Severino "Nonoy" Marcelo (January 22, 1939- October 22, 2002) was a FilipinoThe Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas; RP), is an island nation located in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine Archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The country reflects diverse indigenous Austronesian cultures from its many ...Filipino cartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. The term can also be applied to those who produce comic books, manga, editorial cartoons, as well as comic strip creators and, rarely, those working in animation. A person who works in animation or creates animated cartoons is generally not referred to as a "cartoonist" but as an animator. A cartoonist traditionally sketches the picture out roughly in pencil first, before going over the sketches in black ink, using either brushes or metal nibbed pens. Cartoonists whose work is ...cartoonist born in MalabonThe City of Malabon is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. Located just north of Manila, the city has a population of approximately 340,000. It is primarily a residential and industrial town and is one of the most densely populated cities in the metropolis. Malabon is part of the sub-region of Metro Manila informally called ...Malabon, Metro ManilaMetropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or the National Capital Region (NCR) (Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon) is the greater metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital and largest city in the Philippines. Its residential population of 11,289,368 makes it the nineteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world, however during the daytime its population well exceeds 16 million. Metro Manila is one of the three defined metropolitan areas ...Metro Manila, PhilippinesThe Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas; RP), is an island nation located in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine Archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The country reflects diverse indigenous Austronesian cultures from its many ...Philippines, an alumnus of the Institute of Arts and Sciences from Far Eastern UniversityFar Eastern University (FEU) in the City of Manila, West Sampaloc, University Belt area is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. It was founded as a domestic educational institution in 1928 and incorporated in 1933 (just five years after its founding) being the 6th oldest university in the Philippines and the 4th oldest private, non-sectarian university in the country based on its extant university charter. Lucila Amparo. History of the Far Eastern University. Thesis, M.A. in History, FEU - Institute ...Far Eastern University, and a former cartoonist in the The AdvocateThe Far Eastern University (FEU) Advocate is the official student publication of Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines. Considered before as one of the premiere student publications among Philippine universities, The FEU Advocate serves as the journalistic source of current news and information of students of ...The Advocate (the official student publication of Far Eastern University), best known for creating the character Ikabod Bubwit ("small rodent" in TagalogTagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. It is the most spoken Philippine language in terms of the number of speakers. Tagalog, as its de facto standardized counterpart, Filipino, is the principal language of the national media in the Philippines. It is the primary language of public education. As Filipino, it is, along with English, a co-official language ...Tagalog) in the comic strip Ikabod. He also created the comic strips Plain Folks, which appeared in the Daily MirrorThe Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British tabloid daily newspaper. It is the only British national paper to have consistently supported the Labour Party since 1945. During a couple of periods in its history — 1985 to 1987 and 1997 to 2002 — the front-page masthead was changed to The Mirror.Daily Mirror during the early 1960s, and Tisoy in 1963 for the Manila TimesThe Manila Times is the oldest English language newspaper in the Philippines that is still published. It was founded on October 11, 1898, shortly after news that the Treaty of Paris would be signed, ending the Spanish-American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish to American sovereignty. The current publisher and editor-in-chief ...Manila Times, which tells about the lifestyle of young Filipinos. His main character, Tisoy (slang for "mestizoMestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix") is a term of Spanish origin used to designate people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning Latin America. In other regions and countries previously under Spanish, Portuguese or French colonial rule, variants of ...mestizo"), and cast members such as Aling Otik, Maribubut, Caligula, Tatang, Tikyo and Kinse, soon became established in Philippine pop culture.

Tisoy became a 1977 film directed by Ishmael BernalIshmael Bernal (1938-1996) is a Filipino movie, stage and television director. He is also an actor and scriptwriter. Born in Manila on 30 September 1938, Bernal is the son of Elena Bernal and Pacifico Ledesma.Ishmael Bernal Biography, KabayanCentral.com, date retrieved: 27 May 2007Ishmael Bernal, starring Christopher de Leon and Charo Santos.

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 respresented by the tailless Everymouse hero, Ikabod - who became as iconic in his own way as that other popular cartoon rodent, Mickey MouseMickey Mouse is an Academy Award-winning comic animal cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. He was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks Kenworthy, John The Hand Behind the Mouse, Disney Editions: New York, 2001. p.54. and voiced by Walt Disney. The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928 upon the release ...Mickey Mouse. Marcelo often used the strip to caricature political figures from Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). During World War II he was the leader of the so-called ...Ferdinand Marcos and Cory AquinoMaría Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as 'Cory Aquino', was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female President of The Philippines. She was Asia's first female President and world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women empowerment, and religious piety. Aquino is the widow of the popular opposition senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., and when he was assassinated at then Manila International Airport on ...Cory Aquino to Joseph EstradaJoseph Ejercito Estrada, more popularly known as Erap (born Jose Marcelo Ejercito on April 19, 1937), is a popular former film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001.Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), also known by her initials "G.M.A.", is the 14th and current president of the Philippines. She is the country's second female president after Corazon Aquino. She is the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal. Prior to becoming president, Arroyo was the country's first female vice president. She was launched into the presidency in 2001 by EDSA II that ...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 PhilippinesThe Cultural Center of the Philippines (or CCP) is located in Manila, the Philippines and was opened in 1969 to promote and preserve Filipino arts and culture, and to become a mecca of culture and the arts in Asia. Since its opening, it has showcased the Bolshoi, Kirov, Royal Danish ballets, as well as contemporary American, French, German, and Philippine companies. The inauguration of the CCP gave ...Cultural Center of the Philippines' Centennial Artist Award, the only cartoonist so honored.

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