Ponyang Halobaybay (1932) by Romualdo Ramos and Antonio Velasquez

Encouraged by the success of Kenkoy, the Ramos-Velasquez team produced another comic series for Liwayway entitled Ponyang Halobaybay, named after the pretty and stylish heroine. The series was also well received, and Ponyang even became a fashion plate of the day.  (Jurilla 133-4) As in Kenkoy, Velasquez continued the series by himself after the passing of Ramos in 1932.

Here is a sample issue courtesy of Komiks of the Philippines:

RESOURCES

• “Ponyang Halobaybay,” Komiks of the Philippines. 
• Jurilla, Patricia May B. Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the Philippines (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008).