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• The komiks is considered to be one of the most read forms of literature in the country.
• Serialized komiks have brought to life memorable characters of heroism and goodness in the works of Mars Ravelo's Darna, Captain Barbell, and Dyesebel, and Carlo J. Caparas's Ang Panday.
• Comic strips have also entertained many Filipinos in years with the humor and wit of Pol Medina's Pugad Baboy and Washington Young's Pupung.
•  Because Filipinos are romantic at heart, romance novels in paperback editions have proliferated in bookstores and have acquired many readers. 
• Recently, some love stories from these paperbacks published by local companies such as Precious Hearts have been adapted as a TV series.
• The Internet publishing site Wattpad has recently been a platform for aspiring Filipino writers to publish and for readers to read new materials. Some stories published in Wattpad have been turned into movies and TV series such as Ang Diary ng Panget, She's Dating the Gangster, and Talk Back and You're Dead. 
• Original Pinoy Music, or OPM, is a strong force in Philippine arts. The musical talent and prowess of Filipinos shine bright in the country's local music scene.
•  Dance is an important social activity in the Filipino community. 
• Caracol means morning parade.
• Filipino movies being produced today are romantic comedies (rom- coms), comedies, and horror films.
•   The year 1977 was the birth of Philippine independent cinema.
• The Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP) was created through Executive Order No. 770 in 1982. Though this government-owned Big corporation was created to promote the local film Idea o industry in general, it was instrumental in the funding of art films such as Peque Gallaga's Oro, Plata, Mata and Ishmael Bernal's Himala. The  ECP, however, was dissolved in 1986. 
• Baguio-based filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik won the International Critics' Prize in the Berlin Film Festival for his film Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare).
• Independent films are also characterized by their unconventional narratives, experimentation on style and technique, and their artful treatment of material.