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Pasadena Comic Con Returns January 25, 2026. Catch Nathan Cayanan Signing Suspicious Activity.

Pasadena Comic Con Returns January 25, 2026. Ca...

Pasadena Comic Con returns on Sunday, January 25, 2026, bringing together comics, creators, cosplay, toys, and pop culture fans for a full day of discovery at the Pasadena Convention Center....

Pasadena Comic Con Returns January 25, 2026. Ca...

Pasadena Comic Con returns on Sunday, January 25, 2026, bringing together comics, creators, cosplay, toys, and pop culture fans for a full day of discovery at the Pasadena Convention Center....

Bawal Book Club February 2026 Pick: Suspicious Activity by Nathan Cayanan

Bawal Book Club February 2026 Pick: Suspicious ...

Recently nominated for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and arriving just in time for Lunar New Year, Suspicious Activity by Nathan Cayanan is our next Bawal Book Club pick. If...

Bawal Book Club February 2026 Pick: Suspicious ...

Recently nominated for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and arriving just in time for Lunar New Year, Suspicious Activity by Nathan Cayanan is our next Bawal Book Club pick. If...

Lessons from Selling Filipino Books at Hot Tropiks (So Far)

Lessons from Selling Filipino Books at Hot Trop...

This is just a snapshot of how we have been selling books at Hot Tropiks based on our own trial and error. Some of this works for us. Some of...

Lessons from Selling Filipino Books at Hot Trop...

This is just a snapshot of how we have been selling books at Hot Tropiks based on our own trial and error. Some of this works for us. Some of...

How Hot Tropiks Licensed Its First Award-Winning Graphic Novel from the Philippines

How Hot Tropiks Licensed Its First Award-Winnin...

Hot Tropiks started as an importer and distributor of books from the Philippines, with a focus on Filipino pop culture. At the beginning, the goal was simple: get great Filipino...

How Hot Tropiks Licensed Its First Award-Winnin...

Hot Tropiks started as an importer and distributor of books from the Philippines, with a focus on Filipino pop culture. At the beginning, the goal was simple: get great Filipino...

Bawal Book Club Jan 2026 — MAHARLIKA Volume 1

Bawal Book Club Jan 2026 — MAHARLIKA Volume 1

Welcome to the Bawal Book Club, Hot Tropiks’s monthly reading community for Filipino and Southeast Asian stories. Our first-ever pick is Maharlika Volume 1, the Filipino sci-fi comic created by Rexy...

Bawal Book Club Jan 2026 — MAHARLIKA Volume 1

Welcome to the Bawal Book Club, Hot Tropiks’s monthly reading community for Filipino and Southeast Asian stories. Our first-ever pick is Maharlika Volume 1, the Filipino sci-fi comic created by Rexy...

Filipino Horror Komiks That’ll Scare the $#!+ Out of You

Filipino Horror Komiks That’ll Scare the $#!+ O...

You think you know horror? Wait till you dive into Filipino komiks. These stories don’t come from Hollywood jump scares. They come from the dark corners of our folklore, the ones...

Filipino Horror Komiks That’ll Scare the $#!+ O...

You think you know horror? Wait till you dive into Filipino komiks. These stories don’t come from Hollywood jump scares. They come from the dark corners of our folklore, the ones...