Andrés Bonifacio

Bulaklak Magazine (“Flower Magazine”), which subtitled Hiyas ng Tahanan (“Gem of the Home"), was a Tagalog-language magazine that was first published on 14 April 1947. Published by the Social and Commercial Press of Beatriz M. de Guballa, Bulaklak, one of the most popular weeklies in the 50s, was similar to Liwayway magazine, and featured prose, serials, poetry, entertainment news, and comic strips. It was known for its superheroine Darna, developed by Mars Ravelo in 1947, who bought the publication until it had to close shop due to the global economic crisis in 1983. On December 3, 1952, Bulaklak published a poem dedicated to Andrés Bonifacio by Pedro B. Torres, with comic-like illustrations by Mar. C. Santiago of both Bonifacio’s monument and of a revolutionary holding the flag of the Katipunan. Torres gave a grim description of Bonifacio’s fight, talking of blood and vengeance on the field of Balintawak and giving a fierce image of Bonifacio, whose courage and bravery made the Philippines a “free and famous nation”, highlighting violence and adventure elements in a comic-like manner, which gave the revolution a menacing hybrid and transcultural look, neither pro-American nor Hispanista but authentically Filipino.

Fecha

1952-12-03

Fuente

Pedro B. Torres, "Andrés Bonifacio". Bulaklak. Hiyas ng Tahanan, year IX, num. 36, December 3, 1952, p.1. In Open Access Repository @ UPD.

Autoría

Pedro B. Torres

Editor

Item held at University of the Philippines Diliman and University of Antwerp VLIRUOS Rare Periodicals Open Access Repository

Colaborador

Emilio Vivó Capdevila

Idioma

Tagalog

Materia

Andrés Bonifacio

Bulaklak

Comics

Cry of Balintawak

Philippine Revolution