Nonoy Marcelo

Severino "Nonoy" Marcelo (January 22, 1939 – October 22, 2002) was a

Ikabod ran from the late 1970s to 2002. It was a satirical strip that re-cast the Philippines as a nation called Dagalandia. The strip humorously depicted the socio-political woes of ordinary Filipinos, as represented by the tailless Everymouse hero, Ikabod - who became as iconic in his own way as that other popular cartoon rodent, Mickey Mouse. Marcelo often used the strip to caricature political figures from Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino to Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, re-imagining them as mice.

In 1985, Marcelo was given the Catholic Mass Media Award for print journalism, a category usually given to reporters or columnists. In 1998, Marcelo received the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Centennial Artist Award, the only cartoonist so honored.

Death

Nonoy Marcelo died in Manila on October 22, 2002, at the age of 63. He died of sepsis due to complications from his diabetes.

External links

• A sample Ikabod strip (in Tagalog)
• A eulogy to Nonoy Marcelo on WittyWorld
• Ptyk is home, an article memorializing his life
• An article about Nonoy Marcelo
• Nonoy Marcelo Obituary
• Nonoy Marcelo's Sense of the Absurd by Eric S. Caruncho
• Tinig.com, "Nonoy Marcelo" by Alexander Martin Remollino
• Nonoy Marcelo's gone by Joan Orendain
• Nonoy Marcelo on Philippine Comics