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After
Eden is a love story that involves six people, serendipitous weather disturbances,
and the minions of heaven and hell. It is, by turns, strange, hilarious and
heartbreaking -- a story that somehow manages to be complex and yet pure and
simple at the same time. It is also the best thing Arnold Arre has done so
far, and that's really saying something, considering that he's won National
Book Awards for his previous works, The Mythology Class and Trip to Tagaytay.
Arnold has truths to tell about love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, and
he tells them with an eloquence -- in words and pictures -- that is all his
own.
-Luis Joaquin M. Katigbak, author of Happy Endings
What happens
when seesaws and Sesame Street gives way to long talks over Starbucks cups
and the complications of grown-up relationships? After Eden is a story of
what happens after we shed innocence and step into the big, scary world. It's
not easy for a man and a woman to find each other, much less keep the relationship
alive. But Arre's story--told in simple but expressive lines, and in words
that are variously tender and sharp--is ultimately a story of hope and belief
in love. So it's mushy, yes. But you and I both know that we're all secretly
cheering on the lovers in his story, because each of us is an Adam and an
Eve, looking to find one another.
-Kristine D. Fonacier, editor, MTV Ink
another
comic book masterpiece! After Eden is a delightful tale of love in all its
glory and uncertainties. Arre's mastery of the comic form as a medium to convey
his stories adds a unique and refreshing twist to this one-of-a-kind opus.
A must-have for all you love-struck romantics and comic book aficionados out
there!
-Taga-Ilog, Culture Crash
No tikbalangs
or engkantos, no futuristic cityscapes or flying cars. But the absence of
these trappings doesnt make Arnold Arres drama-comedy opus After
Eden any less magical and enthralling.
-Marco Dimaano, writer/artist, Angel Ace