Why you should be reading ‘Tarantadong Kalbo’

“Tarantadong Kalbo” is both an extremely accurate and extremely deceptive description for Kevin Eric Raymundo’s cartoon strip. On one hand, it features a protagonist who is bald, a bit of a wiseacre and is drawn in a simple, somewhat silly style that makes you expect that it’s just nonsensical humor.

A freelance animator, Raymundo fell in love with drawing as early as age 5. Where did his cartoon persona come from? “‘Tarantado’ is what my friends call me whenever they see my drawings,” he readily admits. “It could be an expression of disbelief like ‘wow, I can’t believe you just drew that,” maybe because the drawing is really good or really offensive. I take it as a compliment either way. And of course I included ‘Kalbo’ because I’m actually bald. Well, not bald ‘bald.

One of the most surprising aspects of “Tarantadong Kalbo” is the ferocity with which Raymundo makes his political views felt, something, as previously mentioned, makes in impression because of how dissonant it feels with the friendly art: “I’ve been dropping hints in the beginning about my political views. I wanted my readers to be aware of my views from the get go so that there wouldn’t be a painful ‘break-up’ later on. It came to a head at the start of the lockdown.

“The book is going to be a yearly thing. I am looking into turning ‘Tarantadong Kalbo’ into an animated series, but not too soon. I’m also planning to do my own animated feature as well. I hope that I do get the time and energy to do all of these. I’m cooking something up, but I’m keeping it a secret for now.”

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