Here are new The Mythology Class lockscreens for 2021! Enjoy!
After Eden 2016 Edition — Out in April 16
Hi guys! As mentioned in the previous post, the 2016 edition of my graphic novel After Eden will be launched at Komikon 2016 on April 16, Saturday, from 9am-7pm at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig. If you’ve read the original that came out in 2002, you’ll find this issue to be a little different — there are a few scenes that I deleted to give way to new plot points. It also has a brand new cover:
I also thought that the title logo could use some updating so I commissioned talented young calligrapher and designer Patrick Cabral for the beautiful redesign.
Other than that, I kept the essence of the story close to the original, just slightly tailored to this new literary landscape we’re in. :) For more information, please check out the After Eden section.
Hope you can check it out! Look for it in the Nautilus Comics booth. If you can’t wait til the Komikon, you may preorder the book until April through Chamber Shell Publishing or via the “buy now” button above.
Social media links:
Facebook — After Eden by Arnold Arre
Instagram — @afteredengraphicnovel.
You can also check out images with the hashtag #AfterEdenbyArnoldArre
After Eden 2016 Reprint — Coming in April
Hi guys! Just wanted you to know that my 2002 graphic novel After Eden is finally getting a reprint! To be published by Nautilus Comics, the 2016 edition will have a new look (which I can’t reveal yet) and will be launched at the Summer Komikon on April 16at the Bayanihan Center in Pasig. Please stay tuned for updates on these sites:
Facebook — After Eden by Arnold Arre
Instagram — @afteredengraphicnovel.
You can also check out images with the hashtag #AfterEdenbyArnoldArre
Halina Filipina book launch & signing on October 3 2015 at the Komiket
My new graphic novel Halina Filipina — my first title since Martial Law Babies was released in 2008 — will have a launch and signing event at the Komiket on October 3, 2015 at Elements # Centris in Quezon City, thanks to Nautilus Comics. You can purchase a copy at the event for a special introductory price of P350.00 (regular price is P395.00).
Halina Mitchell is a half-Filipino half-American New Yorker who visits the Philippines for the first time to meet her relatives. Here she also encounters Cris, a struggling film critic whose passionate loathing for bad local movies reflects his views of modern Filipino society.
Coming from completely different worlds, the two eventually learn from each other. Through Cris, Halina gets a quick course on Manila life, from driving through midnight traffic to listening to the Eraserheads, while she helps him gain a newfound appreciation of living in his own country.
From National Book Award-winning author Arnold Arre, creator of The Mythology Class, Martial Law Babies, After Eden, Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat, and Trip to Tagaytay comes Halina Filipina, a story about friendship, understanding, and love; about finding one’s identity and experiencing the joy of finally having a place to belong.
Mature readers | 200 pages, black & white | English and Tagalog
Visit Halina Filipina on Facebook for further updates: https://www.facebook.com/HalinaFilipina
Directions to Elements @ Centris —
Here’s another short excerpt from the book.
Hope to see you guys at the Komiket!
Preview pages from my new graphic novel “Halina Filipina”
I guess it’s time to announce that I am working on a new graphic novel and it’s called “Halina Filipina,” to be released later this year under Nautilus Comics.
Technically it’s not really “new” since I began writing and drawing it way back in 2002. The story revolves around Halina, a Filipino-American girl who comes to the Philippines for a visit. Here, she meets a guy named Cris and with some help from him rediscovers her roots… That’s all I can say for now. :)
Some of you guys may already be familiar with “Halina Filipina” since Esquire Magazine gave an exclusive preview of a few pages in 2012. Early this year I decided to continue developing the story and I’m glad to say that it’s officially going to be my next graphic novel after “Martial Law Babies.”
Here is a 7-page preview Enjoy!
You can reserve your copy by emailing preorders@nautiluscomics.net
Also check out the hashtag “#HalinaFilipina” on Instagram for more scene previews. :)
Excerpt from “Halina Filipina,” a graphic novel by Arnold Arre
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without express written permission.
Copyright © 2015 Arnold Arre | www.arnold-arre.com
Featuring “Torpedo” by the Eraserheads. Lyrics used with permission from Ely Buendia
Thank you Ely, Raymund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala, and Marcus Adoro for your music.
The Mythology Class (2014 Edition) – Now Available
I’m very happy to announce that my graphic novel, “The Mythology Class” is FINALLY back in print. (If you were at the Komikon last weekend though, you already know about this. Thanks to everyone who came by the booth. :))
I’m very, very grateful to Nautilus Comics for their interest and willingness to publish reprints of my books (“Trip to Tagaytay” was also reprinted earlier this year) and I’m only all too glad that a whole new generation will be able to read them.
By the way I’d like to share this interesting story. My good friend and publisher Jamie Bautista of Nautilus (author of “Cast Comics” and “Private Iris” among others) actually e-mailed me as far back as 2002 or thereabouts and asked if I would be willing to let him reprint Myth Class which, back then, hadn’t been published as a collected edition yet. At the time I had already committed the title to Adarna’s Anino Comics so I had to decline his generous offer. A decade, a Bucheon Korea Comic Convention trip together, and many comic collaborations later, I’m very happy that Mythology Class has found a new home with Jamie, his wife Iyay, and Nautilus Comics. :D
The three new covers:
* Cover #1 (Tala) is a special events-only cover so you’ll be able to purchase it in events like comic conventions and signings.
* Cover #2 (Nicole and Kubin) is a comic book store exclusive cover and will not be available in events.
* Cover #3 (The Orrery) will be available in events and comic book stores.
However, you can order any cover directly through Nautilus Comics’ Jamie Bautista. E-mail him at jamiebautista at gmail dot com or message him through Facebook.
As of this writing, the book is now available in Comic Quest Megamall and Filbars Megamall (along with my other books “Trip to Tagaytay” and “Martial Law Babies”). It will soon be available in other branches and in other bookstores.
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A few of my favorite scenes.
This scene with Nicole and the class meeting Lusyo, a Tikbalang, for the very first time was the very first page I drew, September 1997.
“The Chase”: A raving mad tikbalang runs after Lisa and Bob down South Superhighway. (1999):
And this is a digital painting of the tikbalang chase scene for The Mythology Class’ new edition (November 2014):
I video-capped my drawing / painting process and you can watch it here:
Post by Arnold Arre.
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And now that it’s available again, I hope you guys enjoy the book!