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Antonio tony velasquez biography
Tony Velasquez
Filipino illustrator (1910–1997)
Antonio "Tony" Velasquez (29 October 1910 – 1997) was a Filipino illustrator regarded as the Father of Tagalogcomics and as the pioneer and founding father of the Philippine comics industry.
He was the co-creator of Kenkoy, an “iconic Philippine comic strip character”.[1]
Biography
Family background
Velasquez was born in Ulilang Kawayan, Paco, Manila.
He was the sixth child of a Pangasinense father, Eusebio Velasquez, and a Caviteña mother, Andrea Santos.[1]
Education
Velasquez studied at the Jose Rizal College. In 1934, he also completed a correspondence course on illustration and drawing from the International Correspondence School.[1]
Early career
While a student at Jose Rizal College, Velasquez worked as a part-time illustrator for Banaag Press, a publishing company which later became known as Acme Printing in 1927 after being acquired by Ramon Roces, a Filipino-Spanish businessm