Trese #1: FCBD

by Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo (Artist)

Award-winning comic and soon to be Netflix anime series! When dusk arrives in the city of Manila, that’s when you become the most likely prey of the underworld. Kidnappers and thieves will be the least of your worries. Beware the criminals that can’t be bound with handcuffs nor harmed with bullets. Beware the ones that crave for your blood, those who hold your heart ransom, and the ones that come to steal your soul. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese. The TRESE FCBD book features a preview from TRESE Vol 2: Unreported Murders, a section on the forthcoming Netflix TRESE anime series launching this summer (including an interview with Director Jay Oliva), bonus pages with w/ background about the monsters of Philippine myth, as told by TRESE creators Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, and a teaser on TRESE Vol 3: Mass Murders, coming this Sept from ABLAZE!

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Graphic Novels, Crime

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 14, 2021

About the author

Budjette Tan is the writer of the award-winning comic book TRESE, which he co-created with his partner/illustrator Kajo Baldisimo.

TRESE has been adapted into an anime series by Netflix.

He was a founding member of ALAMAT COMICS in the 1990s.

He's also the writer and co-creator of THE DEMON DUNGEON / DARK COLONY books, which he made with Bow Guerrero and JB Tapia.

He was also the co-editor of the KWENTILLION scifi/fantasy comics magazine (published by Summit), the UNDERPASS horror anthology (Summit), and SOUND: A Comic Anthology (published by Difference Engine).

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a solid Free Comic Book Day offering, a standalone story with a preview for an upcoming graphic novel. The only way this could have been better was if it was an original story made for the event. This could have been an opportunity to bring out the best work to its largest possible audience.
Still, it's free and it's good.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indie offering from Indonesia-philippines

Ablaze comics freebie. Suitable for teens and adults. Good black and white illustrations. A 15 year old paranormal investigator is looking into bizarre and supernatural crimes.

[Riley from Read Over Heels · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the tv series and can't wait to read these books!

[Colby Fitzsimmons · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

I could see myself picking up the rest if I didn't have anything else that interested me at the time to read but it definitely isn't at the top of my tbr.

[The Wintermute System · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this: it's got a preview for a longer story at the end, but this is an introduction to the main character, Trese, who's last name is used more often than her first - so much so I've already forgotten her first name.

It's an intriguing tale of lust for fame, intertwined with a supernatural aspect about the love one can have for another being. I thought I knew where it was going, but it surprised me, maybe because I'm pretty notoriously bad at guessing where stories are going on the whole.

I look forward to enjoying more from this author in the future.