Because the last month has been particularly stressful, you may have noticed I’ve been reading a variety of comics – from Tintin to some shoujo manga.
I needed some more heavy-duty stress relief, so I decided to read the 5 volumes of Pugad Baboy comics that I recently mooched locally (books 124-128 of 2009).
Pugad Baboy (roughly translated: Swine’s Nest) by Pol Medina, Jr. , is one of the Philippines’ most famous and longest-running comic strip on a daily broadsheet (Philippine Daily Inquirer).
As described in the foreword of one of the books, the comic series is about “a community of fatsos and a dog named Polgas.”
Written in colloquial Filipino, the series features the neighborhood and the interactions of its residents, everyday domestic situations, political issues, and current events.