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GOOD NEWS! The MANILA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR aka MIBF is happening this week! September 16-20, 2009 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City http://www.manilabookfair.com/ GOOD NEWS! Visprint will have a booth at the MIBF. http://visprintpub.blogspot.com/ BAD NEWS :-( Trese Book3 will NOT be available at the MIBF. (sorry!) GREAT NEWS! You can pre-order Book3 “TRESE: MASS MURDERS” at the MIBF! We’ll deliver your autographed copy free of charge*, 1 week before the book's commercial release! You’ll even get the chance to win an original Trese artwork from Kajo Baldisimo. You can also pre-order these upcoming Visprint books: CRASH, a Not Quite Unreal sequel , by Carlos Malvar 12 , by Manix Abrera MECHANICS: 1. Promo applies to Metro Manila addresses only*. 2. Advanced order and payments should be made during the MIBF. 3. Promo forms available at the Visprint booth. See you at the Book Fair!

Aren't they just adorable! (Of course, if you're aswang then you better start running because they're cute guns will blow your aswang-ass away!) These Munny KAMBAL were designed and created by Jan Calleja . Jan is part of BLACKMATTER CUSTOMS. Read more about them at: http://theblackmatter.blogspot.com/ Many thanks to Brandie , who commissioned Jan to do these pieces. Wait... I sense a question in your mind... ... and the answer is, YES! There is Munny TRESE in the works. Stay tuned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1riOyA5WQw THE AGENCY BOARD This board is the effect of eating too much Magic Coated, which is a chocolate cracker with chocolate cream filling and ... wait for it... and it's coated in more chocolate!!! The effect is you get a board that's just to crazy to produce! (And way too expensive, if we were really going to animate all those characters using different animation techniques) Thankfully, Direk Avid showed us the way and gave it a twist-ending that made it more funny! THE DIRECTOR'S BOARD Credits Client: Jack N Jill, URC Product: Magic Coated Agency: Harrison Communications Creative Team: Alex Arellano, Budjette Tan, Sunny Dumayas, Jay Pangilinan, Mark Pahate, Louie Aquino, Bonsai Fojas, El Lorenzo Accounts: Maricel Pangilinan-Arenas, Monday Gonzalez, Jello Tan-Goloy, Ethel Diño Producer: Krischelo Delgado & Bambi Gonzales Production House: Straight Shooters Director: Avid Liongoren LP: Chris Esguerra...

These days, it's interesting how you post something on your Facebook, Twitter or Plurk and even at 2 in the morning, someone will reply to you. Which made me ask the question, before all of this came online, what were we doing at 2AM? And they answered... BLUE EAGLET: There are naughty answers to that... and then there are geeky answers like mine--reading. Haha JPANGILINAN: nothing good happens after 2 am GIZOPHRENIA: staring at space Gavin_E_Hoh: talking to each other face to face at some cafe or roadside stall? Gavin_E_Hoh: some do ... But they're sitting there sms-ing someone else. Or at least that's what one sees in KL psychoCOW: we'd rent out like a dozen VHS tapes and have movie marathons. Or get plastered. Or both. jovefrancisco: reading comic books, watching tv, listening to music and eating. Merlinda Betorin: sleeping our hearts out... Telly Arce: reading books Krischelo Delgado: why, WORKING, of course! Erica Kaiserin: Watching tv or movies on CD... After midn...

You can vote by going to: http://www.komikon.org/ If you're a member of DeviantArt, you can vote at: http://komikon.deviantart.com/ Or you can do it the old fashion way and fill up VOTING BALLOTS at: Comic Odyssey •Robinson’s Place, Level 3 Ermita,Manila •Robinson’s Galleria, Level 3 Expansion Mall,Edsa cor. Ortigas Comic Quest •Lower Ground Floor Bldg. A, SM Megamall •2nd Floor Main Bldg., SM City North Edsa

You can thank your stars all you want but I'll always be the lucky one Tell me something When I'm 'bout to lose control How do you patiently hold My hand And gently calm me down? Tell me something When you sing and when you laugh Why do I always photograph My heart Flyin way above the clouds? You can thank your stars all you want but I'll always be the lucky one "Your Universe", Rico Blanco

Congratulations to the organizers of the first METRO COMIC-CON! From out side of the conventional hall, everything was pulled off without a hitch. (I think the only untoward incident of the event was when Chez Fidelino's Powerbook was stolen from the Sputnik Comics booth .) Thanks to everyone who bought copies of TRESE. Thanks to the ones who already had copies but decided to buy new ones because they forgot their copies at home and they really, really wanted us to vandalize their mint condition copies of Trese. It was great to finally meet the people we originally met online, especially the ones we’ve met on DeviantArt. Thanks to everyone who also got the Trese Amulettes (and to everyone who laughed at my joke about the amulettes having magical powers – yes, I know only two of you laughed, but I kept telling that joke anyway). If you were not able to get any Trese Amulettes, we’re planning to make them available soon. Just give Ronnie and Ceres time to make more. (Yes, each one is...

