This Monday 28th June brings with it OiNK‘s take on the Make-Your-Own-Adventure books we used to enjoy so much as kids. Will you be able to escape the terrifying traps? Well, given the fact your character is a butcher in something called The Unfair Funfair, I wouldn’t count on it!
Promo by Patrick Gallagher
The issue celebrates the publication of the first material sent in by pig pals and the fact it seemed to be quite the hit with the youngsters of the day. Also look out for the first strips from Mr Big Nose and Horace (Ugly Face) Watkins to appear on the blog. Don’t miss out, be here on Monday!
This coming Monday on the blog the beautiful comic hosts the beautiful game. (People actually call football that, right?) Three issues down and OiNK was the comic everyone was talking about. Don’t believe me? Don’t just take my word for it, here’s an advertisement from that week’s Whizzer and Chips as proof! (Thanks to pig pal Simon Bromley for sharing this)
Co-editor Patrick Gallagher‘s renditions of Tom Thug, Street-Hog Hi-Fat and Harry the Head joined his own creation, Head Banger to tell readers all about the World Cup Special in this ‘Next Issue’ panel from #3. If you’re wondering what the chicken man is doing here then you clearly didn’t read the review for the third issue.
The coming issue also contains my personal favourite page of OiNK out of the comic’s entire lifespan! So make sure you don’t miss out by subscribing to the blog or checking for updates on the various social media, then be here on Monday 14th June2021.
This Monday sees the third issue of OiNK up for review right here, and it may be going where others comics have gone before but have they ever dared bare their bottoms to a vacuum? The first of the regular themes that would grace almost every fortnightly issue is space, bringing with it possibly the greatest photo story action epic to ever grace the page, Star Truck! Come back to see Mark Rodgers as Captain Slog, Patrick Gallagher as Sock, Marc Riley as Jock and Tony Husband as the evil alien chicken Jerm.
Promo by Patrick Gallagher
Anyone with memories of those characters won’t want to miss this. So come back on Monday 31st May2021 for #3 of OiNK, apparently “The Cheekiest Comic in the Universe”. Who am I to disagree?
Tomorrow sees the 35th anniversary of OiNK‘s sophomore release and just like the previous issue’s promo in the preview comic, the advert for #2 (on the back cover of #1) concentrated on the free gift. This time it would be a selection of stickers to make your own badges. The front cover of the next issue would provide some of the funniest examples, but if you can’t remember them you’ll just have to wait for the review.
Promo by Ian Jackson
So come back for #2 of OiNK any time from Monday 17th May 2021 onwards, for more highlights, more character introductions and definitely a lot more laughs from the pages of the greatest comic ever created. See you then.
On the back cover of the preview issue of OiNK was this full-page advert for the first issue of the comic to go on sale in newsagents the following week. It focusses entirely on the free gift, but then again the 31 pages before this were all a promotion for the contents of the new regular comic. Plus, when you’re giving away an honest-to-gosh record with your premiere issue you’re going to make a big deal out of it.
This promo was created by co-creator/co-editor Patrick Gallagher. Just to clarify no, Horace (Ugly Face) Watkins isn’t half-naked, there are definite bottoms to those trouser legs!
You can expect the full review of #1 this coming Monday 3rd May 2021, marking 35 years to the day when my favourite comic of all time went on sale for the very first time. Mark your calendars, the 32-month OiNK retrospective is about to begin.
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