Pablo S. Gomez
| Pablo Gomez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pablo S. Gomez January 25, 1931 Sampaloc, Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Died | December 26, 2010 (aged 79) Sta. Teresita Hospital, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Resting place | Quezon City |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Other names | P.S.G. |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, director, scriptwriter |
Pablo S. Gomez (January 25, 1931 – December 26, 2010), was one of the top komiks writers in the Philippines. He was also a movie scriptwriter and director. His most popular works include Kurdapya, Petrang Kabayo, among others.
Born in Sampaloc, Manila on 25 January 1931, he was the son of Olimpio Gomez and Pacita Salonga. He studied at Legarda Elementary School, Jose Abad Santos High School, National Teachers' College and Ateneo de Manila University.
In 1949, he started his writing career submitting prose works in publications such as Liwayway, Bulaklak, Aliwan, and Sinag-Tala. After that, he started as a proofreader then rose to editor of Ace Publications' serials like Hiwaga Komiks. He was at the same time writing komiks stories for Ace Publications, which was then starting out with only two komiks titles: Pilipino Komiks and Tagalog Klasiks. Some of the stories he created here were signed using his pen name, Carlos Gonda. Apat na Taga, his first komiks novel, was such an instant hit that movie giant Sampaguita Pictures turned it into a movie in 1953.
After writing for Ace Publications, Pablo moved to Rudy Ner Siongco's Gold Star Publications where he also wrote several komiks stories and serialized novels in 1962.
It was in 1963 that Gomez decided to put up his own publishing company thus naming it P.S.G. Publishing House. He served the publishing house from 1963 to 1974 from that time, it published United Komiks, Universal Komiks, Kidlat Komiks, Continental Komiks, and Planet Komiks. It was in this publications that the great komiks legends such as Alex N. Niño and Carlo J. Caparas created a name for themselves. Unfortunately, Gomez had to close down his publishing house and sold the rights to his labels to the Affiliated Publications, Inc.
Gomez also worked as a radio announcer on DZRH and DZFM.
Among the prolific writers in the Philippines, Gomez created more than 1,000 komiks novels and stories. Some 300 of which were given film adaptations by movie studios like Sampaguita Pictures, Lea Productions, FPJ Productions, Seiko Films, Viva Films, and Regal Films.
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