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and here it is!

 ardie aquino's really pulled out all the stops on these box sets, releasing a fourth set of variant covers, with arguably some of the best ones yet: i can't believe that's maki and catniss illustrated by the roni santiago, man...

 for school run the graphic novel. here's ardie and me in all our gory glory:  and here's the production team at studio a and ideascape MNL (and family), including the great nelz yumul , after wrap: note how i'm trying to put on a brave face after all that green makeup wouldn't quite wash off.   let's just say there was some explaining (and a lot of scrubbing) involved when i got home. *a further note on the makeup: i knew things were going well when sir prince was doing his job putting the stuff on me, and at first the comments were all jovial and laughing, but as the work progressed they went from, "haha cute," to "oh..." to "dude that's disgusting." but it was worth it, certainly a hell of an experience. i'd do it again in a heartbeat.

  ASWANG HIGH skillfully weaves horror, humor, and the pains of growing up into its fabric, presenting a unique twist on the high school experience... it's a journey of friendship, identity, and courage in the face of the utterly unknown.   thanks so much to Hot Tropiks - Culture Bookstore for bringing aswang high over to the states!

  thanks pam pastor, inquirer, and paolo herras for including aswang high in this list! you can read the full article here .

story time!   yesterday at Comic Odyssey 's #FreeComicBookDay2024 event, a couple of guys walk by ardie and i's table and one of them goes, "hey, school run!" and points at our comic.   he then enthusiastically summarizes the plot of the comic to his friend, from memory, based on the few issues he'd bought years ago. the friend, intrigued, buys our first issue.   a small thing. but as a writer there's not much more i could ask for.    

 check out these premium, limited edition, six-sided dollops of zombie-themed eye candy:  now check out these gorgeous alternate covers made by a stellar collection of pinoy artsts: that's an art exhibit in a box, folks. more info about the specific artists and how this all came to be in this press release. (we got a press release!)

 so grateful that aswang high is selling well on hot tropiks!