| Francisco V. Coching | |
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| Born | Francisco Vicente Coching January 29, 1919 Pasig, Rizal, Philippine Islands |
| Died | September 1, 1998 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Pedro Penduko Hagibis |
| Awards | Order of National Artists of the Philippines (2014, posthumous) other awards |
| Spouse(s) | Filomena Navales[1] |
| Children | 5, including Lulu Coching Fernandez[1] |
Francisco Vicente Coching[2] (January 29, 1919[3] – September 1, 1998[4]) was a Filipino comic book illustrator and writer during the Golden Age of Philippine comics.[4] He is regarded as one of the "pillars of the Philippine Komiks Industry",[5] the "King of Komiks",[6] and the "Dean of Philippine Comics".[4] He created the iconic characters Pedro Penduko, Hagibis, and Sabas, ang barbaro.
In 2014, he was posthumously conferred as a National Artist for Visual Arts, the highest honor for artists in the Philippines.[7]
- ^ a b Dolor, Danny (November 21, 2015). "Francisco V. Coching: National Artist". Philstar.com. Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ Tejero, Constantino (June 30, 2014). "Naming FV Coching new National Artist renders academic the question whether 'komiks' illustration belongs to the fine arts". Lifestyle.Inq. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Francisco V. Coching (29/1/1919 – 1998, The Philippines), lambiek.net
- ^ a b c "Francisco V. Coching" Archived June 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. alanguilan.com.
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- ^ Vanzi, Sol Jose. Francisco V. Coching, The King of Komiks Archived June 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Philippine Headline News Online
- ^ "Order of National Artists: Francisco Coching". Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.