OiNK! MEDiA COVERAGE

OiNK was in the press quite a lot during its publication and, despite what you might read elsewhere, a lot of it was very positive. Yes, we had those corners of the newspaper stands that loved to get their tails in a curl but hasn’t that always been the case? This section of the blog will be the place to see both modern and contemporary articles about OiNK and those who worked for Uncle Pigg. It should end up rather full of content, this one.

Forget what you’ve heard, OiNK made a hugely
positive impression on the British press of the day
The banning of OiNK from some silly newsagents
is reported on in a newspaper all about comics!
During Christmas 1987 Mark Rodgers and Lew Stringer
chatted with Speakeasy about the new weekly OiNK
Amazingly, OiNK was quoted in the UK’s House of
Commons and held up in a positive (and funny) light
I wrote a magazine article about OiNK!
The Dan Dare/Eagle fanzine Spaceship Away discussed
Ham Dare with his creator and writer, Lew Stringer
On OiNK’s 35th anniversary I was invited on to
the Drew and Look podcast for a chat
A look at John Freeman’s Down the Tubes spotlight
on the career of renowned OiNK artist Ian Jackson

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