Oink! Comic
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Alternate Name
Oink 1988
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Released
1988
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Status
Completed
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Genres
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Views
39.455
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Rating
Summary
Pitched as a Junior Viz or anti-Beano, Oink! was so much more. Following the preview issue (given away free with Whizzer & Chips, Eagle and 2000AD), the fortnightly Oink! launched the next week. Issue one had a free gift vinyl flexi-disc with two exclusive Oink! related songs.
Oink! had an eclectic cast of characters including porcine editor Uncle Pigg and his arch-nemesis Mary Lighthouse, Harry the Head, Horace (ugly-face) Watkins and Lew Stringers creations - Tom Thug and Pete Throb (both went on to star in Buster comic, when Oink! folded after 68 issues).
Famous creators include Charlie Brooker and BBC radio presenter Marc (Snatcher Sam) Riley...
