Pugad Baboy

History

Characters

The Sungcals

• Dagul, often referred to with the title Mang – i.e. Mang Dagul – The patriarch of the family. He works as a chef in a five-star hotel where he specializes in unorthodox dishes. He is often shown at home, usually voicing out on the state of affairs in the Philippines. He is also highly xenophobic. Over the years, he studies different martial arts like karate, arnis and aikido, and he also dabbles in tennis and golf. He calls his wife "Honeycured." "Dagul" is Filipino slang for someone or something big. At the end of The Returnee story arc, the Tangeres lend Dagul money so he can quit his job and start his own small restaurant in his house's front yard.
• Debbie – The matriarch of the family, a loving traditional housewife and mother. Her recurring traits include a love for bargain shopping, indecision regarding actual purchases, and complaining about decisions she lets Dagul make. Also, she extremely highly dislikes any honest opinion Dagul gives her about her figure and/or clothes she wears or tries on – to the point of throwing him out of the house, despite her demanding honest opinions in the first place. She is also the constant victim of disgusting table conversations between her husband, Polgas and sometimes with Utoy. She calls her husband "Sweet Ham."
• Kules – The eldest son, a building engineer in Saudi Arabia. When not working, he reads letters from pen pals, goes on blind dates, hangs out with his friend 'Adre, or thinks about the events back in the Philippines. Much like Kules, Medina was formerly a contract worker in Saudi Arabia. The origin of his name is often mistaken to be that of the legendary Greek hero of the same name, when in fact, he is named after the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. After marrying Mandana, Kules resigned from his overseas job and returned to Pugad Baboy for good, sporting longer hair.
• Tiny – The teenage daughter. Her name is not only an obvious misnomer, but also a testament to her vanity and denial regarding her size. She asserts herself as sexy and repeatedly insists that her waistline is 28 inches. She does commit herself to diets that often end in failure. Her cooking leaves much to be desired by her family, and is sometimes inedible. She studies in the University of Santo Tomas, where Medina graduated in 1983 with a degree in architecture. There, she takes up mass communication, a course the university does not actually offer. She is currently being courted by Brando, whose name is always mistaken by Bab and Dagul, and Tiny correcting them all the time. But in the beginning she allowed herself to be courted by Bab, and this happened only for a short period of time. She also is a cosplaying enthusiast.
• Utoy – The youngest son. Intelligent and musically talented, he behaves much like other children his age. Medina initially depicted him as a clueless infant, but he later aged him to about eight years old probably to give a child's insight on current events. Despite his youth, he claims Jolen as his girlfriend. In a "Boy Scout" story arc, Medina gives him an absurdly versatile Swiss Army Knife. The tool returns in Pugad Baboy 25 with a mini-sniper rifle that fires foam pellets.
• Mandana – Kules' wife, and a spy of Iranian origin. Known as the "most hated by the Muslims who give Islam a bad name," Mandana amassed a huge amount of fortune from collecting bounties of famous terrorists. Among her modus operandi is to convince wives of terrorists to betray them and become her informant. How and when she fell in love with Kules is unknown, but she ordered her partner Amir to offer Kules dowries to marry her. When a group of Islamists kidnapped Kules and ordered Mandana to bomb the US Embassy in exchange for her fiance's life, she did not hesitate and obliged. She was assumed killed in action - Kules shot her to save the Embassy, though the boat she was piloting still destroyed it. However, it was later revealed that she faked her death in order to deceive the Muslim extremists on her trail, and that what Kules shot was a dummy. It was heavily implied that non-terrorist casualties in the Embassy destruction were faked also in order to throw off the Muslim extremists. She re-emerged and reunited with Kules after five years, marrying in a civil ceremony in Tagaytay. She can finally speak Tagalog fluently, as seen in the March 21, 2016 strip and as of January 25, 2018 , she's pregnant with her and Kules' first child. She gave birth to a girl, while Kules was away.
• Zara – Kules and Mandana's infant daughter. She took a lot from her Iranian heritage and her mother's temperament. She never once cried since her birth, something that Mandana claimed she got from her while admitting that her first time crying was when she shot her father who forcefully arranged her to marry an old man.

