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Sagala

I’ve been exploring komiks from the Philippines since February and Tori Tadiar’s Sagala is one of the strongest for mashing up the history of the Philippines with genre tropes. This is a fantasy, a western, and something entirely fresh. The intrigue, the art, and the characters all add up to something really special.
A woman wields two guns in front of a sun symbol.

I’ve been exploring komiks from the Philippines since February and Tori Tadiar‘s Sagala is one of the strongest for mashing up the history of the Philippines with genre tropes. This is a fantasy, a western, and something entirely fresh. The intrigue, the art, and the characters all add up to something really special.

A Filipiniana fantasy story about gunslinging girls, overprotective older brothers, mythical ambassadors, and conniving courtesans against a backdrop of deceit and guns hidden under petticoats.

Sagala
A comic panel with a woman talking to a butterfly and asking it to send a message about two protagonists.
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