Tony Velasquez

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Antonio "Tony" Velasquez (29 October 1910 – 1997) was a Filipino illustrator regarded as the Father of Tagalog comics 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]