  Polgas

The Tangaras

• Brosia – The Sungcal family's housemaid. She is brainless, as characterized by her nonsensical remarks and her mesmerization by reading materials in English. Medina eventually elaborated on this trait and said she couldn't afford to advance her studies. She does possess excellent math skills regarding financial issues such as bank accounts, deposits, salary computations, currencies, etc. As said by Dagul in Pugad Baboy 17, "'Pag sa pera nga pala 'di ka tanga no?" She makes up for her general lack of intelligence with witty jokes, insults and pranks on the community's various residents. Her most frequent victim is Dagul, whose semi-baldness becomes the butt of her jokes, much to his chagrin. As revealed in The Bourney Ambrosity, there was an attempt by Polgas to recruit Brosia in the OCB, under the codename of "Amrita", but she was unable to absorb any of the physical, linguistic, and technical training, or so they thought; the amnesia inflicted on her in the storyline brings out this myriad of abilities, including dealing with English, but appear to be inaccessible if her original Brosia persona is active.
• 'Adre – Brosia's older brother and Kules's best friend and fellow worker in Saudi Arabia. He shares the same interests and sentiments with Kules, sometimes with photos of their penpals. His relation to Brosia was revealed when he went home to the Philippines for a vacation. Adre is now also resigned from a job in Saudi Arabia following his best friend's wedding and now currently resides back to the Philippines for good. 'Adre is short for kumpadre or male best friend.

  The Sabaybunots

• Tomas, also known as Sarge – Representing the Philippine's military branch, he is a master sergeant of the Philippine Air Force. While said to be fearless and often trigger-happy, his "chauvinist pig" lifestyle is ironically neutralized by his dominant wife. He is often reduced to doing inane chores, and any attempt to complain about said chores results in physical battery by his wife, hilariously, to the point of that he considers wartime more peaceful than his domestic life. His name could be a pun on toma, Filipino slang for alcoholic drinks; Tomas does like to drink a lot, as does his cousin Igno. Tomas also likes to spend his "extra time" at disco bars, though this occasionally leads him to having gout. And though he has a large collection of guns, he suffers from a severe fear of needles. At the end of The Returnee story arc, Tomas retired from the military service following his new business, a new coffee plantation and a new military training facility in Cavite. The Tangeres' new farm is right beside his new place. He was stuck in Master Sergeant rank, joking that if he became a pimp to an officer who was unnamed, he will be promoted.
• Barbie – Tomas's wife. She frequently orders Tomas around, probably due to his chauvinism, his womanizing, and her extremely feministic views. This difference of opinion often turns into a physical altercation, such as Barbie giving a tiptoeing Tomas her trademarked uppercut whenever he arrives home in the wee hours of the morning drunk and/or smeared with the scent of women's perfume. Her maiden name is a pun on barbecue. In Pugad Baboy 18, her first name was rendered "Barbara-Queen". She often spends her free time doing physical workouts. She is also hinted as a born-again Christian, as she holds or attends prayer meetings, and describes Tomas as "born-against," because of his sinful ways. Even in the realm of weapons, Barbie outguns her husband. Tomas is usually portrayed with his service pistol while Barbie often has an Uzi. Recently, Barbie was pregnant and born twin boys, which Tomas wanted to reach out for his friends for names, rejecting Noli's name Carl and Marcus, names made from Karl Marx.
• Paltik, the couple's eldest son. While his friend Utoy can be described as the "brains", he can be described as the "jester". Quite mischievous in many ways, he often sleeps in class and is clearly much more interested in other areas, such as teasing his buck-toothed teacher, Miss Nobatos, typically comparing her face to that of a horse. He is also fond of bribing and blackmailing his own father, usually in exchange for some pocket money or other favors. His nickname is a Filipino term that means "homemade gun." The Philippine military also uses the term paltik to specifically refer to a handgun. The name is probably used by the cartoonist in reference to Paltik being a smaller version of his father, Tomas, who always likes to carry big guns.
• Darius and Draven, the couple's infant twin sons. Their first names were derived after the characters from League of Legends courtesy of Paltik while their second names are a nod after Barbie's twin uncles.

