Description
Muros is an urban fantasy set in an alternate Manila which has been sealed off from the rest of the world for decades. In this fast-paced graphic novel the walled city of Manila, recently freed from a dictator's iron-fisted rule, is a magical metropolis where monsters flit and feed along neon-lit streets. The city, now governed by mysterious Societies, faces rising tensions between the human and nonhuman inhabitants that are nearing a breaking point.
In a world where magic and modernity make for uneasy bedfellows, there are some secrets you simply can't prepare for. Especially secrets that involve a cast of nonhuman characters, such as one-eyed Yomaws (hybrid human-canines), Asu-Gamis (half Aswang, half Inugami) and slinky Silat immortals.
Readers looking for a different take on magic, or those interested in seeing an alternative history set in the Philippines, will find plenty to sink their teeth into here. Fans of Tan & Baldisimo's Trese or Jim Butcher's Dresden Files will also find a heady mix of the familiar and the strange.
Reviews
"I don't expect even readers here to be familiar with all of the references-but what I do hope is that I am able to give them a taste that is enticing enough that they seek out more: more about Filipino heritage and more from Filipino creators." -Paolo Chikiamco, interviewed in Publishers Weekly
"Sinaban's versatile art is appropriately moody, making effective use of solid black fills and silvery-gray shading, while rendering striking fantasy architecture, fast-paced action, and goofy antics. Carlos's prim-and-proper journalist sidekick and the characters' simple and effective manga-esque expressions add levity ... Folks who fell under the spell of the Philippines comics scene with Trese will delight in this." -Publisher's Weekly
"If you have an interest in Filipino mythology, or just mythology in general...[or] you've never read a Filipino manga, I highly recommend this book to get started and dip your toes into. It was super interesting--I just wanna know more!" -Angie Barthel (@chanchokitty), BookTok Influencer
Book Information
ISBN 9780804858649
Author Paolo Chikiamco
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Tuttle Publishing
Publisher Tuttle Publishing
Weight(grams) 340g