While reading OiNK for its real time read through I was struck by how much I reminisced when I saw the adverts within its pages. Not the comic’s spoof Madvertisements, I mean the real ones. Pages I’d assumed I would gloss over instead took me right back to the 80s; even seemingly mundane marketing for food brought a wave of nostalgia. In this occasional series I’ll share the best of these adverts in six themed posts, each one a snapshot of my own youth.
between 1986 and 1988? Some damn good ones!
advertised in OiNK and the drinks to wash them down with
80s playthings vying for our attention in OiNK
alternative reading materials for our young eyes
OiNK’s pages were filled with adverts for exciting new products
anywhere else, including some you wouldn’t see today
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