Trip to Tagaytay
Trip to Tagaytay is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Filipino comic creator Arnold Arre. It was published by the author under his own Tala Comics Publishing in 2001, and subsequently won a Manila Critics Circle National Book Award in September 2002.
Trip to Tagaytay is a 44-page short story in comics form, set in a future Philippines replete with flying cars and multimedia wrist-devices. In this vision of the future, popular actor Aga Muhlach is the aging President, the Eraserheads are on a Reunion Tour that spans the stars, and Philippine Spacelines is offering a 50% discount on Moon Travel. We follow the musings of a young man as he journeys through the city, headed for the Grand Liwayway Station, where he plans to take the cheapest train out,sincethey just opened the Tagaytay Ocean Tunnel connecting to Cebu. All the while, he is composing a missive addressed to his love, who is living on a faraway Orbital Space Station.
References
- Arnold Arre - portfolio and gallery
- Trip to Tagaytay - graphic novel booksite
- What a Trip, Sunday Inquirer Magazine, January 14, 2001
- Fly Me to the Moon, Legmanila, January 31, 2001
- A Poetic, Sci-Fi, Surrealistic Head Trip, Localvibe.com, January 2001
See: Arnold Arre, The Mythology Class, After Eden (graphic novel), Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat
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