Tony Velasquez
AKA Antonio Velasquez
- 1st Filipino cartoonist who published the 1st Filipino comic strip, Kenkoy (1929)
- 1st Filipino comics creator who published the 1st serialized Filipino cartoon strip "Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy" (Kenkoy's Antics, 1928)
- Founder of the Graphic Arts Service, Inc. (GASI, 1962)
- Founder of Pilipino Komiks (1947)
- Founder of the Tagalog Klasiks, the Hiwaga Komiks, and the Espesyal Komiks under the Ace Publications
- "Father of the Philippine Komiks"
DATE OF BIRTH
October 29, 1910
BIRTHPLACE
Paco, Manila, Philippines
YEAR OF DEATH
1997
USEFUL LINKS
Komiklopedia Profile of Tony S. Velasquez
Kenkoy kick-started 'komiks'