About ANDREW
Andrew Drilon is an independent writer & artist based in New York.
He’s currently working on several DC Comics projects (SHAZAM! Fury of the Gods, DC Pride 2023) as well as his creator-owned comic series Secret Heart Attack.
He is a recipient of the Neil Gaiman Philippine Graphic/Fiction Award for his comic, Lines and Spaces.
His first book, Kare-Kare Komiks, won the Manila Critics Circle National Book Award.
Since 2020, he’s been chronicling his journey as a comics creator on the YouTube channel, Comicbooker.
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Curriculum Vitae
ANDREW JOSEPH DRILON
Born: Metro Manila, Philippines, 1985
Education
2013-2020 The Art Students League of New York, NY
2003-2005 University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
1999-2003 Ateneo de Manila High School, Quezon City, Philippines
1990-1999 Xavier Grade School, San Juan, Philippines
Shows
2020-Present Comicbooker on YouTube
2022 WeFancy: A Legacy of LGBTQIA+ Artists at The Art Students League (October 27 - November 27)
2019 Turnstyle Autumnal 8-foot Mural, Columbus Circle (October 21-31)
2018 The Perspective Collective Pop-Up Art Show, Chelsea, Manhattan (September 23-29)
2018 Live Model Painting Demo on 57th Street, Art Students League of New York (April 10)
2017 Art Students League Stories Takeover (May 8)
Awards and Honors
2019 Red Dot "Best in Show" Award, The Art Students League of New York
2016 The Philippine National Book Award
2008 Finalist, The Philippines’ Free Press Literary Award
2007 2nd Prize, Neil Gaiman Philippine Graphic/Fiction Award
2006 Featured, Top 50 Achievers, Meg Magazine
2005 Featured, 22 Avant-Guardians, Philippine Daily Inquirer
2002 Grand Prize, Likha Comics Making Contest
Comics Publications
2023 DC’s ‘Twas the ‘Mite Before Christmas, DC Comics
2023 DC Pride 2023, DC Comics
2023 SHAZAM! Fury of the Gods Special: Shazamily Matters, DC Comics
2022 Secret Heart Attack #1, self-published
2022 No Day Without a Line, The Art Students League of New York
2021 This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Era Comics Anthology, The Art Students League of New York
2019 “The Unending”, Extraordinary, Art Students League Comics
2018 “A Tower, Firmly Set”, Tabula Idem: A Queer Tarot Anthology, Fortuna Media
2018 “The Fall”, Homecoming, Art Students League Comics
2017 “The Fragile Mansion of Love”, Taller Tales, Art Students League Comics
2016 “Bedtime”, Something Under the Bed, Art Students League Comics
2015 Kare-Kare Komiks, Anino Comics
2015 "Enlightener", Slaying the Dragon, Art Students League Comics
2014 Kare-Kare Komiks Platter, self-published
2014 “Upo”, Alternative Alamat, Visprint Inc.
2013 “Cat’s in the Cradle”, Dark Horse Presents 21, Dark Horse Comics
2013 “Manila 2064”, Pinoy Komiks Anthology, BigUglyRobot Press
2012 Susy and Geno Comics 1-4, Mead Johnson Company
2011 “SUPERMAKER”, TS 2.0, Top Shelf Productions
2011 “Can’t Escape Progress!”, Xavier School Magazine
2010 “The Love Eaters”, Playboy Philippines June 2010
2010 “Secret Houses”, The Philippine 24-hour Comic Book Challenge
2010 “Lines and Spaces”, Neil Gaiman Presents The Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards Anthology, Sketchbooks Inc.