  Igno

The Lamouns

• Bab – the resident true-blue hippie who is lazy and unemployed, although he sometimes moonlights as a folk singer and part-time PE teacher at Utoy, Paltik, and Joma's school. He is also unlucky in love, especially with Tiny, who was once his girlfriend for only two seconds. He has applied for and held many jobs over the years, but these never get off the ground. His job undertakings are described as "first-day, last-day" as he is often fired on his first day at work. Bab is usually referred by the rest of the community as a bad example and an occasional drug addict. When a story focuses on his addiction, he is said to be "using" marijuana and is sometimes seen with several marijuana leaves in his possession. Bab has also gotten himself infected with gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases on occasion. At the end of The Returnee story arc, the Tangeres lend Bab money so he can start his own artisanal bakery.
• Jolen – Bab's much younger sister. She is more intelligent than Bab, and is often reminded by their mother never to follow in her brother's footsteps, despite the many realities her brother himself imparts to her. She is also Utoy's girlfriend and often goes out with him, though they are both only eight to nine years old. She has a speech impediment as she pronounces her k's and s's as t's. However, this only manifests itself while she is singing. Jolen or holen is the Filipino term for marbles.
• Tita Cel – Bab and Jolen's mother. She disapproves of her son and dotes on her daughter. She despises Bab's smoking vice, as this led to the death of her husband. She has no qualms in hiding her disappointment of her near-useless son and states it outright, as seen in Pugad Baboy X.
• Daddy – Bab and Jolen's late father, and Tita Cel's husband. In one strip, it is mentioned that he died of lung cancer while working as a rabbit farmer in Tagaytay. Hence how he is used as a scare tactic by Tita Cel whenever she catches her son smoking, to no avail. It is also mentioned in one arc by Polgas that Bab's only fear is his father.

  The Tangeres

• Ka Noli – the resident communist who is a proud member of the New People's Army. While he believes in the merits of communism and calls most of the other residents capitalists, not only does he manage to have drinking sessions with them, but he is also very good friends with them. Tomas, a natural enemy, is his best friend. Ironically, Medina says he and his son enjoy playing Monopoly. As time went on, his espousing of his beliefs occurred less and less frequently to the point of readers being reminded that he is of the NPA only in the most subtle of situations. As such, jokes about his Ilocano heritage and the mountain-based lifestyle that comes of being in the NPA are often cracked at his expense instead. Because of him, Tomas is able to find allies in the NPA whenever the need arises, such as in Retraining, though not always. His name is derived from the title of Noli Me Tangere, the first novel of the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal. Recent strips have shown that Ka Noli and his wife Ka Beza had officially defected from the New People's Army, as of Pugad Baboy: The Returnee 122, updated November 29, 2016 at Rappler.com. They started their own farm beside Tomas' new training facility, specializing in exotic animals. Because they still hold socialist beliefs, they also lend money to other Pugad Baboy residents such as Dagul and Bab, so that their business benefits their neighbors and friends as well.
• Joma – Ka Noli and Ka Beza's eldest son. While he is aware of his father's beliefs, he hangs out with Utoy and Paltik often and attends the same school they do. He is named after Jose Maria "Joma" Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
• Ka Beza, Ka Noli's wife, who appears to have an "allergic reaction to soldiers," resulting in Tomas being her target practice whenever she's around. Just like her husband Nolasco, she had also defected from the New People's Army Her name "Ka Beza", is a reference to the word Cabeza, which means, "The head of a small town/county or barangay".
• Melo, Ka Noli and Ka Beza's infant son. His name is a reference to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, co-authors of the Communist Manifesto.

  The Tangs

• Mao – the resident Chinese-Filipino who hails from Fujian Province and owns a sari-sari store in Pugad Baboy. He often believes in business sense, earning money and he sometimes brandishes a sword on whoever earns his ire, especially those who do not pay their dues. His name is play on ma-utang, which in Tagalog, translates roughly to "one who likes to borrow money."
• Pao – the resident homosexual and Mao's son. A friend of Tiny, his tastes and attitude are typically gay. This even caused him trouble once when he was mistaken for a pregnant woman by a horde of monsters and he did not want to admit his real gender. His father once expressed disappointment over him as he remarked that Pao has a resemblance to basketball player "Gelli Codiñela." He also owns a beauty parlor and works his way through college at the same time. His name is a play on pa-utang, which, in Tagalog, translates roughly to "Can I borrow some money?". It is mentioned in one arc that he has a brother named "Jong" who works in Taiwan.
• Coleen - Introduced to the strip in January 2013, Coleen is Pao's sister that stayed and studied in China. She is the opposite of Pao in some aspects, being a lesbian and possessing a very athletic body due to her vegetarianism. As evidenced in her exchanges with Father Marty, she's also an atheist. Her full name is a play of the Tagalog Phrase Ang Kulintang, "The Kulintang".
• Jong - Mao's other son and Pao and Coleen's brother. He resides in Taiwan and was introduced during Pugad Baboy 11 when he pays his family in the Philippines a visit. Like his father, he's a clever and cunning businessman.

