BLURBS FOR AFTER EDEN
ìÖanother
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!î
-Taga-Ilog,
Culture Crash
ìNo
tikbalangs or engkantos, no futuristic cityscapes or flying cars. But the
absence of these trappings doesnít make Arnold Arreís drama-comedy opus After
Eden any less
magical and enthralling.î
-Marco
Dimaano, writer/artist, Angel Ace
ìArre is
back, this time with a pictorial soap opera for the overstaying `petty burgisí
youth who wonít grow up just yet.î
-Paolo
Manalo, literary editor of Philippines Free Press and UP
instructor of Writing Graphic Novels course
ìAfter
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.î
-Luis Joaquin M. Katigbak, author of Happy Endings
ìWhat
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.î
-Kristine D. Fonacier, editor, MTV
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