2009 “Pericos Tao”, HIVE THREE, Grimalkin Press
2009 “Xia”, FCBD The Ancient Age, Wide Awake Press
2009 “Memorial”, TS 2.0, Top Shelf Productions
2009 “The Life of a Komiks Artist”, TS 2.0, Top Shelf Productions
2008 “What the Cigarette Said”, TS 2.0, Top Shelf Productions
2008 “The Legend of Caraboy”, No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set, Desperado Publishing
2008 “GRINWIT”, No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set, Desperado Publishing
2008 “Crisis in the Kingdom of Color”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2008 “White”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2007 “Two Tiny Things”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2007 “The Dog, the Cat and the Giant Squid”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2007 “Act of Choice”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2007 “Mang Tomas the Story Hunter”, Kare-Kare Komiks, The Chemistry Set
2006 “What Will You Bring?”, Warren Ellis’ The Engine Forums
2006 “Secret Heart”, Warren Ellis’ The Engine Forums
2006 Funky Munky Komiks, self-published
2006-2011 RAN Online Sunday Strip, 001-204, The Philippine Star
2006-2007 Bakemono High 3-10, K-Zone Magazine
2006-2007 Kid Continuum 1-7, K-Zone Magazine
2005 “Under the Influence”, K.I.A., Alamat Comics
2005 “Yaya Kadabra, Magical Caregiver”, Project: Hero, Questventures
2005 “1935 Batangas”, Siglo: Passion, Kestrel/Nautilus Books
2003 “1904 Jolo”, Siglo: Freedom, Kestrel/Nautilus Books
2003 “2004 Manila”, Siglo: Freedom, Kestrel/Nautilus Books
2002 “Two-Color Truth Theatre”, FCBD OST: Original Story Theatre, Nautilus Press
2001 Subwhere, self-published
2001 The Germinator, self-published
1999 “Moo Moo, The Ghostly Cow”, The Philippine Daily Inquirer
Illustrations and Book Covers
2018 Heroes, Villains and Other Women by Kate Aton-Osias, Anvil Publishing
2016 The Mystery on 17th Street by Annie Gorra, Anvil Publishing
2015 A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila by Dean Francis Alfar, Anvil Publishing
2014 Wonderlust by Nikki Alfar, Anvil Publishing
2013 Now, Then and Elsewhen by Nikki Alfar, UST Press
2013 Motherhood Statements, edited by Rica Bolipata-Santos, Anvil Publishing
2013 Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing by Kenneth Yu, Flipreads Inc.
2013 Isabelo’s Archive by Resil B. Mojares, Anvil Publishing
2013 Fish-hair Woman by Merlinda Bobis, Anvil Publishing
2012 Turning Points: Women in Transit, edited by Rhona Lopa-Macasaet, Anvil Publishing
2012 Simianology by Scott Garceau, Anvil Publishing
2011 Ang Higanteng Maramot, edited by Danton Remoto, Anvil Publishing
2011 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Ghosts by Jaime T. Licauco, Anvil Publishing
2011 The Philippines in ASEAN by M.C. Abad Jr., Anvil Publishing
2011 The Secret of the Cave and Other Stories by Ed Maranana, Anvil Publishing
2011 100 KISLAP by Abdon M. Balde Jr., Anvil Publishing
2009 Searching for Balance, edited by Pacita Icasiano-Habana, Anvil Publishing
2009 Understanding the Law, Empowering the Artist by Nicolas Pichay, Anvil Publishing
2009 America’s Dim Mak Points by Victor N Corpus, Anvil Publishing
2008 Waking the Dead and Other Stories by Yvette Tan, Anvil Publishing
2008 A Time for Dragons, edited by Vincent Michael Simbulan, Anvil Publishing
2008 Ninoy: Art and Essays, edited by Jiggy Aquino-Cruz, Justin Benigno Aquino Cruz
2007 The Kite of Stars and Other Stories by Dean Francis Alfar, Anvil Publishing
Short Fiction
2016 "The Last God of Cavite", Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 10, Kestrel DDM
2015 “Gravity”, Fast Food Fiction, Anvil Publishing
2013 “Gago’s Got Your Back”, Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults, University of the Philippines Press
2013 “Freeborn in the City of Fallacies”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 8, Kestrel DDM
2012 “The Secret Origin of Spin-Man”, The Apex Book of World SF 2, Apex Publications
2012 “Two Women Worth Watching”, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, Lethe Press
2012 “The Little Things the Datu Did”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 7, Kestrel DDM
2011 “Strange Adventures in Procreation”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 6, Kestrel
2010 “A Game of Quam”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 5, Kestrel
2007 “Noche Buena”, The Digest of Philippine Genre Stories Special Christmas Issue
2007 “Peekli”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3, Kestrel
2007 “Happening”, The Philippines’ Free Press January 2013
2006 “Thriller”, Philippine Genre Stories Digest Issue 1
2006 “How Saint Miko and I Ruined the Apocalypse”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 2, Kestrel
2005 “Tendresse”, Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 1, Kestrel
2001 Subwhere, self-published
INSTRUCTION + EDITORIAL
2022-2023 Instructor, Character Design, PI Art Center
2022 Editor, No Day Without a Line, The Art Students League of New York
2021 Managing Editor, This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Era Comics Anthology, The Art Students League of New York
2019 Teaching Assistant, Comics and Sequential Arts Class with Steve Walker (June-July)
2018 Teaching Assistant, Comics and Sequential Arts Class with Steve Walker (June-July)
2017 Teaching Assistant, Comics and Sequential Arts Class with Steve Walker (June-August)
2014 Editor, Philippine Speculative Fiction 9, Kestrel & Flipside
2014 #FAST: The Cooler Lumpur Festival: Featured Speaker – The Graphic Novel Writing Presentation
2006 Ateneo de Manila Alternative Class Learning Program: Guest Speaker – Why Comics?
2004 Nautilus Books Comics Seminars: Guest Speaker – Making Comics