  The Cabalfins

• Senator Cabalfin – the resident member of the Philippine Senate. He is seen more playing children's games and spending people's taxes on his own indulgences rather than doing his job as a legislator. He is created by Medina as a reflection of corrupt government officials. His personal name Usurpo is derived from the word usurp. Cabalfin once served as the prime antagonist in the Conspigracy arc.
• Madame Cabalfin, Senator Cabalfin's equally corrupt wife.
• Bong, Senator and Madame Cabalfin's son and Sen. Cabalfin's only legitimate child, who is not really part of the inner circle of the other four kids.

  Other characters

• Joboy – the resident mechanic who has a knack for cars and often likes to drive fast. His last name is the Filipino word for wrench, from the Spanish llave. Formerly the fattest resident of Pugad Baboy but due to acquiring Diabetes, his diet had reduced his weight significantly.
• Father Marty, the town Priest and Bab's priest-friend, he studied canon law at the Vatican before moving back to Pugad Baboy.
• Tata Mads – the resident musician who once taught Tiny voice lessons and sometimes comes to Dagul to comment on his awful singing. His name is a play on tamad due to the seemingly easy-going lifestyle of musicians and other people in the field of creative arts; though his appearances in the strip have decreased over the years, he does not appear to be truly lazy.
• Doc Sebo – the resident physician who specializes in circumcision, but is generally shown to be weak and incompetent in anything else in his profession. In early strips, he prescribes only one kind of medicine – aspirin. Sebo is Tagalog for congealed fat or solidified lard.
• Miss Nobatos – Utoy, Paltik, Joma, and Jolen's teacher. She often rages at Paltik for his jokes and actions, particularly when he refers to her as a horse, and takes too many doses of aspirin because of him and any other shenanigans her other students cause. Her name is a play on the Spanish term novatos, meaning "new race horse."
• Patrolman Durugas – a police officer who often apprehends drivers mostly for no apparent reason and receives bribes from them. Dagul happens to be one of those disgruntled motorists. He is created by Medina based on the Filipinos' general view on policemen as corrupt. In Tagalog, mandurugas means "one who cheats".

