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Tabi Po tells the story of Elias, a neophyte aswang (flesh-eating humanoid creature). Born from a tree during the country’s Spanish era, Elias embarks on a journey with two older aswangs in the quest to understand their true nature. Along the way, Elias meets Salome, a sex slave of the friars, and falls for her. In the middle of a rising revolution, Elias is forced to face his own battles– his love for Salome and her pursuit of vengeance versus his hunger for flesh, the growing rift between himself and his two aswang mentors, the society’s stigma with their kind, and the battle with his own inner demons.

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Author Biography

Mervin Malonzo created the comic Tabi Po where he reinvented and reconstructed the mythology of aswang. It received the Philippine National Book Award in 2014 and was adapted into a TV mini-series in 2017. He collaborated with several writers to produce comics and illustrated books. He now manages an independent small press effort called Haliya Publishing which publishes more of his comics and other titles from different authors.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Mervin Malonzo
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9786210610963
  • Publication Country or regionPhilippines
  • FormatHardback
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleTabi Po
  • EditionInternational edition
  • Dimensions6 X 9 inches

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