Manix Abrera

Manuel Luis “Manix” Abrera (b. 1982) graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

He is a freelance cartoonist, and the creator of “Kikomachine Komix,” his long-running daily strip in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and “News Hardcore!” a weekly webcomic for GMA News Online.

Manix also published two wordless graphic novels, “12” and “14,” and is a three-time National Book Awardee.

Manix’s art and discipline is strongly influenced by his award-winning editorial cartoonist father, Jess Abrera, and his love and talent for storytelling from his mother, Prof. Bernadette Abrera, a historian and the current Dean of the UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

Manix considers himself an incessant child of the universe, always in pursuit of stories and mysteries which he immortalizes through his art.