  Recurring minor characters

• Barbie's mother, the stereotypical mother-in-law for Tomas from Parañaque who rues about death and her home city's water problem;
• Dagul's mother, an ironically thin yet overly concerned woman;
• Boy Bura and Boy Tibar, bodyguards of the Cabalfin family;
• Lucio, Sen. Cabalfin's accountant;
• Attorney Adriano, the fiscal;
• Doctor Rosa, a dentist who scares her patient with a pair of dental pliers whenever she gets agitated or teased by the characters;
• "Principal Schwarzenegger", the ugly school principal who is as exasperated as Miss Nobatos when it comes to seeing Paltik in his office;
• Nadir Hamid Mohammad, Kules's employer and is the subject of many smelly jokes as part of the Filipino stereotypical view that Arabs are foul-smelling;
• Jacques Vousvoulez, Dagul's French employer and the head chef of the hotel where Dagul works. His name is a French stylization of "bubuli", the Filipino word for skink. It was revealed by Debbie that his wife's name is Fifi;
• Rosanna, a buxom local mestiza, who as part of a running gag, is a frequent victim of coconut thieves but not before being viewed naked by these thieves through her window. Her character and name are based on the sexy Filipina actress, Rosanna Roces;
• Frostee, the sexy Japayuki ;
• Mang Igme, a fishball vendor who believes that the fishball industry is the solution to the poverty in the Philippines;
• Brando, Tiny's current boyfriend, being a chef from Malate has unfortunately earned him the ire of the very much paranoid Mang Dagul, who feels the former will replace him as the family's chef. However, Dagul seems to have grown a little more comfortable with him as he no longer seems to hold anything against him sometimes;
• The Los Kosas Muntinlupas, a trio of fellow ex-inmates and Igno's supposed friends. Wakali who is bald and has a mole on his nose, Lino who is the skinny one, and Don who has a shaved head and moustache. Though they have appeared on previous book covers and have a cameo appearance in ', they are introduced properly in Pugad Baboy XX;
• Dado, a practicing veterinarian, Dado's most notable trait is an unusual brand of lycanthropy -a result of his mother's maternal craving for dog meat- which he can control and benefit from outside his werewolf form in terms of his sensory abilities. Originating from Pampanga, he has since moved to Manila and occasionally returns to aid Polgas in other battles, such as in The Bourne Ambrosity; and others.
• Amir Saeed – Mandana's partner and subordinate. It was revealed by Polgas that he is British-Pakistani. His surname, however, was not revealed.
• Ms. Winnie Catala - Pugad Baboy Academy Librarian. Only seen in some few strips in various book compilations. Her name was revealed in Pugad Baboy 24, page 2. She despises loud noises and unruly behavior inside the Pugad Baboy Library.
• Penny - the newest character of Pugad Baboy and she was introduced to the strip in December 2016, dubbed as a small female person, she was a cashier in Bab's Bakeshop, she's previously worked with Pao in a Beauty Hair Salon, and she's also Bab's secretary, accountant and saleswoman in the bakeshop.
• Osep – the delivery and errand boy of Bab's Bakeshop. An impatient and short-tempered PWD with Poliomyelitis.
• Ken – a deaf PWD who works as a waiter for the restaurant of the Sungcals.
• Alice – Doc. Sebo's Nurse. An outstanding Nurse despite having Down syndrome.
• Annie – the Head of Charcuterie at the Tangere Family's Farm. Despite being blind, she had a very keen sense of smell and revealed herself to be a psychic.
• Mr. Severo Morales – the resident bitter old man. He is judgmental and cares a lot of being politically correct. His favorite pastime is visiting popular websites looking for comments that can offend him in order to have an excuse to enter an argument.
• Nash – Coleen's Dwarf friend. Initially, he was dismissed as a figment of Coleen's imagination until Annie, revealed to have a Third Eye confirmed his existence.
• Pablo' – the local Shinobi and later Samurai vigilante that protects the Pugad Baboy's indigenous settlement, 'Manggahan' from evil elements.

