Saturday, January 14, 2023 was a special day because on that day, ISTTS DKV held an event that was closely related to the world of illustration and film, namely entitled "Development of Comics to Film Bumilangit: Gundala and Sri Asih". This event was hosted by a professional speaker in his field, namely Is Yuniarto. He is a comic artist from Indonesia whose name is well known overseas, as well as a lecturer who teaches at several campuses in Surabaya, one of which is ISTTS.
Mr. Is Yuniarto, or who is often called Mr. Is, currently serves as General Manager at Bumilangit. Apart from that, he also worked on comics such as Garudayana Saga, Knights of Apocalypse trilogy, Grand Legend Ramayana, and many more. One of the comics, Grand Legend Ramayana, was purchased by studios in Japan and Korea, so that currently Grand Legend Ramayana comics are available in Japanese and Korean.
Apart from comics, one of the characters created by Pak Is, namely Gatotkaca, has collaborated with Mobile Legends, so that the Gatotkaca character has become one of the heroes in Mobile Legends. He then told about the beginning of the collaboration. At that time, Moonton was looking for local Indonesian heroes to become characters in the Mobile Legends game. After that, Moonton decided to choose Gatotkaca. Of the many Gatotkaca characters from time to time, Mr. Is Yuniarto chose the one because his character design is considered quite modern. It was from there that Mr. Is' Gatotkaca character eventually became a hero in Mobile Legends that people from around the world can play to this day.
Mr. Is also makes modern wayang which he calls “Wayangverse”. One of his puppet works is titled Kartika Yudha, which is fan art from the film Star Wars IX. In addition, he was also invited by Marvel to Singapore in 2018 to hand over the Avengers puppets directly to Joe Russo, Benedict Cumberbatch and Karen Gillan. He also made wayang designs for one of the Disney films, namely Raya and The Last Dragon, which was later turned into a puppet show entitled "Raya and the Last Dragon Shadow Puppet Performance".
Mr. Is has been part of Bumilangit since 2016 and focuses on the comic division. Not to forget, he also introduced the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe (BCU). Some of the legendary works with the theme of warrior and heroism are shaded by Bumilangit, namely Sri Asih (1954) by R. A. Kosasih, Si Buta dari Gua Hantu (1967) by Ganes T. H., and Gundala Putra Petir (1969) by Hasmi. The event was closed with a group photo between the audience and Pak Is.