“Kenkoy usually refers to someone who is boisterously hilarious, funny or amusing,” said Dr. Jose Wendell Capili of the University of the Philippines Diliman, a Pinoy pop culture researcher. The term ...

First published in Liwayway magazine in 1929, Kenkoy, the cartoon character which later became the general word for cartoons in the Philippines is marking its 90th anniversary this year. “Kenkoy” was ...

Today, Oct. 29, is the 104th birth anniversary of the Father of Philippine Comics and creator of “Kenkoy” Antonio Velasquez. Born in 1910 in Paco, Manila, Velasquez was president of the Association of ...

In Filipino colloquial (slang) terms, few words capture a sense of playful absurdity, wackiness, or comical foolishness quite like “kengkoy.” At some point while growing up, every Filipino child born ...