| Tree Man who grew 'roots' offered hope of new life by doctor |
 Above: Dr Anthony Gaspari believes that he has diagnosed Dede's rare condition. Below: Dede with his teenage daughter. He fears that his children may also become infected |
| An Indonesian fisherman who is "half man half tree" has been offered new hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A. 32-year-old Dede, who lives in a remote village in Indonesia with his two children, feared that he would be killed by the tree-like growths that cover his body. Known locally as 'Tree Man' his condition has baffled local doctors for 20 years. He has root like structures growing out of his body - branches that can grow up to 5cm a year and which protrude from his hands and feet, and welts covering his whole body. In an attempt to earn a living to support his family, he is part of a circus troupe, displaying his Tree Man limbs along with others afflicted with skin deformities in 'freak' shows. The former fisherman was the subject of a documentary "Half Man Half Tree", part of the "My Shocking Story" series on Discovery Channel TV. Dede's story began when wart-like "roots" started growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident. The medical world was completely baffled. The welts spread rapidly across his body and soon he was not able to carry out ordinary household tasks. Dede was sacked from his job and deserted by his wife. He has been raising two children, now in their late teens, in poverty. He is resigned to the fact that local doctors have no cure for his condition. To try to support his family he even joined a local "freak show", parading in front of a paying audience along with victims of other peculiar diseases. While he has the support of his extended family, he has frequently been a target of ridicule and abuse in rural fishing village where he lives. But now new hope has emerged for Dede after an American dermatology expert flew out to his home village south of the capital Jakarta. Dr. Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland claims to have identified Dede's condition, and has proposed a treatment that could completely change his life. Following the testing of samples of the lesions and Dede's blood, Dr. Gaspari says his condition is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This is a fairly common infection that usually causes small warts to develop on sufferers. Dede's problem is that he has a rare genetic fault that impedes his immune system. This means his body is unable to contain the warts. According to Dr. Gaspari, the virus was able to "hijack the cellular machinery of his skin cells", instructing them to produce huge amounts of the substance that caused the tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns" on both his hands and feet. The doctor became involved in the case through the Discovery Channel documentary, and he is convinced that Dede's condition can be largely cleared up by a daily doses of a synthetic form of Vitamin A, which has been demonstrated to stop the growth of warts in severe cases of HPV. Dr. Gaspari said that Dede's warts should reduce in size to the point where he can use his hands. He said he had never seen anything like this in his entire career. - December 24, 2007.   |
Isang pencil ni Bing ni Hawkman at Captain America.
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Nestor made several sample drawings and shopped them around the comics companies. But because the art directors of those companies were very strict and exacting in their standards, it took Nestor a year of study and practice until he was finally given a break drawing "Walang Mukha" written by Tony Ma. Alcaraz for Sinderela Komiks. That was the start of what would be a long career in drawing comics for many different publications.
When Nestor showed sample drawings to PSG Publishing House, he was assigned a comics-novel right away with the script "Ikaw Pa Rin Ang Hahanapin", written by PSG publisher himself, Pablo S. Gomez. Nestor wondered if he could try working for other publishers so he tried sending samples to the editor in chief of Pilipino Komiks Inc. (which eventually became Atlas Publishing Corp.), Mars Ravelo. Ravelo gave him a break by letting him illustrate several short stories before granting him a whole novel entitled "Kaibigan Ko'ng Sto. Niño", written by A.S. Tenorio.
Prolific, Nestor was also able to work with Clodualdo del Mundo at Liwayway Publications, Tony Velasquez at Graphic Arts Service, as well as G. Miranda & Sons Publications and Rex Publications, and literally almost every other existing publication at the time.
In the 1970's, comics illustrators organized to form HAND (Huwarang Akbayan ng mga Nagkakaisang Dibuhista) in response to unfair working conditions, primary of these were being underpaid. Nestor was one of those who founded the organization and served as president in the 10 years of the group's existence. HAND was able to champion the cause of the illustrators and resulted in beneficial priviledges and recognition from the publishers the importance of the comics illustrators to the industy. The success of HAND resulted in the formation of the UAP or the United Artists of the Philippines, a much larger organization with a much larger membership encompassing writers, illustrators, letterers as well as colorsists.
Nestor became president of the SPIC or the Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists after Nestor Redondo relinquished his position as president when he left to work in the United States.
Nestor tried to study animation as well. He became layout artist for Island Animation headed by fellow illustrator Abe Ocampo.
Nestor established the Dynacoil Home Study Art School, an art correspondence school, to help young Filipinos and the out of school youth to develop their interest in art. Comics Illustration is just one among the many art courses that the school teaches. Many of those who have studied under Nestor have found success in many aspects of art, specially in the field of animation here and abroad.
Nestor learned to write comics scripts as well, and he has been able to draw many of his own stories in Atlas and ACE Publications.
Nestor is currently serving as a design supervisor for the local television channel of a religious organization.
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