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Trese Vol 1: Murder on Balete Drive

Budjette Tan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Ablaze, LLC

Published:8th Dec '20

Should be back in stock very soon

Trese Vol 1: Murder on Balete Drive cover

Award-winning Filipino comic book and soon to be Netflix anime series!

When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don’t you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly- lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese.

Trese Vol 1 "Murder on Balete Drive" features all new, redrawn artwork throughout, and includes a substantial bonus section with behind-the-scenes sketches, info and details on the making of the book and further insight into the world of Trese, as told by its creators Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo!

"If you know nothing about Filipino horror and the monstersthat lurk within, this is the place to start." --BookRiot



"If you know nothing about Filipino horror and the monstersthat lurk within, this is the place to start." --BookRiot



"The story structure is perfect, mixing in occasional whimsy and the hintof previous adventures that may or may not be told. Baldisimo's black and whiteart has the creepiness of a Warren magazine story (by Alfredo Alcala or NestorRedondo, of course). Yet it also blends in a manga influence. It's no wonderthat Netflix has picked this book up for their anime programmingï¿9; it's already cinematic and Trese is a terrific character."--fanboyplanet.com

"The story structure is perfect, mixing in occasional whimsy and the hintof previous adventures that may or may not be told. Baldisimo's black and whiteart has the creepiness of a Warren magazine story (by Alfredo Alcala or NestorRedondo, of course). Yet it also blends in a manga influence. It's no wonderthat Netflix has picked this book up for their anime programmingï¿9; it's already cinematic and Trese is a terrific character."--fanboyplanet.com

“The four stories are accompanied by in-depth fact sheets about theamazing creatures we meet, and to close Tan gives us the backstory of Trese andhow it eventually ended up as a show. It rounds off a winner in every way,exotic, glamorous and beguiling.”—theslingsandarrows.com

“The four stories are accompanied by in-depth fact sheets about theamazing creatures we meet, and to close Tan gives us the backstory of Trese andhow it eventually ended up as a show. It rounds off a winner in every way,exotic, glamorous and beguiling.”—theslingsandarrows.com

"Trese continues to impress and surprise." - GERRYALANGUILAN, CREATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC NOVELELMER



"Trese continues to impress and surprise." - GERRYALANGUILAN, CREATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC NOVELELMER


ISBN: 9781950912193

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 268g

136 pages