Maidnappers
''Pugad Baboy'' (literally, "swine's nest" in Tagalog) is a comic strip created by Filipino cartoonist Apolonio "Pol" Medina, Jr. The strip is about a Manila community of mostly obese people – "fat as pigs" (''baboy'' is Tagalog for pig). It started appearing in the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' on May 18, 1988, and was published exclusively in the Inquirer line of newspapers (Broadsheet ''Inquirer'' and its free concise sister tabloid called ''Inquirer Libre'' and tabloids ''Bandera'' and ''Tumbok''.) Its popularity has spawned numerous compilations, a live-action television series, and merchandise such as T-shirts and figurines. The strip not only showcases domestic life; occasionally, it features adventure, drama, and pure spoof sequences. More often, the strip mirrors the general sentiment of the Filipino people on relevant topics such as corruption in the government as well as Filipino pop culture. In this respect, the strip has been likened to Garry Trudeau's ''Doo ...
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