Medina conceived the strip while working under contract in Iraq in 1986. On May 18, 1988, he pitched his strips to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. His strip, named after a friend's 展开

The Sungcals
The Sungcal family reflects aspects of traditional and stereotypical families, with a housewife and an overseas contract worker as members, with … 展开

As mentioned earlier in this article, the strip does not showcase domestic life alone as Medina has created story arcs which involve the various characters in adventurous, dramatic or … 展开

British English words are prevalent in the strip (like -ise words) and Medina uses these kinds of words in his own write-ups.
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The first compilation of Pugad Baboy comic strips was originally part of a thesis by Frank Aldana, a student of De La Salle University. … 展开

• Media related to Pugad Baboy at Wikimedia Commons
• Pol Medina's official website 展开