星期六, 5/8/2021
1:00 - 2:15
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Join us in a book talk with Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, creators of the award-winning serialized graphic novel, Trese, set in Metro Manila, Philippines. A place where the dark worlds of Philippine folklore and lower mythology and their creatures exist side-by-side with the human world. Baldisimo and Tan will also talk about their upcoming Netflix series and more.

Kajo Baldisimo is a cartoonist and co-creator of Trese. He is an avid reader of Filipino komiks from the 80s and 90s. He draws storyboards for a living and creates comic books to live. After spending forty years of his life in Makati City, he is now permanently residing in Davao City trying to establish an animal shelter together with his wife and son.

Budjette Tan is the writer and co-creator of Trese. He also collaborated with Bow Guerrero and JB Tapia in creating The Dark Colony Books. He’s also co-editor and co-writer of the Alejandro Pardo books with David Hontiveros. Recently, he co-edited with Charis Locke the Southeast-Asian comic book SOUND: A Comic Anthology, published by Different Engine. He currently works for the LEGO Agency in Denmark and lives there with his superwife and their little superboy. 

Connect 

Kajo Baldisimo - Website | Instagram

Budjette Tan - Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Trese Comics - Website | Facebook 

A partnership with

Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library

Philippine Studies Department, City College of San Francisco

Arkipelago Books 

Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA)