Jonas Diego
Encyclopedia
Jonas Diego is a Filipino
comic book
writer and artist. He has works published, mainly with independent studios and publishing houses, in the U.S.
and the UK
in both traditional (print
) and non-traditional channels (web-based and mobile content).
His recent works include a 12-page contribution for the comic book anthology Siglo: Passion written by Luis Katigbak and colored by Joel Chua for Kestrel Publishing and Quest Ventures, which won the National Book Award
in the Philippines
last 2006 and Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom published by Enchanted Kingdom
and Mango Comics.
Jonas also produces comic books for various companies and advertising agencies such as Architel
, a Dallas, Texas
based IT
company and ACE Saatchi and Saatchi (Philippines), as well as develops and produces content for mobile phones.
Aside from his pursuits in the field of comic books, graphic design
, and mobile content
, Jonas also manages the Philippine operations of Interactive Art Services (IAS), Inc. as its studio director. He is also a problogger handling writing chores for The Comic Blurb, a comics-themed blog that is a member of the first Filipino blogging network, Bayanihan Blogs.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
writer and artist. He has works published, mainly with independent studios and publishing houses, in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in both traditional (print
Printing
Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
) and non-traditional channels (web-based and mobile content).
His recent works include a 12-page contribution for the comic book anthology Siglo: Passion written by Luis Katigbak and colored by Joel Chua for Kestrel Publishing and Quest Ventures, which won the National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
last 2006 and Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom published by Enchanted Kingdom
Enchanted Kingdom
Enchanted Kingdom is a theme park in the Philippines. It is located in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, about from Manila. It has a land area of 17 hectares...
and Mango Comics.
Jonas also produces comic books for various companies and advertising agencies such as Architel
Architel
Architel Holdings LLC is an American professional services company. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Architel provides computer and network support. Architel operates multiple data center and network operation facilities with personnel in more than six countries around the globe...
, a Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
based IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
company and ACE Saatchi and Saatchi (Philippines), as well as develops and produces content for mobile phones.
Aside from his pursuits in the field of comic books, graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, and mobile content
Mobile content
Mobile content is any type of media which is viewed or used on mobile phones, like ringtones, graphics, discount offers, games, movies, and GPS navigation. As mobile phone use has grown since the mid 1990s, the significance of the devices in everyday life has grown accordingly...
, Jonas also manages the Philippine operations of Interactive Art Services (IAS), Inc. as its studio director. He is also a problogger handling writing chores for The Comic Blurb, a comics-themed blog that is a member of the first Filipino blogging network, Bayanihan Blogs.