Where Adam David writes about his Best Books of 2009 for the Philippine Free Press (January 10, 2009)
TRESE By Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo (Visprint)
A series of slick done-in-one stories, exactly like CSI, only it’s steeped in traditional Pinoy monsters and mythologies and the main protagonist is a goth chick with guns and emo hair. It’s a working off of the more common vein of action horror comic books and once you really read into it there is certainly a formula to the construction of the stories themselves. But Trese manages to rise above it all above it all by simply resorting to the most obvious thing: it spins us a good yarn page in page out. Tan and Baldisimo show us what can be done with formula, why formula work, how formula can work for you, all the while not making it seem like formula. Komikero all over should not only read this for the words and art but also study it for its craft as there is certainly craft at work here. There are currently two books out, both utterly smooth, available absolutely everywhere (with good reason).
Gusto ko lang po sanang itanong kung alam niyo po kung kamusta na si Bob Ong? wala lang, hindi naman po kasi siya nagrereply sa mga emails na sinesend ko sa bobongpinoy@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteAt siya nga po pala, 'pag nakaipon na po ako ng lakas ng loob, gusto ko din mging isa sa mga writers ng VPE. Mag-aapply ako pag pakiramdam ko sapat na yung kakayahan kong magsulat.
Ito nga po pala yung website namin, visit niyo po pag may time kayo:
www.pedxing.co.cc
Ako po si Eych.
Salamat po.=)