Dasig

by Lauren Lola, Kristian Kabuay (Story Developer), Tata Ponsi Alfonso (Illustrator)

Dasig is a young warrior-in-training struggling to focus on her pursuits. Her Datu (chief) is very aware of this and has her asking herself a very important question to consider: Why does she want to be a warrior? As she seeks an answer, danger enters the horizon when invaders from an unknown land threaten to take over. As her Datu gets ready for battle, Dasig wonders if her focus is in the right place to where she'll be able to fight off the pending threat.

It's a universal coming-of-age story with parallels to today's issues and aspirations. This historical fiction draws from actual events in Philippine history and cultural practices.

Unknown Binding

Published October 21, 2023

About the author

Lauren Lola is an author, freelance writer, playwright, screenwriter, and comics writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a B.A. in Communication and a minor in Theatre from California State University, East Bay and two completed feature-length screenplays through the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting. She is the author of the novels, An Absolute Mind and A Moment’s Worth, as well as the graphic novels, Dasig and the upcoming Under the Balete Tree. She has also written and consulted on some of the comic books of Kid Heroes Productions’ Lumpia franchise. She has written plays that have been produced both virtually and in-person for theatre groups on the West Coast of the United States, and has penned the short films, “Breath of Writing” and “Interview with an Aswang” (which she also co-directed and produced). Her short screenplay, "Disarm" (which is currently in production), was a semifinalist in the 2023 screenplay competition of the Academy Award-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, and her feature-length screenplay, “In Ecstatic Motion,” was a quarterfinalist in the 2024 American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition. Lauren has also had writing featured on The Nerds of Color, the Center for Asian American Media, Mixed Asian Media, PBS, YOMYOMF, and other outlets and publications.