Chilling effect
Dee Ayroso | Feb 4, 2016
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
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“Justice is so elusive in the Philippines.”
Another activist assaulted in Compostela Valley
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