Praise for the book:

This is a great story about an American Filipino character, and about what it is like to grow up within a culture you believe to know well, just to visit the country and realize it is actually full of surprises.

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HALINA FILIPINA

“It’s nice to travel, you meet new faces.”

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 sociaty.

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 , After Eden, Ang Mundo ni Adnong 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.

226 pages, Black and white, Paperback
Written and Illustrated by Arnold Arre (©2015)
This edition first published on October 3, 2015 | Nautilus Comics

SCENES FROM THE BOOK

MORE FROM THE ARNOLD ARRE
GRAPHIC NOVEL LIBRARY

From coming-of-age journeys to fantastical realms, Arnold Arre’s graphic novels explore where everyday life meets the mythical -- all rooted in Filipino culture and identity.

International Editions (Tuttle Publishing)

HALINA FILIPINA

THE WORLD OF
ANDONG AGIMAT

Philippine Editions (Nautilus Comics)

HALINA FILIPINA

ANG MUNDO NI ANDONG AGIMAT

AFTER EDEN

MARTIAL LAW BABIES

TRIP TO TAGAYTAY

THE MYTHOLOGY CLASS

THE CHILDREN OF BATHALA

THE JOURNEY TO LUPAN-ON
(The Children of Bathala Vol.2)

Philippine Editions (Nautilus Comics)

THE MYTHOLOGY CLASS

THE CHILDREN OF BATHALA

THE CHILDREN OF BATHALA
Vol. 2

THE CHILDREN OF BATHALA
Vol. 3

CONTACT

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INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
1.  Tuttle Publishing (via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc)
2.  Fully Booked (physical and online stores)
3.  Komiket's Secret HQ

PHILIPPINE EDITIONS
1. Chambershell Publishing
2. Komiket's Secret HQ
3.  Comic Odyssey
4. Filbar's (selected branches)
5. Pumplepie Books & Happiness
6. Solidaridad Bookshop
7. Mt Cloud Bookshop
8. Fully Booked (selected branches)
9. National Book Store (selected branches)

You may also e-mail nautiluscomics@gmail.com to order any of Arnold Arre's Philippine edition books.