Pugad Baboy - Books and Merchandise

Books and Merchandise

The first compilation of Pugad Baboy comic strips was originally part of a thesis by Frank Aldana, a student of De La Salle University. This compilation became so popular that Medina himself made more. Typically, a new compilation is released near the start of each year. Including Aldana's compilation, there are currently 26 Pugad Baboy compilation books:

• Pugad Baboy One (originally, The Very Best of Pugad Baboy)
• The Best of Pugad Baboy (officially, this is the second compilation)
• Pugad Baboy 3
• Pugad Baboy 4
• PB5 (Pugad Baboy 5)
• Pugad Baboy 6
• Pugad Baboy 7
• pugad baboy eight
• Pugad baboy 9
• Pugad Baboy X (commemorating the tenth anniversary of the comic strip)
• Pugad Baboy XI
• Pugad Baboy XII
• PB the 13th (Pugad Baboy 13)
• Katorse (Pugad Baboy 14)
• Kinse! (Pugad Baboy 15)
• Disi-Sais! (Pugad Baboy 16)
• 17 (Pugad Baboy 17)
• 18 eighteen (Pugad Baboy 18)
• Pugad Baboy Sunday Comics (first one in full color)
• Pugad Baboy nineteen
• Pugad Baboy XX (commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the comic strip)
• Pugad Baboy 21
• Pugad Baboy 22
• Pugad Baboy Sunday Comics 2 (second one in full color)
• Pugad Baboy 23
• Pugad Baboy 24

Medina also made other Pugad Baboy original works:

• Pirata - an original graphic novel about Polgas befriending a reformed Muslim pirate named Khalid and their quest for the pirate group to surrender. It was intended to be the first of a graphic novel series called Polgas - Ang Asong Hindi, but was made a stand-alone graphic novel because of the time and effort given to its creation, as well as the seriousness and darkness of its story compared to the hilarity of Pugad Baboy itself.
• Two Polgas - Ang Asong Hindi books actually appeared, sporting a smaller, regular-sized format than Pirata. Printed in black and white, unlike Pirata, they were produced as a joint effort between Medina and the Alamat Comics Group, an independent comics company. These books were Baboyani (a portmanteau of baboy and bayani, Filipino for "hero") an alternate universe adventure which recasts the characters as rebels in the late-19th century Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule; and Conspigracy, a story that takes place during an excursion in Laguna. Actually, Medina only contributed the art for the covers and title pages; the rest of the art was done by other artists.

• Polgas comics - a "magazine" of original strips by Medina and other artists which also contained a spoof "horoscope" and some exotic recipes, saw at least two issues.

The popularity of Pugad Baboy also spawned some merchandise such as DogStyle Apparel and Polgas P-gurines (a set of figurines depicting Polgas and some Polgas characters). They are currently distributed by Medina's company, Pol Medina Jr. Novelties.

On September 25, 1993, Pugad Baboy was made into a live-action TV show called Rated PB (Pang-Bayan) - Pugad Baboy Sa TV. Directed by Leo Martinez, the show featured Edgar Mortiz (Bab), Giselle Sanchez (Brosia) and Rudy Meyer (Mang Dagul) among the cast. Though the show was live-action, the opening logo featured limited animation. Some of the episodes were based upon earlier plots in the strip, while others followed a skit show format. It was aired on GMA 7 and lasted only two seasons, 15 episodes in all.

In the ninth book, Medina states that he dreams of making a Pugad Baboy cartoon.

Besides Pugad Baboy books proper, Medina has also published compilations of his editorial cartoons for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, called the Ink and Politics series. The cartoons sometimes feature Pugad Baboy characters. Polgas always appears on covers of these books. Three books have been published as the newspaper stopped hiring him as substitute political cartoonist in around 2006.

Medina includes photos and caricatures of himself in some of the strip's compilations.

Some Pugad Baboy characters can be seen on the ads of Dencio's, a notable restaurant chain in the Philippines.