Harvey Tolibao

Tolibao went to Bukidnon National High School for his secondary education and proceeded to study Associate in Information technology at the Cebu Institute of Technology. He went to college supporting himself, having worked on various jobs – as furniture designer, graphic artist, tattoo artist and web designer.[1]

Tolibao was born and raised in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines along with his two siblings, Kevin and Kate. He always had a passion and an innate talent for drawing and sketching, a skill which he got from his father, Jesus, who was a local artist in his hometown.

Tolibao moved to Manila, the main city and capital of the Philippines, to try and venture more into accomplishing his dreams of becoming a comic artist. He would bring his cousins to school and wait for them outside the campus, sketching people as they walk by. A number of times parents at school who were also waiting for their children would ask him to do a professional facial pencil sketch of their kids, and Tolibao would gladly do it for free despite their insistence to pay for the artwork.

Tolibao first contributed his works to the comic industry in 2006 when he drew the twelfth issue of Dark Horse Comics’ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He sporadically worked on this project until the first quarter of 2008. Soon after that, he began his work on Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual for Marvel Comics. This spurred into more projects with Marvel Comics, where he made several more issues and worked on more titles until the present. He since then illustrated Green Arrow, Heroes for Hire, Silver Surfer, X-men Legacy, Avengers Ensemble, Uncanny X-men, Danger Girl and Psylocke, among many others. He also inked and penciled more work for Dabel Brothers Productions, Top Cow Productions and for DC Comics.

Tolibao is also the Creative Director and Co-founder of HMT Studios Manila, a multi-talent studio for visual art entertainment. This was built along with another company. 7 HMT Studios Crew. In the pipeline is HMT Studios Jakarta (Indonesia) wherein Tolibao is also holding the position of Creative Director. .

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• Miller, John Jackson; Ching, Brian; Weaver, Dustin; Tolibao, Harvey; Wilson, Colin (2008). Days of Fear, Nights of Anger. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. 3. Dark Horse. ISBN 978-1-59307-867-6.
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