What is long and dear to the soul of Graphic for the past 99 years is the literary arts. In its first year as a magazine in 1927, the Graphic featured short stories in its pages. Since then, it has continued to promote the literary works of Filipino fictionists.
DON RAMON PARDO ROCESPublisher, Graphic & Graphic Weekly1927-1941; 1948-1965
In the early decades of American colonial rule in the Philippines, there were rich and influential...
I found a 1929 Graphic issue at the National Library in Manila. Reading through it, one thing immediately stood out: Some articles were without bylines.
TRIBUTE — On September 26, the Filipino literary titan, maestro of the Philippine short story, and former Graphic editor Gregorio C. Brillantes passed away at 92.
The sea and the sky
Swap their eternities
The waves with the clouds
And everywhere
Fishes fly birds swim
Farmers cast seines
Fishers sow seeds
Waterways counterflow
Waterfalls go into reverse
All of...
It was the 30th of July when I finally found the first-ever Graphic issue. Amid the careful sound of shuffling pages in the background that ran against the noise of my mouse clicks, I was sure that I paused for a long time admiring the cover displayed on the screen—dashes of striking red on the clothing of a Mindanao man riding a horse.
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