“Kenkoy usually refers to someone who is boisterously hilarious, funny or amusing,” said Dr. Jose Wendell Capili of the University of the Philippines Diliman, a Pinoy pop culture researcher.

Following the success of Kenkoy, Mang Tony realized that there should also be a female-led komiks that would interest readers. He introduced the fetching and polished Ponyang Halobaybay on the ...

Kenkoy is considered the most influential comic strip in the Philippines and the most successful because of its wit and humor as well as Kenkoy’s antics, colonial way of thinking and carabao ...

Kenkoy’s charm wasn’t just in his visual gags; it was also in his distinctive way of speaking. He was known for his “pidgin language,” a comical blend of grammatically incorrect Tagalog, Spanish, and ...

Kenkoy was created by Tony Velasquez, the father of Filipino comics. The character first appeared on Liwayway Magazine in the 1920s. Kuya Kim also said the first comic strip made by a Filipino was ...

In the ‘50s, Virginia Montes starred in many movies, three of the most memorable were 48 Oras, Bandido and Kenkoy, all produced by Premiere Productions.

THE FIRST Filipino comic strip series began on Jan. 11, 1929, with the first issue of “Ang Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy” (The Foolishness of Kenkoy) by Tony Velasquez and Romualdo Ramos. It appeared ...

Today, Oct. 29, is the 104th birth anniversary of the Father of Philippine Comics and creator of “Kenkoy” Antonio Velasquez. Born in 1910 in Paco, Manila, Velasquez was president of the ...