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The first issue, At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street, was released in Komikon on October 22, 2005.[7] The first few issues of the comic followed a 20-page limit and were published independently, using their advertisement company's copying machine to print out ashcans. During these times, Trese would sell out 30 comics at a time at Comic Quest, a comic shop in SM Megamall.[8]
During the ashcan publication of the comics, Budjette first got in contact with a movie producer through an interested commercial director he was working with in his ad agency. However, Budjette eventually backed out due to their desire of getting complete creative control over the movie.[30] After the release of Trese: Murder On Balete Drive, local studios started showing interest for a live action adaptation. They also asked for complete creative control and a love interest for Alexandra. However, Budjette would not actively pursue studios until he had finished the second and third books, prioritizing the worldbuilding of the series first.[31] After the release of Trese: Mass Murders, Tanya Yuson of BASE Entertainment contacted Budjette in search of local comics and stories to pitch to foreign studios.[30]
It is also good to note that the take of the book deviated from the usual Western style or Japanese Manga type of thing. Many of my friends have been recommending this to me because as per them this is a breath of fresh air form the usual comics that they read. I believe this is because this is something closer to their heart as the setting and theme is Filipino related.
I am happy that this book is the book that introduced me to comic book reading. I fell in love with it. I never imagined that I would enjoy reading comics books. This is something that needs to be circulated around the world, introducing the Filipinos as serious comic book writers and artists.
Fifteen years ago, from his office desk at an advertising agency, illustrator Kajo Baldisimo was itching to make comics again. In the past, he frequently hung around with comic book creators, fervent for a meager chance to draw.
Comic books aren't just a Western phenomenon, and Asian comics beyond manga, manwha, and manhua occupy their own important niches. Trese, a Filipino "komik" from creator Budjette Tan, published by Alamat Comics is gaining more popularity thanks to a successful Netflix animated series, Trese is actually a great comic book for readers from all walks of life.
Combining an anime-inspired art style with various genres through a supernatural horror filter, Trese is a perfect gateway book for manga fans or readers looking for an entry point into mainstream Western comics. In fact, it's the kind of genre fusion story that fans tend to overlook, despite its potential for universal appeal.
By focusing on Filipino cultural myths and fantasies, Trese could be compared to the Webtoon series Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe. The latter is one of the most popular webcomics on the Webtoon platform, known for how it reinterprets and contextualizes well-known elements from Greek mythology. Essentially modernizing these myths for a new generation, it's a lot less stodgy than the usual "togas and robes" take on the concept. Trese does the same thing with Filipino creatures and myths, exploring how gods, sprites, and other mystical creatures would interact with mortals in the modern day.
On its surface, Trese is much more of a supernatural crime procedural than the superhero comics Western publishers favor. There are still some key similarities between the book and the adventures of Marvel and DC's more mystical heroes, however. For instance, Trese deals with the criminal and literal underworld. That, combined with her sometimes standoffish persona, makes her more than a little similar to DC Comics' John Constantine. A roguish magical scoundrel known for his mature audience comic Hellblazer under DC's Vertigo imprint, Constantine is still popular, even as he represents an alternative path that many comic books in the 1990s followed.
The case "Our Secret Constellation" featured a story and character heavily based on Mars Ravelo's superhero, Darna. This Filipino superhero bears a strong physical resemblance to DC's Wonder Woman, who is of course based on Greco-Roman myths and stories. Pseudo-Darna's appearance in Trese essentially unites the three heroines, forming a thread that starts with Princess Diana and then spreads through Filipino comics. Of course, there's always action throughout Trese's many cases, and this might also attract fans of superhero comic books or shonen anime and manga. Add in the crime element that could attract fans of procedurals and mysteries and the paranormal component for readers who like urban fantasy, and Trese is a perfect comic book series for a huge spectrum of genre fans. Whether they prefer manga or Western comic books, comics fans will get a bit of both as the Filipino series utilizes bits and pieces of various sources to give its national mythology a major push.
I really liked the komiks when I first read them in high school. The black-and-white art was different from the superhero comics I was reading, and its fantastical portrait of Metro Manila felt satirical without being preachy. And since it was a neo-noir, I also gravitated to the fact that a lot of the early releases were case-of-the-week kind of stuff that needed no introduction of Alexandra Trese.
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