Budjette Tan
Budjette is a founding member of Alamat Comics. He has since written comic-book stories like Batch72, The Flying Phantom, and Payaso. His most recent work is Trese, co-created with artist KaJo Baldisimo. Like any typical superhero, he keeps a secret identity and works as the Deputy Executive Creative Director in the ad agency Harrison Communications.(Taken here.)
Trese: Case 7: Embrace of the Unwanted
Budjette Tan
Two people are killed at the basement of Magna Mall after the last screening of "Full Moon Massacre." When police find a trail of blood leading into the sewer pipes that are too small for a person to fit in, they call Alexandra Trese to investigate.
Trese: Case 8: The Association Dues of Livewell Village
Budjette Tan
The residents of LiveWell village have found themselves in the children graduate with honors, the parents get promoted, and everyone is happy. But when some mysterious electrocutions happen in the area, Alexandra Trese tracks down the tribe of lightning to find the cause.
Trese: Case 5: A Little Known Murder in Studio 4
Budjette Tan
After filming the final scene of her movie, the rising career of Heather Evangelista came crashing down on the floor of Studio 4. Her murder is somehow connected to the case of a missing duwende. Alexandra Trese steps behind the scenes of Manila’s showbiz industry and discovers the price one pays to become a star.
Trese: Case 4: Our Secret Constellation
Budjette Tan
On a starless Saturday night, a man is attacked and killed in one of the clubs in Malate. The victim was a criminal who was able to remain free thanks to the court’s flawed system. The attacker possessed the strength and savagery of an aswang. Alexandra Trese must now track down the unstoppable executioner’s bloody crusade.
Trese: Case 6: The Outpost on Kalayaan Street
Budjette Tan
The lone police outpost on Kalayaan Street overlooks the Manila South Cemetery. It is one of the few places where not much crime happens, considering most of the people they’re protecting are already dead. Although, not all of them are resting in peace. Some are restless and soon they will demand for justice.
Trese: Case 2: Rules of the Race
Budjette Tan
Life in the fast lane is definitely not for the timid. For the teenagers who drag race on Highway C-5, that’s the place where they get to prove who’s king of the lane. Unfortunately, one racer’s winning streak has resulted to the death of several racers. When strange hoof prints are found at each car wreck, Alexandra Trese has no choice but to travel down that road and seek answers at the finish line.
Trese: Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street
Budjette Tan
When night falls, drivers try to avoid Balete Drive for fear of seeing the lady in white. For decades, she has haunted that street shaded by those ancient trees. So, when a lady dressed in white is found dead on that very street, it becomes more than just another car accident. It becomes a case for Alexandra Trese. Indeed, how does one kill a ghost? Join Trese as she unravels the secrets surrounding the corner of Balete Drive and 13th Street.Finally, the first issue of Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo's uber-popular comic series, TRESE, is here in ebook form, for fans and future fans this action-packed, contemporary fantasy mystery series!
Murder on Balete Drive (Trese, #1)
Budjette Tan
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 aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where kapre are the kingpins of crime, and 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: Murder On Balete Drive contains the following:
Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street
Case 2: Rules of the Race
Case 3: The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos
Case 4: Our Secret Constellation
Unreported Murders (Trese, #2)
Budjette Tan
When dusk arrives in the city of Manila, that's when you become the most likely prey of the criminal 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.
Trese: Book of Murders
Budjette Tan
Presenting the collector's edition of the first 13 cases with digitally-updated art.
Trese: Case 3: The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos
Budjette Tan
Lonely women, desperate for company, find themselves in the passionate embrace of a deadly lover. The following day, their bodies are found charred; burned within. The police want to know who’s doing this and why. Alexandra Trese is more curious to find out, who’s smuggling the women’s souls down to the underworld.
Trese Vol 3: Mass Murders (TRESE GN)
Budjette Tan
12 midnight at Metro Manila.
Try to remain calm if you suddenly spot a tikbalang speeding down EDSA or a manananggal swooping across the Makati skyline. While partying at the Fort, never ever let the enkanto at the bar buy you a drink.
Yet, there are deadlier things than walk the streets of this city.
One of them now demands blood and sacrifice.
When crime takes a turn for a weird, the police call Trese.
High Tide at Midnight (Trese, #6)
Budjette Tan
The unceasing rain muffles the screams of the victims being pulled down, down into the murky flood waters.
In the places too high to be reached by the flood, the party continues for the privileged, who indulge in a new designer drug which grants them the supernatural abilities of enkanto and aswang.
These are the murders and mysteries Alexandra Trese needs to solve as the tide continues to rise at the stroke of midnight.
Last Seen After Midnight (Trese, #4)
Budjette Tan
Black and white comic paperback with dust jacket,Volume 4
Midnight Tribunal (Trese, #5)
Budjette Tan
In a city where the aswang control everything that is illegal and where ancient gods seek to control everything else, enforcing the law can be a very difficult task.
When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. Lately, it seems like others have been taking that call.
A mysterious racer has been breaking the speed limit, running after and capturing criminals.
A masked giant has been demolishing drug dens and breaking up gangs.
Trese must confront these supernatural crime-fighters and bring order back to the city, before the underworld attempts to seek balance in its own way.
Mass Murders (Trese, #3)
Budjette Tan
12 midnight at Metro Manila.
Try to remain calm if you suddenly spot a tikbalang speeding down EDSA or a manananggal swooping across the Makati skyline. While partying at the Fort, never ever let the enkanto at the bar buy you a drink.
Yet, there are deadlier things than walk the streets of this city.
One of them now demands blood and sacrifice.
When crime takes a turn for a weird, the police call Trese.
Shadow Witness (Trese, #7)
Budjette Tan
All the train stations of the MRT are suddenly visited by ghosts of the brutally murdered. All except for the 13th station.
There is a secret restaurant owned by an aswang chef, who serves the most unique people as one-of-a-kind dishes.
An ancient chest containing an imprisoned entity has been unlocked.
A 1,000 year old church hides a piece of Philippine history that has been erased from human memory.
Only the shadows of these locations will serve as witnesses to the crimes and transgressions,
When these mysteries become deadly and threatening, the authorities call the one named Trese.
Trese #1: FCBD
Budjette Tan
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!
Kwentillion: A Million Stories to be Told
Budjette Tan
Kwentillion Magazine is the Philippines' first publication dedicated to young adult literature and media, featuring YA-themed comics and fiction by Filipino creators. The bi-monthly, black and white magazine (with an eight-page colored spread in every issue) features reviews and previews of young adult books, interviews with creators, and articles which tackle a wide variety of topics of interest to the YA community.
The Lost Journal of Alejandro Pardo: Creatures and Beasts of Philippine Folklore
Budjette Tan
To Whom it may concern:
There are strange doors that, once opened, can never be closed again.
Secrets and mysteries that crowd the shadows, that wail and scream at the coming of the light.
Things that were once spoken of in wary whispers by those wise enough to fear the dark.
Things called kapre and malakat, tikbalang and batibat, tiyanak and mandurugo.
There was once a man who studied these mysteries, who catalogued and chronicled the truth of their existences.
His name was Alejandro Pardo, and this book is a strange door that contains words and pages from his writings, a strange door that leads to the truths behind the layers of rumor and misconception.
Are you ready to open it?
Trese Vol 1: Murder on Balete Drive
Budjette Tan
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!
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