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You can now order TRESE Book 1 at:
http://powerbooks.com.ph/webinternal/products.asp?product_id=4204

And you can order TRESE Book 2 at:
http://powerbooks.com.ph/webinternal/products.asp?product_id=4770

Twitter 13

When crime takes a turn for the weird,
the police send a tweet to
http://twitter.com/AlexandraTrese

Trese in SPUTNIK

TRESE Book 1 & 2 are now available at:



Sputnik is located at Shop 60 Cubao Expo (formerly known as the Marikina Shoe Expo) on Gen. Romulo Ave., Cubao, Q.C (near Pure Gold supermarket).

We sell comics, graphic novels, figures, statues, designer toys, and more.
We are open Mondays - Saturdays, 4 - 10 PM

http://www.sputnikcomics.com
http://sputnikcomics.multiply.com/

Email address is sputnik.fantastik (at) gmail.com / sputnik.fantastik (at) yahoo.com.

Yahoo Messenger: sputnik.fantastik

Landline: 632 709 1867

Ako Mismo

Ako mismo susugpo
sa mga halimaw ng bayan!

http://www.akomismo.org

Trese doll by Bonsai and Kitty
http://nooninoos.multiply.com/

down the other dark corridor

While you all patiently wait for the third TRESE book, might I interest you with another dark delicacy?

In case you didn’t know, there’s another occult investigator stalking the streets of Manila. His name is Mike Lasombra and you’ll meet him in the pages of David Hontiveros’ TAKOD.

Ruel de Vera gives us a quick overview of the book: Something’s rotten in what was once the little settlement of Mapayapa. And now, years later, Mike Lasombra returns to this place from his past with a curious pendant around his neck. After encountering a wizened old woman who knows more than she’s letting on, Mike will discover the throbbing dark secret of Mapayapa. The bloody, frightening shadow behind Mapayapa will require more of Mike than he ever imagined. All this, in straightforward horror and in allegorical manner, is stuffed into Hontiveros’s compact and creepy novella.

Wawi Navaroza, who designed the cover the book, has this to say about her TAKOD experience: Curious title, I thought. It's in VISAYAN dialect. (The Visayas, as we all know, is replete with its wealth of folklore and islands famed for sorcery). From my Cebuano vocabulary, the word "takod" translated in Tagalog is "hawa"... contagious, contagion, to be contaminated. As in virus, disease, or like Vampires and the Dark Gift.

But Takod isn't about vampires. The characters in the story are a mix of both traditional (filipino folklore hotshots) and original (even more grotesque creatures shaped by Dave's fantasmagoric imagination). His protagonist is a brooding attractive man who has an arsenal of physical and psychic skills.

And Karen Kunawicz provides some safety precautions : After reading (TAKOD), you may want to pack an extra flashlight, holy water, crosses, garlic, amulets, oracions, power objects and tools of protection spells on your next road trip. Oh, and you’ll want to make sure there is nothing wrong with the ignition on your car.

Read the first chapter of the book at:
http://davidhontiveros.com/author.html

You can most probably find a copy of TAKOD at all major bookstores.

The Other Trese

What if Trese was a police detective?
What if Trese was a tabloid reporter?

Read the first two drafts of TRESE before it finally became the series that you're familiar with today.

click the link please
http://indios-bravos.blogspot.com/2009/06/other-trese.html

Exposed!!!

In the June issue of FHM, if you manage to not get distracted by the pretty pictures of RR Enriquez...


... and you manage to get yourself to this page...


...you'll get to read the interview conducted by B.A. Borleo
...wherein he talked to Arnold Arre, Gerry Alanguilan, David Hontiveros, Carlo Vergara, and me about the past and possible future of Philippine comic books


...and if that isn't enough reason to get this issue of FHM, then I must tell you that this issue also contain the first ever picture of Zsazsa Zaturnnah in the nude!!!

...which is accompanied by one of the funniest interviews I've ever read!!!

...Zsazsa Zaturnnah should be given a regular advice column in FHM!!!


Itutuloy... :-)


Trying to track down copies of TRESE?
This lead might help: http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2009/01/tracking-down-trese.html

Angels and Aswang

Art by Thadeus Obaob
http://thei11.deviantart.com/


Thadeus said, "This is my favorite local comic book right now. I love TRESE... everything in it, the story, the artwork is truly fantastic, marvelous. I'm a certified TRESE-fan. Anyway this fanart is dedicated to The Great Mr. Budjette Tan. A little side story of the artwork: Alexandra Trese is about to rescue a flock of fallen Angels from an evil syndicate that makes cologne and perfumes out of their tears. aaaw that's gotta hurt..."

Not a bad idea :)

More TRESE artwork at:
http://www.exhibit13.blogspot.com/

TRESE reviewed in POC's Booklat

Aswangs turn noir in Trese, Written by Mighty Rasing

Through the efforts of Budjette Tan and other graphic artists and storytellers, a new generation of Filipinos is enjoying the recreation and fresh interpretation of Pinoy folklore and culture. It is considered Filipino speculative fiction at its best.

Even the best stories in Pinoy komiks can be buried like the proverbial needle in the haystack of pop culture with the dominance of imported comics such as Marvel and DC. That is, if local audiences will not patronize and buy locally written and produced comics. In Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo’s Trese, however, another world-class product by Filipinos is waiting to burst into the mainstream comics scene.

READ THE COMPLETE REVIEW AT:
http://www.thepoc.net/index.php/Booklat/Booklat-Features/Aswangs-turn-noir-in-Trese.html