Nonoy Marcelo | |
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| Born | Severino Marcelo January 22, 1939 |
| Died | October 22, 2002 (aged 63) Manila, Philippines |
| Alma mater | Far Eastern University |
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| Years active | 1948–2000 |
| Organization(s) | National Media Production Center (1977–1986) |
| Children | 5 |
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Severino “Nonoy” Santos Marcelo CA (January 22, 1939 – October 22, 2002) was a Filipino cartoonist, animator and filmmaker. He is best known for creating comic strips that lampooned lifestyles in Filipino youths including Plain Folks and Tisoy, the latter which was adapted into two films and a television series as a screenwriter. He is also an animation and sound director in films.[1][2]
Publicly viewed as a political cartoonist[3] for his irreverent, biting political satires and social commentaries in cartoons provided on various Philippine issues that assumed to criticize the repressive regime infusing his projects with signature subversive humor in the midst of martial law administered by the Philippines' tenth president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., led to his subject of the character Ikabod Bubwit (literally "Ikabod the Small Rodent" or "Ikabod the Small Mouse" in Tagalog) in the comic strip Ikabod, until the People Power Revolution in 1986.
Aside from political cartoons, he frequently tasked by the government as a filmmaker to direct propaganda films for the Marcos administration, including Da Real Makoy (1977) and Tadhana (1978), at the time which collaborated with close friend and producing partner Imee Marcos.[4]
Upon his death, he is widely recognized one of the influential figures of Philippine modern cartooning and animation, the latter admired by students for his influence on animation which led to become future animators creating their original works in the Philippine animation industry.[5][6]
- ^ Mayuga, Sylvia L. (2005). "Revisiting Da Real Makoy". Huling Ptyk: Da Art of Nonoy Marcelo. The House Printers Corporation. pp. 68–69.
The two Nonoy Marcelo and Egay Navarro] managed to push the limits, casually capturing their producer Imee [Marcos] smoothing the way with coy Barbie-doll eyes.
- ^ CEDTyClea (October 31, 2019). "Silly Season". BusinessWorld Online. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
- ^ Admin (January 12, 2022). "Honoring Nonoy Marcelo: The Brave Bubwit - Welcome to FEU Alumni". Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- ^ Philippine Animation Festival » 2009 » Lifetime Achievement Awardee » Jose Zabala Santos Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. Animahenasyon. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
- ^ Aranda, Rene. "'Ikabod Bubwit' creator is dead". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- ^ Defeo, Ruben. "Nonoy Marcelo in academe". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 29, 2025.