Babbling Point

You turn the page and then... The Staircase The Hospital The House Another great PENGUIN BOOKS campaign. (click on the image to see larger version) Advertising Agency: SAATCHI & SAATCHI, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Executive Creative Directors: Adrian Miller, Edmund Choe Copywriters: Lydia Lim, Ong Kien Hoe Art Directors: Lydia Lim, Ong Kien Hoe, Edmund Choe Photographer: Allen Deng, Wizard Photography Typographer: Lydia Lim Account Supervisor: Aaron Taylor Retoucher: Karen Yap, Wizard Photography

Supernatural Storytelling By Ruel S. De Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12. 2008 MANILA, Philippines -Almost from the very beginning, Budjette Tan has been surrounded by the unusual. “When I was a newborn baby, my parents moved into what turned out to be a haunted house,” he explains. “The ghosts were seen by my yaya and my uncles. My parents didn’t believe in such things, until one summer day after my mom gave me a bath. She said the right side of my face suddenly wrinkled up—that it looked like the face of an old man. She prayed over me until I became normal again.” Psychics were summoned and a séance held. “The psychics told the spirits that they had to move on to the next plane. The haunting stopped after some time.” Even Tan did not know that something similarly spooky would redefine his life later on. With him doing the writing and Kajo Baldisimo providing the art, Tan came up with “Trese,”a comic book series that follows mysterious investigator Alexandra Trese as she he...