Bakasyon
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Bakasyon is an adventure story arc
of the Philippine comic strip series Pugad Baboy
, created by Pol Medina Jr. and originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
. This particular story arc lasts 15 strips long, the shortest among the major story arcs. In 1991, the story arc was reprinted in The Best of Pugad Baboy, officially, the second book compilation of the comic strip series.
for a vacation, which is rudely interrupted by a band of Taokoy (mermen
). The sea creatures take the gang captive for the purpose of scientific study into the anatomy of land-based humans. As Pao, Dagul and the rest of the gang are about to be dissected by the mermen, Polgas arrives in the guise of Aquapol, along with a pack of dogfish
. The taokoy were frightened off and the Pugad Baboy residents rescued.
Story arc
A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story...
of the Philippine comic strip series Pugad Baboy
Pugad Baboy
Pugad Baboy 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", so to speak ....
, created by Pol Medina Jr. and originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
. This particular story arc lasts 15 strips long, the shortest among the major story arcs. In 1991, the story arc was reprinted in The Best of Pugad Baboy, officially, the second book compilation of the comic strip series.
Synopsis
The Pugad Baboy residents hie off to the beaches of La UnionLa Unión
La Union or La Unión may refer to:-Colombia:*La Unión, Antioquia*La Unión, Nariño*La Unión, Sucre*La Unión, Valle del Cauca-Peru:*La Unión Province, Peru...
for a vacation, which is rudely interrupted by a band of Taokoy (mermen
Merman
Mermen are mythical male equivalents of mermaids – legendary creatures who have the form of a human from the waist up and are fish-like from the waist down.-Mythology:...
). The sea creatures take the gang captive for the purpose of scientific study into the anatomy of land-based humans. As Pao, Dagul and the rest of the gang are about to be dissected by the mermen, Polgas arrives in the guise of Aquapol, along with a pack of dogfish
Squaliformes
Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes about 97 species in seven families.Members of the order have two dorsal fins, which usually possess spines, no anal fin or nictitating membrane, and five gill slits. In most other respects, however, they are quite variable in form and size...
. The taokoy were frightened off and the Pugad Baboy residents rescued.