ni Khaled na kahit na sumunod sa kanya ang kasamahan ay walang koneksyon ang inasta nito sa pagsaway nya. Sinundan nya ang tinutumbok ng mata ng kaibigan at nakita nyang nakapako ang tingin nito sa dibdib ni Abheng.

Paano ba nama’y yumuko ang dalagita para pulutin ang nalaglag na mga barya. At kahit nga siguro sinong santo o diablo ay mapapatda sa kagandahan ng tanawin na nakaumang sa kanila. Si Khaled man ay natigilan din dahil kung tutuusin ay mas maganda ang pagkakapwesto nya. Sabi nga ay di lamang kaluluwa ang nakahain dahil pati kuyukot ay kita nya. At sa totoong pinagpala, labis-labis ang grasya ni Abheng na umaapaw sa sando at short pants na suot nya.

Pag diwata ang kaharap ay sadya nga yatang kaytagal ng sandaling pagkalingat, kahit pa nga sabihin na si Khaled ay nakabawi din agad. Humarang syang bigla sa harapan ng nabato-balaning si Berto. Akmang yuyuko sya ng biglang nag-angat ng mukha ang dalagita. Napaurong syang bigla na nagtulak naman upang mawala sa panimbang si Bertong nasa likuran nya. Kamuntik ng matumba si berto kung di sya napatukod sa may pintuan.

Nagtama ang mga mata ni Abheng at Khaled at ang mundo’y sandaling uminog para sa kanilang dalawa lamang. Ang binatilyo ang unang nagbawi ng titig nya at kaagad namang nagbayad na ang dalagita. Dagli at walang paglingon namang inabot ng balo ang pera dahil ayaw maabala sa telenobelang pinapanood nya.

Walang kupas ang pagkamanyakis ni Berto na habol ang tingin sa umalis na dalagita. Si Khaled naman na palihim na tumitingin ay di nagpahalata. Tinapik na lamang nya ang kumag pagkahuma.

“Sige na, kunin mo na ang bola!” at tumalima si Berto.

Napatingin sa pintuan si Khaled kung saan tumuon ang kaibigan nya. Bakat pa sa lumang poster ni Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang kamay nito. Hindi naalis ang madikit na poster ng mukha ni GMA. Hindi rin nabawasan ni katiting ang ngisi nito sa kabila ng pamamawis ng kamay ni Berto.

“Tara na!” Kasabay ng pagtalbog ng bola ay nabasag ang pagmumuni-muni nya.

Floyd Mayweather's YouTube Disgrace

I won't post the link, because the publisher likes to keep it clean here, but you'll be able to find it easily.

Don't bother with that story. Instead check out MESSIAH 666 at:

www.godspark666.blogspot.com

Once in paper, it's the thing to beat pound for pound.

Not even Pacquiao could top that.

Go now and "multiply" - all pun intended.

Horus Rising

Things have to get worst before they could get better.

Conrado de Quiros, Shrek and My Book

On VISIONS AND REVISIONS appearing in There’s the rub by the great Conrado de Quiros, I’ve sent a feedback to INQ7 (which I don’t know if INQ7 published). I’ve reprinted it below just the same:

The words of Conrado de Quiros have always been either spot on or prophetic. His lines are exquisite – using such precise descriptive words to an utter ugliness that it just comes out beautiful. I suggest Imelda to use the wordings on the particular column as an epitaph.

The Arroyo comparison also made me thinking. Revision being the key word, the fake president could learn from the movie Shrek. They made such a nice job to portray a lovable ogre. I reckon it would be easier if they do it on a dwarf.

That makes the dream of an enchanted kingdom not really so “Far, Far Away.”

On a different note but equally important, I’ve got a response recently for my MESSIAH666 book (from a publisher) which goes:

Dear Mr. Rasheed,

We regret to inform you that we cannot facilitate to print and publish your book due to conflicts and issues that might arise because of the illustrations and wordings in your book.

We are hoping for your understanding regarding this matter. We are just protecting our company to possible controversy that might happen if we pursue accepting your book.

Thank You.

Sincerely yours,

(The Publisher)

Another stumbling block on the road to greatness…

Or must I remain a voice in the wilderness?

It’s another way of saying that my book coming out is also “Far, Far Away.”

The Rex Mundi Chronicles

The Rex Mundi Chronicles:

The ASWANG

The HOLY GRAIL

The MESSIAH 666

Messiah 666: The Book Mythos

The Aswang is not quite what you thought it to be. Our ancestors have never been so wrong. But perhaps, that is how things were really intended to be.

Get the book now and get to know "him" better!

How the world ends

See Messiah 666.

Tikbalang Lifetime Achievement Award 2: Pacquiao

A man in his prime, supremely confident of his power. Fast, accurate and Destructive - A true Tikbalang's trait.

The Filipinos' modern National Hero, he (the pac-monster) is the object of their affection.

A vermin in the truest sense, GMArroyo to the Filipinos is a real monster.  She is the object of their affliction.

What has this 2 tikbalang achievers have in common?

DIVINE INTERVENTION

“Unmoved by the great suffering that stares us all in the face, she once felt immune to the rampant onslaught which more than once was reinforced by her own incompetence. But in the end, Fate proved itself to be the cruellest – not one would be spared, even those that shared its most feared attribute. What a docile monster Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has become. What has happened to my flock?” The reverend typed on his journal before finally deciding to have it deleted. Never mind the separation of the church and state, he felt the entry now to be somehow most inappropriate. Besides, there is a matter more important than anything else to which he should be pre-occupied.

Still, the world-wide-web is home to the most appealing of distractions and a water hole for the necessary diversion. Two mails from the inbox caught his attention.

“Ah, how long has it been?” He said to himself. “The boy is coming back after such a short time. So, the event is drawing near after all.”

He decided not to dwell on it. Things would unfold the way it wanted to, he’ll just cross the bridge when he comes to it. Besides, his life is strange and arduous enough without the worry of such things.

An attempt at animation

Messiah 666: Johnny Chaste

Messiah 666: The Cross

Messiah 666: Gods Awakening

Unleash the godspark and awaken the god within.

Messiah 666 Preview: Horus Rising

Now, lifetimes pass one after the other. I was Jesus, Caesar and Alexander! I have no mother and no father. And what I say are the only things that matter.

Standing at the nexus of time and space, the question of Hermes echoed through the ages and is directed at me: Know ye not that ye are gods?”

Messiah 666 Preview

The shape of things to come!

Messiah 666 (Excerpt) : A Graphic Novel

The world is not what you think it to be.

God may not be what you imagined him to be.

The Devil might be beyond good and evil.

Welcome to a world of hurt!

Leda and The Swan

Here's my own version of Leonardo's Leda and the Swan.
Glad you like it!