Meläg : Town of fables

Meläg : Town of fables – Welcome to Meläg, an eerily fantastic town located somewhere between dreamland and the real world of B. Redila’s childhood hometown in the Philippines and where love, joy, and heartbreak hold hands. Travel on a train with singing, blob-like beings, spy a shack that floats above the treetops because of a “borrowed” magical broomstick, romp with futuristic creatures on a playdate, roam a carnival with two goofy boys, dance the father-daughter dance at a wedding with a robot, and cry with two lost souls who come together as friends in the rain.

This haunting, nostalgic collection of short comics by Filipino American illustrator and author Bong Redila is at once an homage to childhood and a simple wish that tomorrow everything will be fine.