Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas

The Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (English: Philippine Cartoonists Association) or SKP is an organization of comic strip cartoonists and editorial cartoonists founded in 1978.[1]

History

Its founders, according to the records of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are veteran Filipino cartoonists Larry Alcala, Hugo Yonzon Jr., Gene Cabrera, Edgar Soller, Ed Aragon, Pol Galvez, Tito Milambiling, Renato Santiago, and Boy Togonon.[2]

In 2018, SKP celebrated its 40th anniversary with a kick-off activity at the ComiconAsia at the SMX in March. It also held a Tribute to Larry Alcala Exhibit at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in September. Alcala, SKP founding president, was declared a National Artist by the National Commission of Culture and Arts in October of that year.

gollark: Maybe I should use this "emeraldchat" to procrastinate on additional minoteaur features.
gollark: They didn't tell right, though, in heavpoot's case.
gollark: Plausible.
gollark: You can compare them along many dimensions, like... surveys of enjoyment in each sort of professions, pay, number of people doing each, amount of training required.
gollark: "It sounds like you invented your own weird categories which happen to have the same name as popular genders"?

References
  1. "A celebration of Pinoy komiks". Philippine Star. 2009-10-05.
  2. "Thirty Years of Organized Chaos and Humor by Boboy Yonzon". Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas. 25 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.


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