THE MAGICIAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0_pWHkr2E THE ASSISTANT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC_zYqH9b8c THE STAGEHAND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yat3oPmOmxI THE DATE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg4iAkUx-oo 21st Philippine Ad Congress TVC http://www.adcon.com.ph/ (article from the adcon website) Fitting with the theme of this year’s Philippine Ad Congress (PAC), Perspectives, the PAC has called upon four of the industry’s top directors to come together for a historic collaboration. Each director takes on the perspective of a single character on the night of a mysterious magic act. Henry Frejas , director of Nescafe’s “Home/Batanes,” Nestle Cream’s “The Offering,” and McDonald’s “Simbang Gabi,” tells the story as seen through the eyes of the Magician; Sid Maderazo , director of the C2 Green Tea TVC’s, the Coke “Beat Game” commercial and the Roadrunner short film “Power,” takes another view of the events on stage through the Assistant’s eyes; Carlo Directo , director of th...

Hey Mr. Renjay, Last Saturday, at the Metro Comic-Con (MCC), you bought copies of TRESE from us. You left something at the booth. Please leave your contact info on this blog or email me at: budj @ rocketmail .com Thanks again for buying TRESE! Hope you enjoyed reading it.

hey kids :) Bad news: TRESE: BOOK 3 won't be ready for the Metro Comic Con Good news: available at the MCC will be these TRESE AMULETTES :) (which may or may not provide you with protection against aswang and enkanto -- but will definitely attract the opposite sex and make them say: "Wow! That's so cute! What's your name?) The Amulettes will be available in the following variants: rings necklaces keychain/charms Price? Very affordable! (to be determined ... but definitely below P100) hehehe --budjette p.s. Yes, TRESE Book 1 & 2 will be available at the MCC, as well as THE LAST DATU, written by me and Kajo (and drawn by Kajo) TRESE Amulettes created and designed by Ceres and Ronnie

“What’s the most important thing this year? TO BE HAPPY! We only have one life, so let’s really enjoy it. Ok?” –Mr. Kanamori http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armP8TfS9Is "In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori. He instructs each to write their true inner feelings in a letter, and read it aloud in front of the class. By sharing their lives, the children begin to realize the importance of caring for their classmates." I found the link to these videos via Jonathan Carroll’s Twitter . The documentary is 48 minutes long, divided into five parts, five episodes that focus certain students, talk about specific topics like empathy and death and bullying and teamwork. Hope you have the time to watch the entire film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc7S8HAfDzk&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7Y...

I just clicked on http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/ and saw this headline: ... and I thought, "I got nominated? With Gaiman?!" Oh... Shaun Tan! (not Budjette Tan) hahaha Maybe someday.

Presenting... the directorial debut of... DIREK REINARD SANTOS!!! Obviously, the team had a lot of fun working on this project :) Designed by Reinard Santos & Gisselle Bautista

Client: Jack N Jill (URC) Product: Magic Flakes Agency: Harrison Communications ECD: Alex Arellano / DECD: Budjette Tan / CD: Sunny Dumayas Writer: Bonsai Fojas ADs: Mark Mendoza / Louie Aquino Accounts: Maricel Pangilinan-Arenas, Monday Gonzales, Jello Tan-Goloy, Ethel Dino Producer: Barbie Leyba Director: Jeorge Agcaoili ProdHaus: MCI SFX: Road Runner THE PARA-MAGIC-TEAM MENDY LIKES WHAT HE SEES :-) DIREK JEORGE SHOWS US HOW THE SNAKES SHOULD ACT SUNNY WANT YOU TO TOUCH HIS SNAKE YUP, WE SHOT IN A REAL CAVE!!!

Quark went to the San Diego Comic-Con and brought pasabulong for Kevin Smith . Hope he likes it! Thanks Quark!!!

Art by Dado http://artspice.blogspot.com/ Art by Hannah http://sketchamababble.blogspot.com/ Thanks to Maya for telling about their works.