Night Gate #4: A Mystery
New cover by @luciaasul
Launching at the Night Gate Vol. 1 launch event, May 30, 2-5PM at @manilamiddleground !
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NIGHT GATE: An Urban Fantasy Nightmare by National Book Award Winner Lucia Asul
Caught in a civil war, Sinta and her family find themselves cornered—only to encounter a mysterious black portal to another world. Is it a refuge, or a trap?
Vol. 1 will collect Chapters 1-4, also available as individual issues.
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🔗 Vol. 1 launch event registration in @raygunpress bio: /form/261281288133456
If you previously submitted a registration or pre-order, you may edit your order to add the single issue of Chapter 4 by looking for the Edit link in the Jotform confirmation email! Or message/email us for help.
A new nightmare by Lucia Asul. Launching May 30 ▲
NIGHT GATE VOL. 1 LAUNCH
🗓️ May 30, 2-5PM
Manila Middle Ground, Comuna Makati
Amid the chaos and destruction of a civil war, Sinta and her family find a portal into the unknown.
Will its mysterious presence add to the terror that looms over Balaan City, or will it become something much more unexpected?
- Chapters 1-4 collected
- 190 pages
- Single issue #4 to be announced soon!
Registration and pre-order in @raygunpress bio 🔗 /261281288133456
Night Gate Chapter 1 by Lucia Asul is dark, eerie, and the kind of story that makes you feel like something is wrong… even before you know what’s happening. Set in a world shaped by war, fear, and survival, it follows a mysterious portal into total darkness and asks a simple question: would you go through it if staying was already bad?
Lucia Asul is an award-winning Filipino comic creator, and you can feel it in the atmosphere, tension, and art. If you’re into horror, dark fantasy, and indie komiks from the Philippines, this one’s worth picking up.
#HotTropiks #FilipinoKomiks #IndieComics #HorrorComics #DarkFantasy
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Night Gate Chapter 03: A New Purpose will be releasing at the Maharlika Vol. 3 launch on January 31 in Makati! Details and registration/pre-order form coming soon.
Lucia Asul’s Night Gate is as urban-horror fantasy comic set against a backdrop of war that has left readers “gasping” with its art and atmosphere. Volume One just around the corner… ▲
#artvsartist 🌒
2025 was mostly just me working on Night Gate and getting the hang of this new big project with Raygun Press. It's been a tough twelve months but it has been exciting just as much. Now that I'm settling in, I'll be accepting more commissions and minor projects next year. So if you'd like to work with me in the coming months, feel free to message me! 🌟
And oh! Casual update: Night Gate, Chapter 3 is done and is on its way! So watch out for that, I guess. 👁️
#artph #artvsartist2025
We do what we do for the readers—the ones who live to discover stories and worlds and come out knowing their own humanity better by seeing it through another’s words. The kind of genuine geekness that digs for a magic in books beyond their role as art collectibles or conversation starters or even entertainment or political expression or craft (but also, yes to all of those too!)
The people behind Akdang Pinoy have shown themselves to be exactly that: pure and passionate lovers of the written word. And on top of that, some of the best champions we have for Filipino storytelling in a time and place that doesn’t do a great job of supporting it.
So it’s a big honor to have Maharlika and Night Gate nominated as part of this year’s official list!
Maharlika Vol. 2 will go straight to the finals, but for Vol 1 and Night Gate, the next round of voting goes from today until December 16.
Whether or not you’re voting for our stories, I encourage you to vote for the Filipino works that hold a place in your heart:
bit.ly/APCA2025LONGLIST (case sensitive)
And take a look at the list on @thefilipinoshelf for some worthy reads—you might find your next favorite!
"The war started six months ago. But it feels like it's been years."
As destruction continues to loom Balaan City, Sinta, a quiet survivor, faces an impossible choice. When a black portal opens to a realm of darkness, she and her family take the leap, believing anything is safer than the world they're escaping. Is this dimension truly the refuge they seek, or is there something more to this boundless void?
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𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙩𝙚 is an urban horror-fantasy story about survival, purpose, and the shadows that follow. This is an ongoing series written and illustrated by @luciaasul , and published by @raygunpress . Grab your copies of the first two chapters now available at Makiling Made on Shopee!
Shown above are the cover and sample pages of Night Gate, Chapter 2.
#nightgate #pinoykomiks #urbanfantasy #horrorcomics
"The war started six months ago. But it feels like it's been years."
As destruction continues to loom Balaan City, Sinta, a quiet survivor, faces an impossible choice. When a black portal opens to a realm of darkness, she and her family take the leap, believing anything is safer than the world they're escaping. Is this dimension truly the refuge they seek, or is there something more to this boundless void?
▲
𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙩𝙚 is an urban horror-fantasy story about survival, purpose, and the shadows that follow. This is an ongoing series written and illustrated by @luciaasul , and published by @raygunpress . Grab your copies of the first two chapters now available at Makiling Made on Shopee!
Shown above are the cover and sample pages of Night Gate, Chapter 1.
#nightgate #pinoykomiks #urbanfantasy #horrorcomics
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I'm not the biggest fan of drawing backgrounds but I'm proud of the panels I've done in Chapter 3 so far. I'm excited to show the world beyond Night Gate, whatever that may be. 👁️
#nightgate #pinoykomiks
The past months have been tough in my personal life. Too many times I've felt like giving up. It took a while for me to get back on my two feet but now I feel like I'm finally soaring again.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to see me last weekend at MIBF, you have no idea how much your presence and heartfelt words mean to me.You've inspired me to continue, and I hope through my stories, I'll do the same to you. 🖤
Here are panels of Sinta from the 3rd chapter of Night Gate. I'm sooo excited to finish this and let you on the unfolding mystery! Watch out for it. 👁️
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