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'Pugad Baboy' creator Pol Medina Jr resigns from Inquirer

Pol Medina Jr., creator of the hugely popular 'Pugad Baboy' comic strip, has resigned from the Philippine Daily Inquirer effective June 7, the cartoonist confirmed to InterAksyon.com on Saturday.

Medina's resignation letter, a copy of which was furnished InterAksyon.com, was addressed to PDI editor-in-chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc and read simply: "Ma'am, sorry I dishonored you. I resign."

Medina said his resignation was "irrevocable".
It was triggered by his suspension earlier this week over a comic strip that touched on the topic of lesbianism in St. Scholastica's College, Manila. The administrators of the exclusive Catholic girls' school took offense at "being singled out", and for the suggestion that many of its students, and perhaps some of its religious leaders, were lesbians.

St. Scholastica's had threatened the Inquirer with a lawsuit should it fail to act on its "protest". On Thursday Inquirer publisher Raul Pangalangan issued a public apology and confirmed reports that Medina had been suspended "pending an investigation" by the paper's readers' advocate. The cartoonist followed up with his own apology on all television networks, then submitted his resignation on Friday evening.

Medina's departure from the Inquirer would end practically a quarter-century of mutually beneficial relationship between the artist and the paper. "Pugad Baboy's" daily publication on the Inquirer had made the artist a celebrity with mainstream following, and he had published consistently successful compilations of his works over the past two decades. At the same time, the comic strip, built around a community of overweight characters, was a genuine draw to the Inquirer, and arguably helped it attract a community of young, loyal readers.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/63611/pugad-baboy-creator-pol-medina-jr-resigns-from-inquirer

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Quoting Carlos P. Celdran from his facebook page:
"I agree that Pol Medina Jr. should apologize to St. Scholastica for the remarks he made in this "Pugad Baboy" comic strip. Sigh. We all know St. Paul makes more lesbians."


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tama lang ginawa ni paul.. nakita ko nga yung letter ang lupit ng pirma ni paul

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dapat pati editor talsik

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ayayayyyy pati editor