Pugad Baboy is a popular Philippine comic strip created by Pol Medina in 1988. It satirizes Philippine politics and culture through the stories of an obese community centered around the Sungcal family. Key characters include Mang Dagul, the family patriarch, and his wife Debbie, daughter Tiny, sons Kules and Utoy, and their dog Polgas. The comic uses nonlinear storytelling, detailed expressions, and satire to hold up issues for ridicule and societal improvement. There are over 20 compilations of the comic, which mirrors Filipino sentiments on topics like government corruption and pop culture.

1. Pugad Baboy
History of Pugad Baboy
• Created by Pol Medina
• Started to appear in Philippine Daily
Inquirer in May 18, 1988
• Named after a friend’s piggery
• The comic is centered on a community of
mostly obese people (hence pugad
baboy)

2. • The strip mirrors the general sentiment of
Filipino people on relevant topics such as
corruption in Philippine government as
well as Filipino pop culture
• The comic is likened to the American
comics “Doonesbury” by Garry Trudeau
• There are currently 23 compilations, the
first compilation was originally part of a
thesis by Frank Aldana. The compilation
became so popular that Medina himself
made the compilation after the first one.

3. Apolonio
“Pol” Medina

4. Pol Medina
• Born in April 6, 1960
• Graduated in UST in 1983 with a degree
in Architecture
• Worked in Iraq in 1985
• Medina conceived the strip while working
under contract in Iraq in 1986
• Returned in the Philippines in 1987

5. Style
• Non-linear story
• Detailed facial expression
• The use of satire
Satire – a literary device in which
issues are held up to ridicule, ideally with
the intent of shaming individuals and
society itself, to improvement. A common
feature of satire is irony or sarcasm.

6. Significant Characters
• Mang Dagul – the patriarch of the Sungcal
family. He works as a chef in a five-star
family. He is a proud owner of Polgas

7. • Debbie – the matriarch of Sungcal Family.
She is a typical housewife.

8. • Bab – the resident bum and persistent
lover of Tiny

9. • Kules – Eldest son of Dagul and Debbie. He
works as an OFW in Saudi Arabia

10. • Tiny – daughter of Debbie and Dagul. A
typical teenage girl

11. • Utoy – youngest son of Debbie and Dagul.
Intelligent and musically talented

12. • Polgas – the anthromorphic dog of Dagul.
Works as an agent and drinking buddy of
Mang Dagul