Stylistic elements

Age

Recurring jokes

Authorial presence

Major story arcs

• Bakasyon - The gang's vacation in La Union is rudely interrupted by Taokoy.
• Baboy Scouts - The kids go on a camping trip with their Scoutmaster, and are captured by a band of Amazons who want the Scoutmaster to impregnate their queen!
• Wisedog - Polgas, alias Wisedog, investigates a series of pet dog disappearances.
• The Baguio Connection - Kules, Tomas, Noli, Bab, Joboy and Pao, plus Wisedog, investigate ube jam spiked with cannabias sativa in Baguio.
• Retraining - Tomas is sent for retraining, and soon becomes involved in stopping a ring that sells children to gay pedophiles
• The Malunggay Conflict - in Ilocos, the gang must help Ka Kwate fight off the attempted annexation of his land by Ka Damuseyn.
• Ang Hiwaga ng Dueñas - the gang's vacation in Dueñas turns into a rescue mission when Pao is mistaken for a pregnant woman, and kidnapped by supernatural beings to use as a human sacrifice.
• Feminist - Barbie and Debbie take on Tomas and Dagul in a battle to prove who is the weaker sex.
• Olympig Games - the Pugad Baby residents compete in a series of hilarious Olympic-style games featuring traditional Filipino events such as patintero, gagamba fighting, Tex and holen.
• 2078 - the gang get transported to 2078, learning about the future of the Philippines. Polgas meets Dobermaxx, and helps him fight a gang of drug pushers.
• Maidnappers - Tiny's Filipino-American cousin Gwen visits, accompanied by her yaya Gloria. Brosia and Gloria are mistaken for Gwen and kidnapped.
• The Olongapo Caper - Bab and Joboy's trip to Olongapo turns sour when they have to help their new friend Philip save his sister Pinky from a prostitution ring.
• Oplan Paglalanse - the Pugad Baboy kids join Polgas in forming a vigilante group to punish the corrupt police officers preying on the citizens of Pugad Baboy.
• Alamang Boy - the disappearance of Tomas' goat leads to trouble when Senator Cabalfin's son is accused of the crime.
• Col. Manyakis - the tables are turned when Tomas' new superior, Lieutenant Colonel Violeta Kainam, begins sexually harassing him. Tomas soon has reason to suspect that she is involved in criminal activities.
• Father Marty - Bab's childhood friend Father Marty, a new Catholic priest, returns to Pugad Baboy.
• Kulto - the Walang Payat Gang suspect that Bong Cabalfin has become involved in a doomsday cult
• James Bab - Polgas, as Dobermaxx, recruits Bab as a spy. However, James Bab's first mission soon gets him involved in battling a gang of bank robbers.
• Matrona - Bab gets the surprise of his life when Girlie, his mom's friend, turns out to be a cougar who hits on him.
• Apo Hikers - the Pugad Baboy gang and Dobermaxx join forces with guide Mel and his bobcat named Bobcat to fight illegal loggers on Mount Apo.
• Paraiso - Dagul, Debbie and Khalid aid Dobermaxx in fighting off illgeal fishermen from mainland China in Palawan.
• Private Investigator! - Dagul becomes Bardagul Kapote, private investigator. Assisted by sidekick Brossy, they try to solve the mystery of a bombing in a mall cinema.
• Babman - Bab becomes Babman, the Pork Knight, as he tries to protect Gothom City from goons tying to scare them off.
• Aso - Polgas' investigations of a dope farm in Pampanga take a crazy turn when a werewolf gets involved!
• - Igno is hired by the Ang brothers to catch Rudolf Cruz, but must use his wits to survive when the police try to bring him in alongside Rudolf!
• Bodyguard - Tomas has trouble guarding VIP Cris, the spoiled son of General Caldera.
• Green Heroine - Tiny, as Obesa Vanidosa, Pao and a Korean named Mr. Shin investigate a series of possible terrorist acts.
• The Bourne Ambrosity - an amnesiac Brosia suddenly gains crazy spy skills in a spoof of The Bourne Identity.
• Ang Punyal ni Devlino - Polgas, the Walang Payat Gang, Brosia and Coleen join forces to save the other Pugad Baboy residents from the revenge of the supernatual creatures.
• The Girl from Persia - Kules gets into all sorts of trouble on a vacation home when the Iranian girl he is courting, Mandana, turns out to be involved with terrorists!
• Mad Mountain Nectar - Dobermaxx investigates when he encounters a honey that boosts people's physical strength!
• The Returnee - Tomas goes on the run when a military mission to retrieve a returnee turns sour.
• Dugo ng Shinobi - Bardagul Kapote, James Bab, and Igno investigate a string of murders that implicate the neighborhood scrap collector, Pablo.

Books and merchandise

• Pugad Baboy One
• The Best of Pugad Baboy
• Pugad Baboy 3
• Pugad Baboy 4
• PB5
• Pugad Baboy 6
• Pugad Baboy 7
• pugad baboy eight
• Pugad baboy 9
• Pugad Baboy X
• Pugad Baboy XI
• Pugad Baboy XII
• PB the 13th
• Katorse
• Kinse!
• Disi-Sais!
• 17
• 18 eighteen
• Pugad Baboy Sunday Comics
• Pugad Baboy nineteen
• Pugad Baboy XX
• Pugad Baboy 21
• Pugad Baboy 22
• Pugad Baboy Sunday Comics 2
• Pugad Baboy 23
• Pugad Baboy 24
• 25
• Pugad Baboy Sunday Comics 3
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• XXX
• Pugad Baboy 31

• Pugad Baboy: Endangered Species - a coloring book by Pol Medina.
• Pugad Baboy: Philippine Games - another coloring book by Medina.
• 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 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. Nolan Clemente wrote the scripts for both books. In actuality, Medina only contributed the art for the covers and title pages; the rest of the art was done by other artists. The afterword for the second book teased the production of a third story which would supposedly see the Pugad Baboy characters go into space, but this was never produced.
  
• Pugad Baboy Adbyenturs featuring an original story called Gayuma, set sometime after Pugad Baboy 3. The story had Bab finally succeed in convincing Tiny to fall in love with him, while also coming up against a familiar foe. The comic was illustrated in full color by artists from Alamat, where Medina was only somewhat involved. The story was written by Eric Santos, who also co-wrote Conspigracy.
• 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.