Listen "Carlo Vergara: The Road to Zsazsa Zaturnnah & Beyond"
Episode Synopsis
Carlo Vergara,illustrator, playwright, teacher, and creator of the iconic queer superheroine Zsazsa Zaturnnah, joins Carmen Licopit for a candid conversation about creativity, mental health, and purpose.Carlo opens up about being a late bloomer, the pressure that followed his early success, and the spiral that came when expectations didn’t match outcomes. He shares how a single image of swallowing a stone sparked Zsazsa, and how childlike innocence, Filipino melodrama, and comic-book love fused into a pop-culture icon.Now in “Chapter 5,” Carlo reflects on teaching, social media comparison, creative paralysis, and the freedom of building his own road with his own signposts.If you’ve ever felt stuck, pressured, or feel you’re on the wrong highway, Carlo’s story is a reminder: your pace, your joy, your LAYON.
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