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National Book Store presents TRESE 5 book tour Be there for the launch of the special NBS Edition of TRESE 5: MIDNIGHT TRIBUNAL. This version comes with an Exclusive NBS Dustcover. Join Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, creators of the award-winning graphic novel TRESE, for an afternoon of mysteries and revelations. Ask them questions about the underworld. Check out the Trese art gallery. Get the chance to win Trese art work and shirts. Stick around for the book signing session. November 10, 4pm: Bestsellers, Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas November 24, 4pm: National Bookstore, Alabang Town Center

It's been a week since Summer Komikon 2012 and I haven't had the chance to talk about the comic books that we launched. http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2012/06/editor-at-large.html Me and Kajo had this grand plan to release the new Trese book last week, but several things kept me busy and we were only able to release "Maverick Rider", the first case from what will be Trese Book 5. Aside from my wonderful dayjob, my nights were filled with editing the following comic book projects: ======================= TIKTIK: THE ASWANG CHRONICLES Story and character creation by Erik Matti and Dondon Monteverde. Script by Erik Matti. Addiiotnal scene

Yesterday, I received an email from Ms. Eileen Sy, http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2012/03/keep-on-drawing.html who accused me of influencing the decision of which people would get interviewed by C.B. Cebulski in his recent search for Marvel comic book artists. Below is the email from Ms. Sy, after which you will read my reply to her, which I have decided to make public. =================================================== Budjette, It's a shame that you forcibly included 8 of your buddies out of 34 artists in CB Cebulski's talent search. It can now be explained why more talented people were excluded. Aspiring artists like us are now quest