I can remember my disappointment the first time I saw this full-page advert for the second OiNK! Book. Why was it 16 pages less than the previous year’s? The wonderful J.T. Dogg cover softened the blow though. When I saw it in the shops as a kid it felt very light in my hands, the glossier yet thinner paper and the page count made it feel more like a Holiday Special than a sequel to the best edition of OiNK ever. However, come that Christmas season when I finally got to read it any reservations I had soon evaporated.
It certainly stands out on this back page advert from the final edition of the comic, doesn’t it? The finished book’s logo colours would be swapped around and it’d stand out even more, as you can see in the image at the very top of the post. It’s a very different book from last year and focusses on larger strips for some of our favourite characters. So, in the review this Christmas Day expect a crossover event between Pete Throb and Pigswilla, the return of Ham Dare and a simply enormous Burp strip as The Smelly Alien From Outer Space makes a long-awaited return (in a story that taught me something about growing up, believe it or not).
In three days, crack open that once-a-year-socially-acceptable-in-the-morning booze and have a chuckle along with highlights from “Britain’s Craziest Comic Book”, The OiNK! Book 1989.
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