Ein philippinisch-deutsches Illustratorenduell

Aldy is a Filipino visual artist, illustrator, and educator. Some of his works have been awarded and recognized by the Philippine Board on Books for the Young People, National Book Development Board, and abroad by ILUSTRARTE in Castelo Branco, Portugal and Sharjah Exhibition for Children’s Book Illustrations. His book with CANVAS, “Hanapin ang Sagot: Ano ang Batas Militar?” won as one of the Best Reads at the 8th National Children’s Books Award, and the 2025 Gintong Aklat Award. His illustrations for the book, “Papuntang Community Pantry” were chosen as a finalist in the 2022 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators competition; and the book “Si Kian” has been included in the White Ravens Catalog by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Ace C. Enriquez is an ads man by day and a graphic novel illustrator in between. His works include comic books like Bathala: Apocalypsis, Mang Jose Ang Superhero-ng Naniningil, Pouches & Buckles, the Facebook comic strip series Engkanto-4-Hire and Josefina, which won an award in the 41st National Book Awards for Best Tagalog Graphic Novel and now being translated and published in Germany and their latest offering, Lunatics.