On the 5th episode of The Mike Stand we talk to Jonette Valenciano, freelance artist and writer. She introduces herself at 1:35, talks at 3:30 about what ZINE is all about, what she did before getting into freelancing at 5:50, talks about how scary it was to make that jump into freelancing at 7:21, what the current state of Filipino comic art is at 14:10, a little teaser for “Little Majesty” at 16:40, we start talking about her influences at 18:30 and the artists who are pushing the art forward, we get distracted by Niccolo Cosme at exactly 21:00 because he had to use the loo, Jonette’s creative process, at 25:41, what Ambedo Art is at 38:35, when BOOK II of LITTLE MAJESTY is coming out at 42:03, what she has in store for the future of the comic book, at 43:48, what you can expect from BOOK II at 47:28, shout outs at 49:49, and what fellow artist Lexter Victorio thinks about Little Majesty at 50:18. Enjoy! - Mike