Trinidad began his professional career as an assistant for the "Dean of Philippine comics," Francisco Coching, and Trinidad's style bore a similarity to Choching's.[2] Trinidad's first professional credits included illustrating novelist Marcial Buanno’s Guido Mortal and Arkong Bato in the late 1960s.[3]
Trinidad co-created the Filipino superheroes El Gato (with writer Mike Tan)[4] and Inday sa Balitaw (with writer Pablo S. Gomez).
By around 1990, Trinidad had returned to the world of Filipino komiks, with contributions to the horror comic book Holiday (a.k.a. Zuriga). In 1995, Trinidad supplied painted covers for the short-lived series Lastikman Komiks.
Trinidad was diagnosed with cancer in December 2008 and died about a year later. He was survived by his wife, Natalia; daughters, Nacel and Cherry; and son, Norman.
Awards
Sonny Trinidad was honored as "Best Serial Illustrator" and "Best Novel Illustration Fantasy" for KOMOPEB Parangal sa Komiks (1984)[2]
^ abAlanguilan, Gerry (November 24, 2009). "Sonny Trinidad Passes Away". Komikero Dot Com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Hal Santiago reports that Filipino Komiks Illustrator Sonny Trinidad has passed away yesterday, November 23, 2009.
^Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Trinidad, Sonny". Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
^Friedt, Stephan (July 2016). "Marvel at the Movies: The House of Ideas' Hollywood Adaptations of the 1970s and 1980s". Back Issue! (89). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 59–60.