Dominador "Hal" Santiago (August 9, 1941 – February 21, 2021)[1] was a Filipino illustrator and writer in the field of Philippine comics (known locally as komiks).
Santiago was also the illustrator for Ricardo M. Luna's Mga Bakal at Kalawang (Steel and Rust), a novel featured in Liwayway magazine.
[5] The young Santiago was influenced by Harold "Hal" Rudolf Foster, a comic book artist from the United States who illustrated the Tarzan (1929) and Prince Valiant characters.
Lent, in his book Pulp demons: international dimensions of the postwar anti-comics campaign, Santiago's novel The Hands is regarded as "one of the most successful fantasy stories in Philippine comics".
[8] The following is an enumeration of Santiago’s published works arranged according to the title of the novel, followed by the comic book where it appeared, and the year(s) of publication:[2]